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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.

Password-protected documents — Handling password protected PDFs.

Presentations and other supported formats

Presentations — How to play presentations.

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 booklet — How to print a booklet.

Printing a document — How to print, and common questions about printing.

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't remove annotations.

Save a copy of an annotated PDF — How to save your annotations.

Interactive forms

Forms — Working with fillable forms.

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't use the document viewer to edit files.

Change default settings — Save current settings as default for new documents.

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

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? — Your document will be automatically reloaded if another program changes it while you're viewing it.

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 colors 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.

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 the document viewer and gedit.

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

Get involved

File a bug against the document viewer — How and where to report problems.

Help develop — Improve the Document Viewer.

Help translate — Localize the Document Viewer.

Help write documentation — Contact the Documentation Team.

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