Is there a way to save a pdf on an iPhone 6

[Dave Britten]

(08-09-2015 02:30 PM)StephenG1CMZ Wrote:  Thanks for that very clear explanation Max.

I'd assumed a one-time reading list would be something you only had to download one time, not something you can only read one time before trying to get it again! Perhaps the iPhone 7 will expect me to eat it too?!

I had an android about 5 years ago that required a pdf reader to be downloaded. All the more recent ones can do so out of the box. And they allow the pdf to be downloaded and exported to a PC via SD card or Bluetooth, neither of which the iPhone can do.

It sounds like it will be easier to just use the Android than try to read a pdf on the IPhone. But at least now I know it's not just an obvious hieroglyphic that I had missed.

Thanks again

I do this all the time on my iPhone and iPad. First, install a PDF reader. iBooks is a good choice, since it's free, and designed around reading books, of which user manuals are a subset (usually). If you're dealing more with forms and want to be able to mark them up, make edits, extract/combine pages, etc. then PDF Expert is very good, though not free.

Then when you're viewing a PDF in Safari and you want to save it on your device, tap once on the page, and you should see a toolbar with two buttons appear: "Open in 'iBooks'", and "Open in..." Just tap "Open in 'iBooks'" and the PDF will be saved in iBooks for your offline reading pleasure. Or tap "Open in..." and choose an app if you want to save it for use in something else.

I think at least half of the iBooks libraries on my iPad and iPhone are composed of various user manuals and board game rulebooks.