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Okular is a universal document viewer based on KPDF for KDE 4.

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How to automatically save at shutdown and restore Okular / KDE sessions in Ubuntu?

When I reopen Okular, I want to have the same windows / tabs as when I last closed it, usually at system shutdown / startup. Is that possible in Ubuntu (not Kubuntu, running the standard desktop). 15....
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Cannot change Okular's default page size under Ubuntu 18.04

After installing Ubuntu 18.04, Okular always defaults to "A4" as the page size, even if I have set the page size to "letter" everywhere. For example, even if in Okular's printer dialog I click "...
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How can I increase the viewing history (recent documents) in Okular?

I tried looking for an entry/number in ~/.kde/share/config/okularrc but there was nothing to edit there as to allow me to increase the number of saved addresses
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Signing pdf with Okular

I saw that in Okular we can now digitally sign a document. I would like to know the steps from scratch to make this work. At the moment Okular tells me "There are no available signing ...
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Increase scroll speed in Okular only

Okular scrolls (at least when using two-finger touchpad scrolling) much slower than most other applications on my computer (in particular evince). Is there some way to increase the scrolling speed ...
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Going through annotations in Okular

I use Okular to read and annotate PDF textbooks. I use mostly highlighting alone but I sometimes add a pop-up note attached to highlighted text. When I want to read some material again, I like to just ...
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okular and external movie player compete for owning the screen?

I have been using okular as my primary pdf viewer, and for pdf presentation. Usually my pdf presentations contains link to external movie files, which, upon clicks, will be opened in an external ...
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Searching multiple PDF documents with Recoll

On windows, I use Foxit reader's advanced search to look up terms in multiple PDF documents in a directory. I like how flawless and quick it is moving from one document to another and from one search ...
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How to open pdf file in Nautilus as new Okular tab?

This works in the previous version (tested on 16.04): set Okular as default pdf viewer. Open nautilus, double click pdf file. Open another pdf file will bring new tab to Okular. But this method didn't ...
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How can I configure Okular to save annotations in the pdf file by default?

As far as I know, Okular annotation are stored locally in /home/user/.kde/share/apps/okular/docdata. However, there are many cases where I need the annotations to be saved within the pdf file itself ...
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Making okular notes and comments visible to other pdf readers

Is there a way to make okular comment and reviews for a pdf visible to Adobe Reader and evince?
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Printing Page Numbers in Okular

I'm using Okular to print some PDF files. How can I add page number to each page? Edit: Screen shots that Lucio requested: (I have no print menu! I have File > Print >> Options)
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How to disable "This document has forms..." info in Okular

I'm constantly changing a PDF (actually an animated LaTeX document), but every time Okular reloads the document, it shows a HUGE popup saying: This document has forms. Click on the button to interact ...
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Changing custom paper size from 0x0in?

I am trying to print a 5.7x11.2in pdf document in Okular. When I go into print I get the option to chose a size of paper at the bottom of which is the option 'custom'. However, when I click on this it ...
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How to play an embedded sound in a PDF on Ubuntu?

I've been trying to play the embedded sounds that are in a PDF document. I have tried installing the latest Adobe Reader released for Ubuntu and I also installed the Okular but none of these readers ...
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font size okular note (pop-up)

I am using Okular on Ubuntu 20.04 and the font for pop-up notes was okay until one day it shrinks so now I have to manually go into properties and resize on each note. How can I configure a default ...
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Adding Times New Roman font in Okular

I got a PDF with two fonts that aren't embedded: Arial and Times New Roman. On Okular, they are substituted by other fonts which I don't like. Then, I've added those Microsoft fonts to my machine with ...
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okular (snap) print-preview/print-to-pdf does not work

I run 18.04.1-Ubuntu and have installed okular using snap okular 19.04.2 63 stable kde✓ I try to export to pdf such that all annotations will be integrated such that they cannot be edited ...
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Does Okular has a way to export or display only the highlighted text?

Currently, I am aware of the feature in Okular which lets you jump to the parts of the highlighted text from review pane. However, I find it distracting and so I am trying to figure out if there is ...
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Evince hide all comments

I am trying to view a PDF created by AutoCAD LT; for some reason it shows with a "comment box" around all of the text elements. I have a PDF with hundreds of little boxes that cannot be moved or ...
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letters with diacritic marks disappearing in Evince Document Viewer

Letters with diacritic marks disappear in forms viewed with Evince Document viewer 3.18.2: However, there is no problem typing letters with diacritic marks into the form: I have the relevant Latvian ...
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How to set Okular as internal PDF viewer in Chrome?

How to make Okular the default PDF viewer in Chrome instead of Chrome PDF Viewer? Here goes a few details related to my system: martin@martinpc:~$ google-chrome --version Google Chrome 47.0.2526.106 ...
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Okular: Your annotations will not be exported

I'm running Okular 0.20.2 on Ubuntu 12.04, I made some annotations to a PDF file and when I try to save a copy of it with Save as (to preserve the annotations), I get the message: Your annotations ...
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I cannot print from Okular, however printing from other programs works fine

I have Ubuntu 14.04 and Xerox Phaser 3250. When I try to print from okular, it does not react in any form, however if I print from Kile, evince, libreoffice etc, everything is fine. I hav no any idea, ...
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I have the 0.19.0 okular version, but it still doesn't let me save annotations in a pdf

I have trouble saving annotations and highlighting I made in okular as a pdf. I have the latest okular version: Qt: 4.8.2 KDE: 4.13.0 Okular: 0.19.0 and use ubuntu 12.04 (precise). I've tried the ...
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Okular no longer working in terminal after Kubuntu 18 upgrading

I have recently upgraded from Kubuntu 16 to 18. When I try to run okular in a terminal (konsole) as a user (as I have been successfully doing before, in vs 16), in vs 18 it fails, giving a message ...
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How to disable Okular from following links?

Okular fetches and opens content when (inadvertently) clicking on links. I tend to bleach my PDF files before I open them, and would like to disable Okular from blindly opening PDFs (or any other ...
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Proper usage of Digital Signature (DSC) fields nf PDF documents

I'm researching and wanting to use digital signature for my future documents. My Windows installation came with Nitro PDF that I use to build a PDF form with 3 signature fields. I could also set a ...
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Okular not printing the right paperformat?

Okular does not communicate properly with Canon MF 3010 concerning papersize? I try to print a pdf-document, papersize a5. Okular selects a4 paper in printing, resulting in misplaced text. Evince, e. ...
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Okular snap issues: open files /tmp and files in tab

I installed the latest snap Okular 22.08.2 on Ubuntu 20.04 (x11, gnome). I encountered two problems: I am tying to open a .pdf attachment from thunderbird with Okular (snap). Following this guide, I ...
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Manually change Okular backend when/after opening a file

Okular has problems detecting Markdown files. For example (adapted from https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430538#c9) the following two files, for which only the second one is rendered as Markdown (...
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Okular (Snap & Flatpak) problem with inverse search

I am on Ubuntu 20.04, and the Okular versions available to me seem to be the following: apt: 20.04.0 snap: 20.12.3 flatpak: 22.04.03 I would like a version > 20.12, because that allows me to ...
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Xorg. When screen sharing, Chome doen't see all programs in progress

When I start screen sharing with Google Chrome browser, it shows programs in progress except Okular, but I need it. Other programs that I tried are shown normally. Zoom shares the window with Okular. ...
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Okular text annotations Mutated vowels

I'm using Kubuntu 21.04 Okular(Version 20.12.3) doesn't display german mutated vowels (ä,ö,ü) in text annotations. Maybe somebody could help me. Thanks in advance.
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How to get to the File menu in okular

I suppose this ought to be glaringly obvious, but how do I get to the File menu when I start up okular from the shell prompt? The screen I get has nothing resembling the usual File/Edit choices at the ...
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Okular text annotation does not appear

I decided to give okular a try for editing pdf files but I am having an issue with the 'typewriter tool'. The text I type does not appear on the pdf itself within the okular editor. If I save the file ...
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Segfault launching Okular snap

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.5 on x64 PC. Packaged version of Okular is too ancient for my needs, so I installed the newest Okular snap. Unfortunately, it crashes on launch. Here is the log: paul@extra:~$ ...
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Okular Document Review annotation bar

I am using the latest Okular (version 20.04.0 Snaped). Since I use Annotations/typewriter most often — it is impossible to place the annotation bar onto the toolbar — visible & easy to access. The ...
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Problem with fonts in okular in kubuntu 20.04

I am having a problem with fonts substitutions in kubuntu 20.04 using okular or evince (both). The file has some embedded fonts as in ------------------------------------ ----------------- ------------...
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How to get apps detect phonon_backend

I installed Okular 1.10 via snap and, unlike the previous versions, it can't play videos embedded into pdfs due to the backend problem: WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon ...
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Okular freezes attempting to open more than one document

I installed Okular in Lubuntu 20.04 (x64). Opening a file in Okular works with no problems. However, if I click any other document whose format (pdf, djvu, whatever) is associated with Okular in file ...
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Associate ready annotations with a raw PDF file with Okular

Problem Accidently, the file x.pdf which was a book with a lot of annotations created by Okular is deleted. Annotations, however, are present in /home/user/.var/app/org.kde.okular/data/okular/docdata/....
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Missing labeling of menu bar sections in german version of okular

I notice that in the german localisation of Okular, some headings in the menu bar are missing, instead they are saying "Kein Text" ("no text"), for example the File section at the left (it should say ...
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Compiling modified version of Okular with new highlighting tool

Regarding the post Modify Okular highlight to automatically copy highlighted text into comment, I need help for the process to follow in order to compile Okular hicksor version on Ubuntu 18.04. I have ...
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Okular version 1 Auto Save Annotations

I recently moved my OS from Ubuntu 14 to 18. Unfortunately, unlike in my previous setup it seems current Okular version 1.3.3 does not allow auto save of annotations. Is there a way to set auto-save ...
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No colour printing on 18.04 after upgrade with hp officejet 6500 e709n

After upgrading to 18.04 i encounter troubles when trying to print pdfs in colour. When I open a pdf in okular and try to print it, the output is always b/w. Further I am missing the printer quality ...
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How to prevent Okular from remembering last position in the file?

How to make Okular not open the file at the last position? I couldn't find the option for it anywhere.
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KDE Kile + Okular forward search

I have just successfully managed to set up inverse search between Kile and Okular using this guide. Right next to it there is an even shorter guide about forward search. Given that inverse search ...
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Okular seems to have problems with inverse search for subdirectories (14.04)

I am having trouble with the inverse search feature of okular. I am running Ubuntu 14.04. I compiled a document (MWE see below) and had issues. In fact I compile using the same settings in kile and ...
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Copying Okular notes form Windows to Ubuntu

I have many PDF-files with Okular-notes on them in Windows. Now I would like to copy them into my Linux system. Okular-notes are not saved within the PDF-files. In Linux annotations are located in ~/....
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