A PDF (Portable Document Format) file is an electronic image of a
document. Red Hat Linux gives you several options for viewing PDFs.
An open source application called xpdf is
included with Red Hat Linux. The xpdf tool is
well-developed and easy to use. Right-click inside the screen to see a
list of menu options. The toolbar at the bottom has navigational tools
that let you move backwards and forwards through the document, as well
as standard zoom, print, and find tools. The
xpdf man page provides lots of useful
information on xpdf options (open a shell
prompt and type man xpdf at the command line).
To view a PDF with xpdf:
In GNOME, go to => => =>
In KDE, go to =>
=> .
Right click in the xpdf screen to display
a list of options.
Select Open to display a list of files.
Select the PDF file you want to view and click on
Open.
 | PDF Conversion |
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| | A quick way to convert a PDF to PostScript is to open a shell prompt and type:
pdf2ps input.pdf output.ps |
input.pdf is the file you want to convert and
output.ps is the new PostScript file you want
to create.
Type man a2ps at a shell prompt to view the man page on
the a2ps suite of tools. This gives you information on a variety of
conversion options.
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Adobe Acrobat Reader is not included in
Red Hat Linux, but you can download
it free of charge at http://www.adobe.com/.
