KPDF
Encyclopedia
KPDF is a free
PDF
reader based on Xpdf
. It is integrated with the KDE
platform, so it embeds very well in Konqueror
as KPart. Nevertheless, KPDF has been replaced in KDE SC 4 by Okular
.
KPDF allows text in PDFs to be read through KTTS text-to-speech. Same as original Acrobat Reader, it provides side panel with thumbnails, allows double page mode. However it cannot rotate a page on its own, relying on the external means to rotate the whole screen when required.
Bookmarks are visible on the thumbnails and there is no other navigation feature to locate them. When a pdf-file was moved to another directory this files bookmarks remain consistent.
When running side by side it might show faster response than KGhostView (0.5.4) and in some cases even exceed the original Acrobat (9.0) http://vntutor.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-is-best-pdf-reader-for-ubuntu.html.
KPDF was named Application Of The Month in April 2005.
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
reader based on Xpdf
Xpdf
Xpdf is an open-source PDF viewer for the X Window System and Motif.Xpdf runs on practically any Unix-like operating system. Xpdf can decode LZW and read encrypted PDFs. The official version obeys the DRM restrictions of PDF files, which may prevent copying, printing, or converting some PDF files...
. It is integrated with the KDE
KDE
KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
platform, so it embeds very well in Konqueror
Konqueror
Not to be confused with the Conqueror web browser.Konqueror is a web browser and file manager that provides file-viewer functionality for file systems such as local files, files on a remote ftp server and files in a disk image. It is a core part of the KDE desktop environment...
as KPart. Nevertheless, KPDF has been replaced in KDE SC 4 by Okular
Okular
Okular is the document viewer for KDE SC 4 . It is based on KPDF and it replaced KPDF, KGhostView, KFax, KFaxview and KDVI in KDE 4.Its functionality can be easily embedded in other applications....
.
Features
Feature highlights:- Three different ways of searching: find dialog, thumbnail filter and type-ahead find.
- Capture images and text easily with kpdf by dragging a rectangle around what is desired to be captured.
- Choosing the default background/text colors, like a CSS style sheet.
- Ability to add bookmarks to pages.
KPDF allows text in PDFs to be read through KTTS text-to-speech. Same as original Acrobat Reader, it provides side panel with thumbnails, allows double page mode. However it cannot rotate a page on its own, relying on the external means to rotate the whole screen when required.
Bookmarks are visible on the thumbnails and there is no other navigation feature to locate them. When a pdf-file was moved to another directory this files bookmarks remain consistent.
When running side by side it might show faster response than KGhostView (0.5.4) and in some cases even exceed the original Acrobat (9.0) http://vntutor.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-is-best-pdf-reader-for-ubuntu.html.
KPDF was named Application Of The Month in April 2005.
See also
- List of PDF software
- OkularOkularOkular is the document viewer for KDE SC 4 . It is based on KPDF and it replaced KPDF, KGhostView, KFax, KFaxview and KDVI in KDE 4.Its functionality can be easily embedded in other applications....
- The KPDF replacement