||<>|| = Evince Document Viewer = Evince is the default document viewer for PDF (Portable Document Format) and Post''''''Script files but can also display other formats, such as images. It is designed to make reading documents a simple and hassle-free experience, and has intuitive previewing, indexing and searching capabilities. You can even view documents in full-screen or presentation format, where each page is displayed like a slide in a slideshow. Evince will start when you double-click a PDF file. If you want to start Evince without opening a file, press the {{{Alt}}} and {{{F2}}} buttons on the keyboard simultaneously and type {{{evince}}} in the window that appears, or open a Terminal and type: {{{ evince }}} = Key Features = * Zoom in and out of documents * Search * Presentation mode * It can be used from any application bo preview printing and select printing options (you must use "print to a file" in the application and later open the file with Evince to print it). = Screenshot = {{attachment:scrn-evince.jpg}} = Installation = * Part of the default Ubuntu installation = Hints and Tips = = Other applications you may wish to look at = == PDF Viewers == * '''[[http://www.emma-soft.com/projects/epdfview/|ePDFView]]''' * '''[[http://freshmeat.net/projects/gpdf/|GPdf]]''' - GNOME-based 'fork' of XPDF * '''[[http://kpdf.kde.org/|kpdf]]''' - KDE PDF reader * '''[[https://launchpad.net/qpdfview|qpdfview]]''' - a tabbed document viewer with a Qt interface. * '''[[http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/|Xpdf]]''' - PDF viewer with additional tools available (see: xpdf-utils) == PDF Creation Tools == * '''[[AbiWord]]''' - Word Processor that enables you to save documents as PDF files * '''[[LibreOffice]]''' - Office Suite that allows saving of files as PDFs * '''[[Scribus]]''' - Desktop Publishing = Further Reading = * '''[[http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/|Evince]]''' * '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdf|Wikipedia, 'Portable Document Format' (PDF)]]''' ---- CategoryOffice