Questions tagged [pdf]
Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for document exchange.
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Libreoffice convert docx to pdf page merge format number
1/ I install font microsoft success and libreoffice
2/ My command line run to convert docx to pdf:
libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf /code/input_files/temp.docx --outdir output.pdf
but it show ...
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Is there something that crops or resizes the pdf page by its TrimBox?
I am developing an application that makes pdf files, but I am adding the trimbox values to the pdf pages with a different way, hence I need debug my pdf file to check trimbox values that I set with my ...
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Pinch Zoom in VS Code PDF Viewer?
After moving from Windows 11 to Ubuntu 22.04, I have been getting used to the new features, but something I am missing is using the trackpad to pinch to zoom in various applications.
One specific case ...
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Application to read PDF files [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 22 LTS. Which PDF reader is a good one ? I see that adobe does not publish a linux version any more. Looking for something with security patches and long term support. I do not want to ...
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how do I search for text in a pdf file
I am running ubuntu 22.0.4
how do I search for text within a PDF file ?
I have tried evince, but it doesn't find the text
I have tried okular, but it doesn't find the text
I have tried pdfgrep, but it ...
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Install an Evince's branch from source code
I would like to install a specific branch of Evince. That called persistent-highlight. I have tried with the following commands:
git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/VirtuousCrane/evince.git
cd evince
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Rotate pdf pages using Scribus
Using Ubuntu 22.04LTS on various machines (Desktop / Laptop).
I use Scribus to do basic editing in pdf files (eg inserting signature, or text as text boxes).
When I'm sent a pdf that's malrotated, I ...
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I am using Ubuntu 22.04 and when trying to use ImageMagick to convert pdf to jpeg format I get error. /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml: command not found
Thank you for looking at my situation. I am running Ubuntu 22.04. I wanted to convert a pdf file to a jpeg file format. After typing
dr@Dell-1:~$ sudo /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
I get the ...
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Having issue with a HP LaserJet 3030 (All-in-One) printer
I'm struggling to get my ancient HP LaserJet 3030 (All-In-One) printer to play nicely with my HP Elitebook Folio 9470m laptop.
I'm able to print with no issues on a Win10 laptop (Dell Inspiron 15R ...
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Is there any way to highlight text in evince by selecting the given text?
In Windows as Adobe Reader provides a way by which we can highlight the given text by just selecting the text. Is there any way to do same in evince in Linux?
UPD: I want to ask is there any auto ...
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Annotate pdf on a webdav server
I'm currently using Ubuntu 20.04 and would like to annotate some pdf files that I have and that are stored on a webdav server. My nautilus is connected to the webdav server and I can open the pdf with ...
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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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PDF Arranger trying to export pages to make a new PDF of just the first few pages
I try to export selection to a new single file and it gives me the error message
"Use pikepdf.Pdf.pages interface to copy pages from one PDF to another"
trying to use the alternative pdfsam ...
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Why does installing "pdftk-java" change root certificate authority? Is this bad?
new ubuntu user here. I installed pdftk-java using sudo-apt, and it changed a lot of my root certificate authorities. Is this bad? I don't understand why this root certificate authority is needed by a ...
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Stripping a pptx presentation from videos in LibreOffice Impress
I have a .pptx presentation I am editing in LibreOffice Impress. The presentation contains videos. This works fine, but the size of the presentation is quite large because of the videos (177M), which ...
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Convert PDF uni-directional cross-reference links to bi-directional links
I have a PDF file with some cross-reference links which when clicked on, they point to different parts of the file. However, this works only in one direction, say from "link..." to "...
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Software recommendation: PDF reader with frictionless highlighting
I have tried many PDF readers (evince, okular, FoxitReader, etc.) and found evince the most minimal and practical one. Yet, with version 6 of Zotero, came a built-in PDF viewer with some features. Of ...
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Teach Firefox snap on 22.04 which applications are available to open which files, with PDF as an example
With firefox from snap on a freshly installed Ubuntu 22.04, the browser does not know any application to open a pdf.
I have configured 'always ask' and get the dialogs shown below when clicking on a ...
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how can I show page numbers of a pdf in Okular
I know epubs do not do page numbering,but pdfs should.
all I have to go by in Okular for progress in a book is the position of the scroll bar.
Is there any way to show the total pages and the current ...
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Okular not opening PDFs in tabs in Ubuntu 22.04
Been using Okular as my PDF reader for a long time as I like many of its features. Recently I switched from Xubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04 and now I cannot make Okular to open the PDFs in new tabs ...
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Ubuntu 22.04, why do some PDFs not generate a preview when downloaded?
I can put the ones that have previews on to a USB stick, go to a public printer that takes USB sticks, and print out the PDFs no problem but the red icon ones with no preview, they don't even show up ...
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Ubuntu App for border adjustment
In 'Scanner apps' in mobiles there is provision for border adjustment. Using these Apps we can adjust and make a document having an irregular quadrilateral border into a rectangular pdf. So it looks ...
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How do I remove password from a PDF using ghostscript, when password is known?
I have an encrypted pdf, and I am aware of the password, and I would like to use the Ghostscript to make them unencrypted, so they don't require any password to be opened.
I tried using the following, ...
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Some pdf pages are blank in Okular
Short story: some programs, including Okular, display blank some of the pages in a specific (1000+ pages) pdf, but other programs, including some internet browsers, display all pages without blanks.
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How do I install a pdf printer for Foxit pdf reader on Ubuntu 22.04?
I have some pdfs that I have commented out that I'd like to reprint as pdf to make the comments permanent. Foxit does not come with the 'Save to file' option like pre-installed Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Save as dialog box not showing
I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my old macbok pro (mid 2010). The issue is I cant save changes made to any file, whether its a text document or pdf downloaded from the internet. On editing a ...
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Open a PDF in Chromium
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I followed the instructions here Install PlugIn and installed the Chrome PDF viewer. No issue. However, I am looking at a MS OneNote document that has some PDFs. When I double-click the PDF, I am ...
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PDF file not opening
I uploaded several PDF files in mendeley reference manager.
However none of the file is opening, it just shows blank screen whenever i try to open a pdf file.
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CLI convert pptx to pdf WITHOUT libreoffice
I would like to convert sone pptx files to pdf, via the terminal. I know I can use
libreoffice --headless --invisible --convert-to pdf *.ppt
However, that requires me to install the whole ~400MB ...
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Can I tell pdfposter what the printable area of a page is?
I'm trying to split a large PDF (it doesn't correspond to an exact paper size but a bit smaller than A2) into four A4 pages. pdfposter -m a4 -p 2x2a4 does this pretty well - except that the split ...
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Using soffice within python, Command works on my Ubuntu server terminal but not work in Python subprocess
I am having a most major problem with libreoffice in Python
when I run the following in a terminal this works good
soffice --headless --convert-to pdf Sample-doc-file-500kb.doc
However when I have ...
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Is there a setting to make Firefox not directly download PDFs to Downloads when using "Open With"?
Ubuntu MATE 20.04
Possible culprits:
Email client: Thunderbird
PDF reader: Atril
Browser: Firefox v. 104.0
None are snaps.
For years I've been getting a .pdf copy of a newspaper via links emailed to ...
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I installed cups-pdf to print into a PDF with acrordrdc, but every time I try to print, I get only the first page printed. Please help!
System: enter image description here
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Ubuntu 22.04 Save to PDF Printer Large File Size
I have recently upgraded from 20.04 to 22.04 and since then, "Save to PDF" printing creates huge PDFs.
As a comparison, I have monthly reports that I print from a Web App using Firefox, ...
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cannot use make to create pdf
I am trying to compile the C ref posted by Stallman https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/c-intro-and-ref.git
and I am getting this error when I try to run make c.pdf:
c-intro-and-ref$ make c.pdf
tex ...
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Print to PDF - File Size
I recently ditched MacOS completely and am quite happy with Ubuntu. I print all my invoices and reports to PDF files, from the print dialog, which works rather well.
Except one thing - the file size. ...
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change color of hyperlinks on exporting Libreoffice writer to PDF
I use Ubuntu 22.04 and LibreOffice Writer 7.3.5.2. I changed the color of hyper links by going to tools -> options -> LibreOffice -> application colors and changing/enabling Unvisited links ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: Can't set Envince as default pdf viewer
I modified ~/.config/mimeapps.list:
and set:
application/pdf=org.gnome.Evince.desktop;
Then logged out and back in.
but if I use xdg-open /some/document.pdf it says
Setting _INKSCAPE_GC=disable as a ...
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qpdfview doesn't remember the pdfs opened in last boot, how do I make it possible?
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I read the above answer and did the exact same thing. My needs are exactly the same as that OP. But when I rebooted my laptop, it showed none of the pdfs that I opened in last boot.
How do I ...
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See historic of .pdf modifications file in Linux
It is possible to see historic of a .pdf modications with adobe and a subscription. I would like to know if you can do that with a command line or a free software in linux?
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PDF Viewer for Embedded Linux [duplicate]
I am looking for an open source/proprietary (open source preferred) PDF viewer(No editing required) to use in an HMI that runs Embedded Linux. The goal is to view manuals and other such files in the ...
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Chrome will not open 'some' pdf files Ubuntu 22.04
I am having an issue where Chrome will open 'most' PDF files, but some will only download.
I don't really have a problem downloading it, but when I do, the side of the download window is missing the ...
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Pdf files are recognised as images
I have recently changed my Operating System from windows 11 to Ubuntu 20.04. I have transferred the data from my old system. The problem is that Ubuntu is recognising PDF files as images and opening ...
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How do I fix error "gs" ignored when using ghostcript for reducing pdf file size?
I am trying to reduce the filesize of a pdf using ghostscript. I found the command here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/18987/how-to-make-the-pdfs-produced-by-pdflatex-smaller
gs -sDEVICE=...
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Document viewer uses white fonts in white input fields
How can I change this behavior to having black text?
I got a pdf I'd like to fill input fields. However, the font is white on a white background1. When I select the typed text, one can see it2.
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PDF Post Processing with Evince (Document Viewer)
I have a scanned PDF document which I've opened with Ubuntu's document viewer (Evince). When I select a part of the text in the document, it automatically processes the scanned text and converts it to ...
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I get stuck almost every time in printing pdf files on Kyocera FS1020MFP and Brother DCP-L2520D printers with ubuntu 20
I tried several times installing and uninstalling the printer drivers for both the printers but not able to get print. Although, Brother DCP-T220 is working fine at the same time.
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how change duplicate file name pattern in firefox
I have the same systems Ubuntu 20.04 with the newest firefox ver. on two machines. When i download the same file several times on my laptop names of downloaded files looks like: download.pdf,download(...
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How to make Chrome open pdf files with Okular?
I've been using Chrome with Ubuntu 20.04 and it was set up to download and open pdf files in Okular. I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 and I don't see a way to have this functionality back. Chrome opens pdf ...
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Initializing: Windows Media(R) Player hangs in snap Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
While trying to play an audio file in a PDF, the Initializing: Windowd Media(R) Player message hangs after clicking on the "play audio icon":
How can I ensure the Adobe Reader DC is able to ...
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