After highlighting some texts in Evince (“Annotate the Document”->”Add highlight annotation”), how can I undo the highlighting? Answer Right-click on the highlighted text, then click Remove annotation. AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : xuhdev , Answer Author : Exeleration-G
I have a PDF file. The pages display vertically, one after another, one at a time. I would like the PDF to display 2 pages at a time, one page next to the other horizontally, like laying out a book flat. Users can do this with a menu option in the PDF reader, but I … Read more
The installable binary that Evince provides does not provide me with the option to select a location I would like it to be installed to. Instead I came across a suggestion at https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evince-list/2012-April/msg00022.html which provides a possible solution however each time I have tried it I simply get the window that displays the options provided … Read more
When reading pdf files using either adobe reader or evince, the zooming size always change back to default whenever the bookmarks are clicked. I was wondering if it is possible that the zooming size is set once for all during the same viewing session? My pdf file can be downloaded from here http://www.mediafire.com/file/b0ld7aq1ulq9uk3/1.pdf, in case … Read more
I use emacs auctex to write latex files. Since the text is pretty long, and I tend to change things in different places, I would like emacs to open the pdf so that the position in the text is shown that the cursor is at in the source file. I have seen this on a … Read more
Let us say I want slides.pdf to contain 4 slides per page. I can open a slides.pdf document under evince (the default Ubuntu document viewer) evince slides.pdf–>Print–>Page Setup–> Pages per Side –> 4 (or some other number) Then, I can indicate I want to print to a file, and print. The result is an output.pdf … Read more
I find this command sudo update-alternatives –config x-www-browser I choose Chrome. It works for xpdf, but Evince still starts Firefox after click. I feel Linux is not standard. I use Linux Mint 8 (Helena) LXDE. Answer As far as I understand LXDE uses xdg to do calls to applications. This command should fix your issue: … Read more
I’m using evince to view my documents under Linux. One thing bothers me, however. It seems to magically remember the position and settings of the window for every document. I searched all over (the hidden directories in my home folder, system files, gconf) for where it might be saving those settings, but I can’t find … Read more
Evince opens new documents in the existing window. I’d like to see many pages of a PDF file at the same time. For example, say I’m reading a paper in one instance of Evince on page 3 and I want another instance of Evince to be on the page with references, page 27. > evince … Read more
