A PDF reader is an application which can read and display Portable Document Format files.
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PDF files on FTP will not open correctly
Our PDF files open fine from local hard disks, and http locations. However, We are having trouble opening PDF files from a FTP server. After double-clicking on the file, the Adobe 'grey' background ...
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How do I remove the header & footer from a PDF?
How do I remove the header & footer from a PDF? I was successful in opening the PDF in PDF Viewer Plus, selecting crop, all pages, .25" top and bottom. This removes the viewing of the text, ...
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Change search history pdf xchange viewer
By default, pdf xchange viewer shows the last 10 search terms. Is there any way to change it so that you can either decrease or increase how many search term are showed?
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Adobe Reader XI - print Form Fields Only
is there any option to print only the form fields in Adobe Reader XI?
There used to be the option "Form Fields Only" under "Comments And Forms" in the print dialog in earlier versions, but it is not ...
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Remove PDF margins and print 2 pages per side
I print out a lot of pdf articles, and I'd like to use less paper by printing 2 pages per side. But due to the large margins---both from the original pdf file and added by the printing process---the ...
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I need an easy way to 'google' through all my PDF files - anything like this exist? [duplicate]
Here is my scenario and system:
System: Win-7, 64-bit.
Scenario: Very simply, I have a folder on my dropbox account, titled \Papers. Within this folder, I have a lot of PDF files, and I have even ...
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Customise Okular to modify highlight tool properties
I am using Okular as my pdf reader on Linux. I want to know how I can modify the color of the highlight permanently. I know I can modify the saturation of the color used by highlight tool by right ...
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Which PDF viewer for Linux supports going back and forward?
I use Alt-arrow to go back and forward very often in browser, IDE, etc. But the standard PDF viewer in Linux Mint lacks this function. What can I use instead (preferably not Adobe Reader)?
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SumatraPDF as default PDF viewer in Emacs
I have been trying to change the default PDF viewer in Emacs from Adobe to SumatraPDF. After searching on the internet I began editing the .emacs file. The file has a lot of stuff not concerning the ...
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Open file at given path with non-default program?
I am normally opening PDF files with Foxit Reader.
Now I have one PDF file (C:\sample.pdf) which I edit quite often, so for opening it, I am always using Adobe Acrobat. Currently I always have to ...
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Why does the last KB of a PDF take so long to load?
I'm loading a 357 KB PDF, and the first 356 KBs loaded almost instantly, whereas the last KB is taking forever to load.
I encounter this problem as I load PDFs in varying sizes from varied sources.
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Hiding `'tools', 'comment' and 'sing' ` buttons in Adobe Reader XI
How can I hide 'tools', 'comment' and 'sing' buttons from toolbar of Adobe Reader XI?
I found this, but did not work for me: ...
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Forcing grayscale PDF to Black and White?
I have a large color PDF that I can easily view greyscale in Foxit Reader:
Unfortunately various bits of text end up in ridiculously light shades of grey.
Similar, but not direct, questions ...
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Does SumatraPdf have a configuration file?
I would like to make some command line options (-invert-colors) permanent in my SumatraPDF installation. Is there a configuration (eg. an ini) file I can make SumatraPDF to use?
The manual mentions ...
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Storing Current Page for PDF eBooks
I am reading through several PDF eBooks on 2 different Windows PCs and 1 Android tablet. I would like to come up with an easy way to "bookmark" my current page that will work on all environments. So ...
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How can I set Foxit as the default plugin for handling PDFs in Firefox?
I recently installed PDFArchitect, which replaced the Foxit reader plugin in Firefox.
How can I set Foxit's plugin as default for handling in-browser PDF files?
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Get pixel coordinates of cursor in PDF?
Are there any PDF viewers (Windows, OS X, or Ubuntu) that enable you to see the page-relative pixel coordinates (x,y) of your cursor? I know Photoshop can do this, but I'm looking for something ...
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How do we make PDFs reflowable?
I read news that Adoble released some Mobile SDK that would make PDFs reflowable. Is such technology out yet? Does involve converting a standard PDF to a reflowable? If so, how do we do it? Or is it ...
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How to change the fonts used in Foxit Reader?
I really want to use Foxit Reader as my default PDF reader for its Tab Interface, and low memory footprint. Having tried mutiple times over the years the only thing that is stopping me are the Fonts. ...
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Keyboard shortcuts for Chrome PDF Viewer
I have found this help page: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1060734
But it only provides save and print keyboard shortcuts, I've to have shortcuts for the other ...
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Is there any 64-bit PDF plugin for browsers?
I'm now using a 64-bit version of a browser based on Firefox' rendering engine, but I don't see PDFs inside the browser because all of the readers I found are 32-bit, so their plugins don't work.
Is ...
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Can I use the default pdf reader in desktop ui mode
The default pdf handler in Windows 8 is the "Reader" app, which runs in the new UI only. Aside from using a "normal" pdf reader (Foxit/Adobe) is there any other way I can make the Reader app run in ...
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Unable to view PDFs within Firefox on OSX
I have installed the latest Adobe Reader (10.1.4) and confirmed that it works by opening a downloaded PDF document.
Unfortunately I cannot view PDFs within Firefox 15.0.1. I am just shown a blank ...
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Is there a 'reading mode' for Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader?
I would like to be able to make the PDFs I read more 'readable'. For example, in the same way that I can reflow, restyle and reformat the presentation of online articles using Instapaper and Pocket.
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Is it possible to make Adobe Reader to only negate a page?
Evince has a feature that inverts the colors, look:
But Adobe Acrobat doesn't seem to do it right, look:
It seems Adobe's Reader doesn't simply invert the colors, is there a way to make it have ...
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How to limit a pdf search to within certain pages
How do you limit the search of a pdf to within a specific page range or specific chapter? I had an e-textbook and I want to search for glossary terms within the glossary, and not be redirected to ...
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pdf reader that keeps pan/zoom while changing pages?
When viewing PDFs with Acrobat Reader I zoom/pan page to exclude top & bottom margins from view. When I change page it always starts at the top (it keeps zoom but pans to top of the page).
Is ...
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Is there any PDF reader app that support keyboard-shortcut customization?
Which PDF reader have comprehensive keyboard shortcut management (in particular single key shortcut support) ?
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How can I keep my zoom at the same setting for all pages in a PDF in Adobe Reader?
I am trying to read a book in Adobe Reader, and the zoom setting defaults to 61.3%. I then set it to 100%, but as soon as I click on another bookmark, it gets reset back to 61.3%. How can I make it ...
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PDF produced with Japanese PC loads with error 109
A Japanese user of our software cannot open the PDFs our software produces when they run the software on a Japanese version of Windows (probably Win7). I have the same problem if I try to open the ...
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How to disable “Install Adobe Reader” prompt in Chrome
In Windows, i'm happy with Google Chrome's built-in PDF Reader plugin. Even, i use it as default PDF reader for Windows.
But for some PDF's, Chrome always prompts like "Parts of this PDF document ...
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Why can't I copy the text from a PDF?
I have a pdf that I can't copy text from.
I have tried several pdf readers: Foxit, Sumatra, PDF-XChange, mupdf
NONE of them allows me to simply copy the text!
What could cause this?
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Why do my PDFs from Hebrewbooks.org get cut off?
Many posters on our site use hebrewbooks.org to reference sources. Recently, the PDFs from Hebrewbooks do not display correctly on my PC. Initially, I can read an entire page, but after a couple of ...
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PDF fonts that include all possible gTLD chars [closed]
I'm creating a generator for PDF documents in Ruby. When I include Chinese, Japanese and Cyrillic characters, they are displayed incorrectly.
It seems that when I'm generating the font I need to ...
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Is there a PDF overview program (like image gallery)?
I just wondered if there is such a thing. For printed sheets of paper I can just browse in a formatter, for digital PDF files I have to either rely on the file name or open each individually.
Is ...
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Resizing signature on Adobe Reader on Windows 7 tablet
I have a Windows 7 tablet and would like to be able to complete PDF forms, and put a signature on them. However with Adobe Reader I am unable to resize the signature as I cant accurately touch and ...
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Portable pdf-viewer which supports video embeddings produced by latex movie15 or media9 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Portable pdf-viewer where I can configure which external movie player is used
Is there any portable pdf-viewer for windows which supports embedded videos produced by ...
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Are there any PDF readers for Windows that ignore any restrictions set by the author? [closed]
Are there any PDF readers for Windows that ignore all the pseudo-DRM restrictions on saving, copy&paste, etc. set by the author?
I have already tried:
Adobe Reader
Foxit
Sumatra
Evince
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Fatal error: Acrobat failed to connect to DDE server
This is my problem: I can always open one PDF document in Acrobat Reader from Explorer, and sometimes more (especially soon after Windows restart). However, after some time it starts to fail: when I ...
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Chrome's PDF reader does not always show spaces between words
The reader does not show the spaces between words in many case. The PDF opens fine using the reader that the OS uses, so I know that I am not getting a corrupted PDF.
In addition, the reader realizes ...
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PDF with 200 DPI JPEGs look blurry in viewer
I often scan images, and I usually do that as 200 DPI JPEG files. If I look at them in Gwenview (Linux image viewer) the text looks readable, and on 100% it looks perfectly sharp.
When I convert them ...
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print a print-protected PDF file
I have a 70+ pages PDF file that is protected so it can not be printed by standard tools like Acrobat Reader etc. Is there a way ho I can have this printed out? Preferably except GhostScript if ...
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Looking for a pdf viewer with an ability to specify search string on command line
I would like to be able to specify a search in similar manner to "less -p search_string". I need it to quickly preview changes in pdf's generated with LaTeX so it should be possibly lightweight. It ...
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Foxit Reader temporarily freezes reading fonts, how to reduce?
When using Foxit Reader to read pdfs I noticed, that there are certain lags from time to time, where the the reader freezes for some seconds and then continues working later on.
I used the Windows ...
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Why does my Adobe Reader render PDFs so poorly?
I'm using Adobe Reader 9.4.3 on Windows 7. Everything is pretty much as is out of the box. I have not done anything special with fonts or smoothing. In Linux and even Windows/Chrome things look like ...
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A linux PDF reader that supports unicode characters
I use the default document viewer in Fedora. But for some languages such as Persian I can't copy texts. When I copy them and paste them somewhere, I get some irrelevant characters like f! O I K Q- ! ...
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Enable brower shortcuts in a browser pdf
So I have recently tried to start learning shortcuts for certain commands and I have gotten pretty proficient and reliant on the shortcuts that I do know. Now, when I am unable to use my shortcuts, it ...
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PDF rendering of images seems to vary from viewer to viewer with blurring?
I'm generating PDF figures in Adobe Illustrator CS5 that include embedded images. I've noticed that the images look dramatically different when I display the same PDF in Preview, Skim or Adobe Reader ...
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PowerPoint 2010 opens link to PDF file in Notepad
When I try to open a PDF file in a Powerpoint 2010 presentation on my laptop, I get a dialog like this:
Opening: path/filename.pdf
Some files can contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to ...
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Tools for presenting PDF slides with presenter notes on second display
I made a presentation using the latex beamer class. Now I have a problem displaying notes only on my screen while presenting the slides to the audience. Beamer notes produce very wide pdf pages, each ...
