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==Why Kpdf is Good for You==
==KPDF - View and Print PDF files==
[[Image:Kpdf_vitruvian.png|right]]
[[Image:Kpdf_vitruvian.png|right]]
KPDF is a pdf viewer based on xpdf for KDE.
Being targeted to home users it has some unique features to enhance your reading pleasure in addition of doing everything you can expect from it.


The latest stable version was released on February 19 2007 as part of KDE 3.5.9.
KPDF was written for KDE 3 and was one of the earliest Free, Open <br />Source
After this development continued for KDE 4, resulting in [http://userbase.kde.org/Okular Okular] which has been called 'Kpdf on steroids!'
Applications to successfully view and print PDFs.
:::'''Choose KPDF Today!'''
==History==
:::{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="10" border="1"
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|'''Date'''||'''Headline'''
|-
|August 26, 2008 ||KPDF 0.5.10 released
|-
|February 19, 2008 ||KPDF 0.5.9 released
|-
|October 16, 2007 ||KPDF 0.5.8 released
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|May 22, 2007 ||KPDF 0.5.7 released
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|Jan 25, 2007 ||KPDF 0.5.6 released
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|Oct 11, 2006 ||KPDF 0.5.5 released
|}


Details of the changes between versions is available from [http://kpdf.kde.org/news.php#itemKPDF059released here]
==Features Highlights==
 
==What's new?==
 
===KPDF 0.5 features (compared to KPDF 0.4)===


::* Put fonts used by the document on the properties dialog
:: * Thumbnail panel for ease of navigation
::* Partial implementation of links with viewport
::* Support for images with alpha channel
::* Google-like search on thumbnails
::* Use kde wallet for passwords storage
::* Cursor wrapping over screen for continous scrolling
::* Shortcut for toggling the left panel
::* Save zoom setting on exit
::* Various performance improvements and bugfixes
::* Fixed 1 (maybe 2) crashes
:::[[Image:Kpdf05.alpha.png|thumb|150px|Images with alpha]]


===Major KPDF 0.4 features (compared to KPDF 0.3)===
:: * View in Fit-to-screen or Fit-to-width modes, changed with a single click


::* Continuous and Facing viewmodes
:: * Multi-mode searching - the usual facility to search from the Find dialog <br />&nbsp;is there of course, but you can also use the filter box above the <br />&nbsp;thumbnails to find pages containing that text.  Typing '/' then some text <br />&nbsp;will start type-ahead searching
::* Reactive user interface optimized for contents
::* Two different ways to search for text
::* Selection and copy on textual or graphics areas
::* Accessibility: text to speech and colors changing
::* Thumbnails with as-you-type filtering
::* Presentation mode complete with page transitions
::* Good printing support
::* Save and restore the state of each document between sessions
::* Smart memory management with background preloading
::* Internal compositing engine with transparency support
::* Over 50 other improvements
:::[[Image:Kpdf04.recolor.png|thumb|150px|With Accessibility colors]]
==Features Highlights==


KPDF has some interesting features like:
:: * Auto-scrolling - activate by the default keys (Shift+Up and Shift+Down) or by shortcut keys <br />&nbsp;to your taste.
===Searching===
There are three differents ways of searching in KPDF:


::* Find Dialog: The find dialog is the more standard way of doing searchs
<gallery>
::* Thumbnail filter: If you write some text on the text box above the thumbnails list, you'll get the thumbnails of the oages that have that text inside
Image:Kpdf05.alpha.png|Images with alpha
::* Type-ahead find: Type '/' and start typing the text you want to search, kpdf will do a incremental search on it.
Image:Kpdf04.recolor.png|&nbsp;With Accessibility colors
Image:Kpdf04.styled.png|&nbsp;Metalised theme
</gallery>


More features highlights are coming.. stay tuned.
Development continued for KDE 4, resulting in [[Okular|Okular]] which adds even more functionality.
:::[[Image:Kpdf04.styled.png|thumb|150px|Metalised theme]]
==Hints==
Things that can save your day:


::* Hands-free reading. Do you want to read while have your hands doing something else? Just activate the hands-free reading mode (Shift+Up | Shift+Down) and enjoy the auto scrolling feature. And of course shortcuts are configurable!
All this information and much more can be found on the project's Home Pages at [http://kpdf.kde.org/ kpdf.kde.org]

Revision as of 19:08, 9 September 2008

KPDF - View and Print PDF files

KPDF was written for KDE 3 and was one of the earliest Free, Open
Source Applications to successfully view and print PDFs.

Features Highlights

* Thumbnail panel for ease of navigation
* View in Fit-to-screen or Fit-to-width modes, changed with a single click
* Multi-mode searching - the usual facility to search from the Find dialog
 is there of course, but you can also use the filter box above the
 thumbnails to find pages containing that text. Typing '/' then some text
 will start type-ahead searching
* Auto-scrolling - activate by the default keys (Shift+Up and Shift+Down) or by shortcut keys
 to your taste.
  • Images with alpha

    Images with alpha

  •  With Accessibility colors

     With Accessibility colors

  •  Metalised theme

     Metalised theme

Development continued for KDE 4, resulting in Okular which adds even more functionality.

All this information and much more can be found on the project's Home Pages at kpdf.kde.org

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