Questions tagged [pdf-reader]
A PDF reader is an application which can read and display Portable Document Format files.
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Software to read PDFs with inverted colors [closed]
I sometimes want to read a long PDF file in a computer, but because white background I can read only a few pages until my eyes weep.
Is there any software to invert colors of a PDF (PDF converter, ...
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Solutions for presenting PDF slides with presenter notes on second display [closed]
I made a presentation using the latex beamer class with notes. Now I have a problem displaying notes only on my display while presenting the slides to the audience using a projector. Beamer notes ...
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Is there software to allow me to search a PDF file with Regex? [closed]
I would like a PDF viewer that I can search documents with using regular expressions. Is there such a thing? I've tried PowerGrep, but it doesn't have a graphical viewer and its interface is a little ...
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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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PDF-XChange Viewer, pdflatex, Windows XP Pro SP3
Howto make pdfxcview.exe not lock PDF files when opening them
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force pdflatex ignore locks (and thus be able to overwrite PDF while generating content with pdflatex or simply manipulating content ...
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Displaying PDF files white on black
I couldn't find the option to enable it on Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader. I don't think Sumatra has it neither. Can someone help me? White pages are starting to hurt my eyes.
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Keep Using Microsoft Reader After It Has Been Discontinued
As of today (16/02/2018) Microsoft has apparently discontinued the Microsoft Reader app. Per this article
After updating to the latest version of the Reader App, users will be getting a notification ...
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Windows PDF viewer that auto-refreshes PDF when compiling with pdflatex
I'm writing a LaTeX document and am using the command line to compile the LaTeX code into a PDF document. In Linux I would just open the PDF with Evince PDF Viewer, and whenever I recompiled the LaTeX ...
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Why poor display quality in all PDF readers except those from Adobe?
When I read PDF files with Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Pro, the display quality is superb. However, for the same files, other PDF readers like Foxit Reader, Sumatra PDF Reader, etc show poor quality:...
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Hiding 'tools', 'comment' and 'sign' buttons in Adobe Reader XI
How can I hide 'tools', 'comment' and 'sign' buttons (note only the assosiated panes) from toolbar of Adobe Reader XI?
I found this, but did not work for me: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2011/03/...
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Extracting background images from a PDF file?
I have a PDF file containing maps of the building I work in, here:
http://www.libsys.und.edu/dev/FloorPlans_All.pdf
The original source files have been lost, and I've been asked to extract the map ...
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How does a PDF prevent itself from being printed?
I have a PDF for my camera's manual, and Adobe Reader won't let me print it (the print option is grayed out). SumatraPDF also does the same thing (it even says print denied). How does the PDF prevent ...
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Quickly view PDF files in directory
Is there a way to view/browse PDF files/graphs quickly while flipping through them in Ubuntu Narwhal (kind of like in OS X's Finder where it shows an "image" of the pdf when you select it without ...
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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 include:
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How to embed fonts into PDF
I have a pdf file, and I want to know if I can embed/subset all its fonts into PDF file itself? Is there any tool supporting this operation?
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How come Chrome opens some PDFs directly while DL others?
It would be nice to just view the pdf within chrome without saving it in the download folder (in Mac, I don't know how it is in other OS'). After a while you get tones of material in your download ...
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Where does okular store it's metadata
I want to know where does okular store it's metadata (highlighting and other type of annotations).
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