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Evince Document Viewer

Introduction — Introduction to the Evince Document Viewer.

Reading Documents

Finding Text In A Document — Find a word or phrase in a document.

Moving Around A Document — Navigating, scrolling and zooming.

Opening A Document — How to open a document using Evince.

Password-Protected Documents — Handling password protected PDFs.

Presentations and Other Supported Formats

Presentations — You can play presentations with Evince.

Supported Formats — PDF, PostScript and many others are.

Printing

I Can't Print A Document — The author may have put printing restrictions on the document.

Printing A Document — How to print, and common questions about printing.

Printing a Booklet — How to print a booklet.

Annotations and Bookmarks

Adding Annotations — How to create and customize annotations.

Annotation Navigation — How to navigate to annotations.

Bookmarks — You can use annotations like bookmarks.

Can't Add Annotations? — Annotations can only be added to PDF files.

Removing Annotations — You can not remove annotations.

Save a Copy of an Annotated PDF — How to save your annotations.

Interactive Forms

Forms — Working with fillable forms in Evince.

Saving a Form — Make sure you save the form, otherwise all of the information you entered will be lost.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I Edit Documents In The Document Viewer? — You can not use the Evince Document Viewer to edit files.

Why Didn't The Text I Selected Copy Properly? — When you copy text, the text that is pasted might be different from what you had selected.

Why Does The Document Keep Reloading? — Evince automatically reloads your document if another program changes it while you're viewing it.

Why can't I open a file? — Error When Opening A File.

Advanced

The Command Line — The evince command can open any number of files, at specific pages and in various modes.

Keyboard Shortcuts — See a list of all shortcuts, and learn how to create your own custom shortcuts.

Tips and Tricks

Converting A Document To PDF — You can convert a document to PDF by "printing" it to a file.

Converting A Document To PostScript — You can convert a document to PostScript.

Converting A Document To SVG — You can convert a document to SVG by "printing" it to a file.

Invert Colours On A Page — Inverting the colors can make it easier to read some text.

Toolbar — Show, hide or edit the toolbar.

SyncTex

What is SyncTex? — SyncTeX support is available in Evince.

Set-up SyncTex — How to add support for SyncTex.

Compile TeX with SyncTex — How to compile your TeX document with SyncTex

Supported Editors — Which editor can you use to edit your TEX file?

Search with SyncTex — Flip between Evince and Gedit.

Beamer with SyncTex — Using SyncTex with the LaTeX Beamer class.

Get Involved

File a Bug Against Evince — How and where to report problems.

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