# &appname; Manual V&manrevision;

2004
Sun Microsystems
2003
2004
Chee Bin HOH
GNOME Documentation Project

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Sun
GNOME Documentation Team
Sun Microsystems
Chee Bin
HOH
GNOME Documentation Project

     cbhoh@mimos.my

GNOME PDF Viewer Manual V&manrevision;
&date;

Sun GNOME Documentation Team

GNOME Documentation Project

GNOME PDF Viewer Manual V2.1
February 2004

Sun GNOME Documentation Team

GNOME Documentation Project

GNOME PDF Viewer Manual V2.0
October 2003

Chee Bin HOH cbhoh@mimos.my

GNOME Documentation Project

This manual describes version &appversion; of GNOME PDF Viewer.

## Feedback

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &appname; application or this manual, follow the directions in the GNOME Feedback Page.

## Introduction

The &app; application enables you to view Portable Document Format (PDF) files. &app; is based on the Xpdf program and uses additional GNOME features for better desktop integration.

## Getting Started

### To Start &appname;

You can start &app; in the following ways:

Applications menu

  Choose Graphics PDF Viewer .

Command line

  Execute the following command: `gpdf`

### When You Start &appname;

When you start &app;, the following window is displayed.

#### &appname; Window

Shows &appname; main window. Contains titlebar, menubar, toolbar, and display area. Menubar contains File, View, and Help menus.

The &app; window contains the following elements:

Menubar

  The menus on the menubar contain all of the commands that you need to work with files in &app;.

Toolbar

  The toolbar contains a subset of the commands that you can access from the menubar.

Display area

  The display area displays the PDF file.

Additional menus and toolbar buttons are displayed when you open a file.

In &app;, you can perform the same action in several ways. For example, you can open a file in the following ways:

UI Component | Action
--- | ---

Window

- Drag a file into the &app; window from another application such as a file manager.

- Double-click on the file name in the file manager, or any GNOME application that accepts embedded PDF views.

Menubar | Choose File Open.

Toolbar

- Click on the Open toolbar button.

- Click on the down-arrow button to display a list of recently-opened files.

Shortcut keys | Press Ctrl O.

This manual documents functionality from the menubar.

## Usage

### To Open a File

To open a File, perform the following steps:

1. Choose File Open .

2. In the Load file dialog, select the file you want to open.

3. Click Open. &app; displays the name of the PDF file in the titlebar of the window.

To open another file, choose File Open again. &app; opens each file in a new window.

If you try to open a file format that &app; does not recognize, the application displays an error message.

### To Navigate Through a File

You can navigate through a file as follows:

- To view the next page, choose Go Next Page .

- To view the previous page, choose Go Previous Page .

- To view the first page in the file, choose Go First Page .

- To view the last page in the file, choose Go Last Page .

- To navigate back through viewed pages, choose Go Back.

- To navigate forward through viewed pages, choose Go Forward .

- To view a particular page, enter the page number in the text box on the toolbar, then press Return.

### To Scroll a Page

To display the page contents that are not currently displayed in the display area, use the following methods:

- Use the arrow keys on the keyboard.

- Drag the display area in the opposite direction to the direction in which you want to scroll. For example, to scroll down the page, drag the display area upwards in the window.

- Use the scrollbars on the window.

### To Change the Page Size

You can use the following methods to resize a page in the &app; display area:

- To increase the page size, choose View Zoom In .

- To decrease the page size, choose View Zoom Out .

- To resize a page to have the same width as the &app; display area, choose View Fit page width .

- To resize a page to fit within the &app; display area, choose View Best Fit .

- To resize the &app; window to have the same width and height as the screen, choose View Full Screen . To resize the &app; window to the original size, click on the Exit Full Screen button.

### To View Bookmarks or Pages

To view bookmarks or pages, perform the following steps:

1. Choose View Sidebar .

2. Use the drop-down list in the side-pane header to select whether to display bookmarks or pages in the side pane.

3. Use the side-pane scrollbars to display the required bookmark or page in the side pane.

4. Click on a bookmark to navigate to that location in the file. Click on a page to navigate to that page in the file.

### To View the Properties of a File

To view the properties of a PDF file, choose File Properties .

The PDF Properties dialog displays the following information:

Title

  Title of the PDF document.

Subject

  Subject of the PDF document.

Author

  Author of the PDF document.

Keywords

  Keywords associated with the PDF document.

Creator

  Application used to create the PDF document.

Producer

  Producer of the PDF document.

Created

  Date on which the PDF document was created.

Modified

  Date on which the PDF document was last modified.

Security

  Whether the PDF document is encrypted or not.

PDF Version

  Version number of the PDF document.

Number of Pages

  Number of pages in the PDF document.

Optimized

  Whether the PDF document is optimized or not.

### To Print a File

To print a PDF file, choose File Print .

If you cannot choose the Print menu item, the author of the PDF file has disabled the print option for this file. To enable the print option, you must enter the master password when you open the file. See for more information about password-protected files.

The Print dialog has the following tabbed sections:

- Job

- Printer

- Paper

#### Job

Print range

  Select one of the following options to determine how many pages to print:

  - All

    Select this option to print all of the pages in the file.

  - Pages From

    Select this option to print the selected range of pages in the file. Use the spin boxes to specify the first page and last page of the range.

#### Printer

Printer

  Use this drop-down list to select the printer to which you want to print the file.

  The Create a PDF document option is not supported in this version of &app;.

Settings

  Use this drop-down list to select the printer settings.

  To configure the printer, click Configure. For example, you can enable or disable duplex printing, or schedule delayed printing, if this functionality is supported by the printer.

Location

  Use this drop-down list to select one of the following print destinations:

  CUPS

    Print the file to a CUPS printer.

    If the selected printer is a CUPS printer, CUPS is the only entry in this drop-down list.

  lpr

    Print the file to a printer.

  File

    Print the file to a PostScript file.

    Click Save As to display a dialog where you specify the name and location of the PostScript file.

  Custom

    Use the specified command to print the file.

    Type the name of the command in the text box. Include all command-line arguments.

State

  This functionality is not supported in this version of &app;.

Type

  This functionality is not supported in this version of &app;.

Comment

  This functionality is not supported in this version of &app;.

#### Paper

Paper size

  Use this drop-down list to select the size of the paper to which you want to print the file.

Width

  Use this spin box to specify the width of the paper. Use the adjacent drop-down list to change the measurement unit.

Height

  Use this spin box to specify the height of the paper.

Feed orientation

  Use this drop-down list to select the orientation of the paper in the printer.

Page orientation

  Use this drop-down list to select the page orientation.

Layout

  Use this drop-down list to select the page layout. A preview of each layout that you select is displayed in the Preview area.

Paper Tray

  Use this drop-down list to select the paper tray.

### To Copy a File

To copy a file, perform the following steps:

1. Choose File Save a Copy .

2. Type the new filename in the Filename text box in the Save a Copy dialog.

   If necessary, specify the location of the copied file. By default, copies are saved in your home directory.

3. Click Save.

### To Work With Password-Protected PDF Documents

An author can use the following password levels to protect a PDF document:

- User password that allows others only to read the document.

- Master password that allows others to perform additional actions, such as print the document.

When you try to open a password-protected document, &app; displays a security dialog. Type either the user password or the master password in the Enter document password text box, then click Open Document.

### To Close a File

To close a file, choose File Close .

If the window is the last &app; window open, the application exits.

To quit &app; at any time, no matter how many windows are open, choose File Quit .

When you quit, &app; closes all files opened in the current session.