xpdf

DESCRIPTION

Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. (These are also sometimes also called 'Acrobat' files, from the name of Adobe's PDF software.) Xpdf can be run simply from Start =>Programs =>Viewers, or by clicking on a .pdf file in the X File Explorer.

CONTROLS

Once started there are number of methods of controlling the display, export etc:

On-screen controls, at the bottom of the xpdf window

left/right arrow buttons Move to the previous/next page.

double left/right arrow buttons Move backward or forward by ten pages.

dashed left/right arrow buttons Move backward or forward along the history path.

'Page' entry box Move to a specific page number. Click in the box to activate it, type the page number, then hit return.

zoom popup menu Change the zoom factor (see the description of the -z option above).

binoculars button Find a text string.

print button Bring up a dialog for generating a PostScript file. The dialog has options to set the pages to be printed and the PostScript file name. The file name can be '-' for stdout or '|command' to pipe the PostScript through a command, e.g., '|lpr'.

'?' button Bring up the 'about xpdf' window.

link info The space between the '?' and 'Quit' buttons is used to show the URL or external file name when the mouse is over a link.

'Quit' button Quit xpdf.

Popup Menu Pressing the right mouse button will post a popup menu with the following commands:

Open... Open a new PDF file via a file requester.

Open in new window... Create a new window and open a new PDF file via a file requester.

Reload Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will reload the file automatically (on a page change or redraw) if it has changed since it was last loaded.

Save as... Save the current file via a file requester.

Rotate counterclockwise Rotate the page 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Rotate clockwise Rotate the page 90 degrees clockwise. The two rotate commands are intended primarily for PDF files where the rotation isn't correctly specified in the file, but they're also useful if your X server doesn't support font rotation.

Close Close the current window. If this is the only open window, the document is closed, but the window is left open (i.e., this menu command won't quit xpdf).

Quit Quit xpdf.

Text selection Dragging the mouse with the left button held down will highlight an arbitrary rectangle. Any text inside this rectangle will be copied to the X selection buffer.

Links Clicking on a hyperlink will jump to the link's destination. A link to another PDF document will make xpdf load that document. A 'launch' link to an executable program will display a dialog, and if you click 'ok', execute the program. URL links call an external command (see the WEB BROWSERS section below).
Panning Dragging the mouse with the middle button held down pans the window.

Key bindings

o	Open a new PDF file via a file requester.
r	Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will reload the file automatically (on a page change or redraw) if it has changed since it was last loaded.
control-L	Redraw the current page.
control-W	Close the current window.
f or control-F	Find a text string.
control-G	Find next occurrence.
control-P	Print.
n	Move to the next page. Scrolls to the top of the page, unless scroll lock is turned on.
p	Move to the previous page. Scrolls to the top of the page, unless scroll lock is turned on.
<Space> or <PageDown> or <Next>	Scroll down on the current page; if already at bottom, move to next page.
<Backspace> or <Delete> or <PageUp> or <Previous>	Scroll up on the current page; if already at top, move to previous page.
v	Move forward along the history path.
b	Move backward along the history path.
<Home>	Scroll to top of current page.
<End>	Scroll to bottom of current page.
control-<Home>	Scroll to first page of document.
control-<End>	Scroll to last page of document.
arrows	Scroll the current page.
g	Activate the page number text field ("goto page").
0	Set the zoom factor to zero (72 dpi).
+	Zoom in (increment the zoom factor by 1).
-	Zoom out (decrement the zoom factor by 1).
z	Set the zoom factor to 'page' (fit page to window).
w	Set the zoom factor to 'width' (fit page width to window).
q	Quit xpdf.

left/right arrow buttons	Move to the previous/next page.
double left/right arrow buttons	Move backward or forward by ten pages.
dashed left/right arrow buttons	Move backward or forward along the history path.
'Page' entry box	Move to a specific page number. Click in the box to activate it, type the page number, then hit return.
zoom popup menu	Change the zoom factor (see the description of the -z option above).
binoculars button	Find a text string.
print button	Bring up a dialog for generating a PostScript file. The dialog has options to set the pages to be printed and the PostScript file name. The file name can be '-' for stdout or '\|command' to pipe the PostScript through a command, e.g., '\|lpr'.
'?' button	Bring up the 'about xpdf' window.
link info	The space between the '?' and 'Quit' buttons is used to show the URL or external file name when the mouse is over a link.
'Quit' button	Quit xpdf.

Open...	Open a new PDF file via a file requester.
Open in new window...	Create a new window and open a new PDF file via a file requester.
Reload	Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will reload the file automatically (on a page change or redraw) if it has changed since it was last loaded.
Save as...	Save the current file via a file requester.
Rotate counterclockwise	Rotate the page 90 degrees counterclockwise.
Rotate clockwise	Rotate the page 90 degrees clockwise. The two rotate commands are intended primarily for PDF files where the rotation isn't correctly specified in the file, but they're also useful if your X server doesn't support font rotation.
Close	Close the current window. If this is the only open window, the document is closed, but the window is left open (i.e., this menu command won't quit xpdf).
Quit	Quit xpdf.