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| + | = Display a PDF = | ||
| + | To display a PDF ''example.pdf'', [[open a console]] and enter | ||
| + | okular ''example.pdf'' | ||
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= Insert a picture into a pdf file = | = Insert a picture into a pdf file = | ||
[[convert]] ''scan1*''.png ''text1''.ps | [[convert]] ''scan1*''.png ''text1''.ps | ||
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for the paper format you can also add | for the paper format you can also add | ||
-page A4+0+0 | -page A4+0+0 | ||
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| + | = TroubleShooting = | ||
| + | Sometimes, you will not be able to open PDF documents or they will be displayed incorrectly or features - like filling out forms will not work. In this case download Acrobat Reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html. Then [[open a console]] and install it like this: | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | tweedleburg:~ # chmod 777 AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin | ||
| + | tweedleburg:~ # ./AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin | ||
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| + | Extracting files, please wait. (This may take a while depending on the configuration of your machine) | ||
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| + | This installation requires 145 MB of free disk space. | ||
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| + | Enter installation directory for Adobe Reader 9.4.2 [/opt] | ||
| + | /opt | ||
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| + | Installing platform independent files ... Done | ||
| + | Installing platform dependent files ... Done | ||
| + | Setting up libraries ... Done | ||
| + | Setting up desktop and menu icons ... Done | ||
| + | Setting up the browser plugin ... Done | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
Latest revision as of 05:50, 21 September 2011
Display a PDF
To display a PDF example.pdf, open a console and enter
okular example.pdf
Insert a picture into a pdf file
convert scan1*.png text1.ps ps2pdf13 text1.ps text1.pdf cat text1.ps | gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -sOutputFile=text1.pdf -c save pop -
for the paper format you can also add
-page A4+0+0
TroubleShooting
Sometimes, you will not be able to open PDF documents or they will be displayed incorrectly or features - like filling out forms will not work. In this case download Acrobat Reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html. Then open a console and install it like this:
tweedleburg:~ # chmod 777 AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin tweedleburg:~ # ./AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin Extracting files, please wait. (This may take a while depending on the configuration of your machine) This installation requires 145 MB of free disk space. Enter installation directory for Adobe Reader 9.4.2 [/opt] /opt Installing platform independent files ... Done Installing platform dependent files ... Done Setting up libraries ... Done Setting up desktop and menu icons ... Done Setting up the browser plugin ... Done
