A PDF (Portable Document Format) file is an electronic image of a
document. PDF captures formatting information from a variety of desktop
publishing applications, making it possible to send formatted documents
and have them appear on the recipient's monitor or printer as they were
intended. To view a PDF you must have a PDF reader.
An open source application called xpdf is
included with Red Hat Linux. To see a list of menu options, right-click inside
the screen. The toolbar at the bottom has navigational tools that let
you move backward and forward through the document, as well as standard
zoom, print, and find tools. The xpdf man
page provides useful information on the xpdf
options. To view the xpdf man page, at shell
prompt type man xpdf.
To view a PDF with xpdf:
In GNOME, go to =>
=> =>
.
In KDE, go to =>
=> .
You can also launch xpdf
prompt by typing xpdf at a shell prompt.
Right-click in the xpdf screen to
display a list of options.
Select to display a list of
files.
Select the PDF file you want to view and click on
Open.
 | Note |
|---|
| | A quick way to convert PostScript to PDF is to open a shell prompt
and type: ps2pdf input.ps output.pdf |
Type man ps2pdf at a shell prompt to view the
man page on the ps2pdf tool. This gives you
information on a variety of conversion options. |
Another popular PDF viewer is Adobe Acrobat
Reader. While it is not included with Red Hat Linux, you can
download it free of charge at http://www.adobe.com/.
