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Evince document viewer

Introduction to the Evince Document Viewer.

Reading documents

Finding text in a document

Find a word or phrase in a document.

Moving around a document

Navigating, scrolling and zooming.

Opening a document

How to open a document.

Password-protected documents

Handling password protected PDFs.

Presentations and other supported formats

How to play presentations.

Supported formats

PDF, PostScript and many others are.

Printing

I can't print a document

The author may have put printing restrictions on the document.

Printing a booklet

How to print a booklet.

Printing a document

How to print, and common questions about printing.

Annotations and bookmarks

Adding annotations

How to create and customize annotations.

Annotation navigation

How to navigate to annotations.

You can use annotations like bookmarks.

Can't add annotations?

Annotations can only be added to PDF files.

Removing annotations

You can't remove annotations.

Save a copy of an annotated PDF

How to save your annotations.

Interactive forms

Working with fillable forms.

Make sure you save the form, otherwise all of the information you entered will be lost.

Frequently asked questions

Can I edit documents in the document viewer?

You can't use the document viewer to edit files.

Why can't I open a file?

Error When Opening A File.

Why didn't the text I selected copy properly?

When you copy text, the text that is pasted might be different from what you had selected.

Why does the document keep reloading?

Your document will be automatically reloaded if another program changes it while you're viewing it.

Advanced

The command line

The evince command can open any number of files, at specific pages and in various modes.

Keyboard shortcuts

See a list of all shortcuts, and learn how to create your own custom shortcuts.

Tips and tricks

Converting a document to PDF

You can convert a document to PDF by "printing" it to a file.

Converting a document to PostScript

You can convert a document to PostScript.

Converting a document to SVG

You can convert a document to SVG by "printing" it to a file.

Invert colors on a page

Inverting the colors can make it easier to read some text.

Show, hide or edit the toolbar.

SyncTeX

What is SyncTeX?

SyncTeX support is available.

How to add support for SyncTeX.

Compile TeX with SyncTeX

How to compile your TeX document with SyncTeX

Supported editors

Which editor can you use to edit your TEX file?

Search with SyncTeX

Flip between the document viewer and gedit.

Beamer with SyncTeX

Using SyncTeX with the LaTeX Beamer class.

Get involved

File a bug against the document viewer

How and where to report problems.