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Mar 24, 2016 3:02 PM in response to Pauline Counihanby Demo,You can download/transfer documents on an original iPad. From where do you want to download documents and what type of documents are you talking about?
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Mar 24, 2016 3:22 PM in response to Demoby Pauline Counihan,Well, Demo, I found I could not plug in a USB flash drive! So I have a desktop iMac and also an AirBook. When I plugged in the dock connector to my iMac, iPhoto started up and downloaded the 3 black photos the iPad had taken (no camera on this first generation iPad) to my computer. I have the travel documents on my iMac, and they are in these formats: jpeg, HTML, TIFF, docx (MS Word) and PDF. I know so little about the iPad that I don't see that there's an app that can receive these docs. Thanks for any help you can render.
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Mar 24, 2016 3:59 PM in response to Pauline Counihanby MichelPM,The jpeg files can be added to iPhoto on your iMac and you can sync those through iTunes under the Photos tab/category.
The TIFF formatted files, would need to be converted to jpegs using either OS X Preview App to make the conversion/export to jpegs or some sort of image editor to covert the TIFFs to jpegs that you can, also, bring into iPhoto and sync with iTunes and your connected iPad.
Depending on what OS X version your iMac is running, Other image editors like Pixelmator, Adobe Photoshop Elements, GraphicConverter, Acorn, Affinity Photo to do image editing/converting
The HTML documents you can add as an attachment to an email and email these to yourself and if your email client is already setup on your iPad, in the iOS Mail App on your iPad, look for the emails with the attachments you sent to yourself, then try tapping on the attachment to see if these open in Safari in iOS on your iPad.
For the Microsoft docs, you would need to find an app in the iOS App Store that can open these docs, but that is still compatible with iOS 5.1.1.
Good Luck
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Mar 24, 2016 3:56 PM in response to Pauline Counihanby MichelPM,You can't use USB devices or USB Flash drives with iDevices.
You need to use WiFi or Bluetooth enable portable hard drives or WiFi enabled USB Flash Drives where the data on the Flash drive is accessed through local WiFi hotspot bulit in the drives themselves.
Such WiFi enabled hard drives are made by Seagate, Western Digital or Sandisk (that is now bought and owned by Western Digital) .
SanDisk makes a WiFi enabled flash drive called the SanDisk Connect WiFi enabled USB flash drive that come in 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256 GB drive capacities.
Good Luck!
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Mar 24, 2016 6:22 PM in response to Pauline Counihanby Demo,I didn't forget about you, but I got called away. Besides, MichelPM has provided you with some very useful information.
I would add that you should download iBooks if you don't already have it. It is free and should still be available in the App Store for you. Actually, any free pdf reader would be fine. After you download a pdf reader app, you will be able to email those files to yourself and save them using the Open In feature from the Share or Action icon in one of the apps.
This will be helpful for you when trying to download older versions of apps for your device.
Install the latest compatible version of an app on an earlier version of iOS or OS X - Apple Support
I'm not sure if iOS file sharing still works with iOS 5.1.1, but this is another way of moving files back and forth. Take a look.
About File Sharing on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
FInally, I think that DropBox may still be available for iOS 5, but you will most likely have to use the "workaround" in the link that I posted above for downloading the latest compatible app.