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== KPDF 0.5.9 ==
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==Why Kpdf is Good for You==
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[[Image:Kpdf-icon.png|left|72px|KPDF]]
==KPDF - View and Print PDF files== <!--T:1-->
'''KPDF''' was written for KDE 3 and was one of the earliest Free, Open Source
Applications to successfully view and print PDF files.
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KPDF is a pdf viewer based on xpdf for KDE.
==Features Highlights== <!--T:2-->
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.
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After this development continued for KDE 4, resulting in [http://userbase.kde.org/Okular Okular] which has been called 'Kpdf on steroids!'
* Thumbnail panel for ease of navigation
:::'''Choose KPDF Today!'''
* View in Fit-to-screen or Fit-to-width modes, changed with a single click
==History==
* 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
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* Auto-scrolling - activate by the default keys (<keycap>Shift+Up</keycap> and <keycap>Shift+Down</keycap>) or by shortcut keys to your taste.
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|'''Date'''||'''Headline'''
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|August 26, 2008 ||KPDF 0.5.10 released
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|February 19, 2008 ||KPDF 0.5.9 released
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|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
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Details of the changes between versions is available from [http://kpdf.kde.org/news.php#itemKPDF059released here]


==What's new?==
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<gallery perrow="3" class="center">
Image:Kpdf05.alpha.png|Images with alpha
Image:Kpdf04.recolor.png|With Accessibility colors
Image:Kpdf04.styled.png|Metalised theme
</gallery>


===KPDF 0.5 features (compared to KPDF 0.4)===


::* Put fonts used by the document on the properties dialog
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::* Partial implementation of links with viewport
Development continued for KDE 4, resulting in [[Special:myLanguage/Okular|Okular]] which adds even more functionality.
::* 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


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


===Major KPDF 0.4 features (compared to KPDF 0.3)===
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[[Category:Graphics]]
::* Continuous and Facing viewmodes
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::* 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
 
==Features Highlights==
 
KPDF has some interesting features like:
===Searching===
There are three differents ways of searching in KPDF:
 
::* Find Dialog: The find dialog is the more standard way of doing searchs
::* 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
::* Type-ahead find: Type '/' and start typing the text you want to search, kpdf will do a incremental search on it.
 
More features highlights are coming.. stay tuned.
==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!

Revision as of 13:13, 22 April 2011

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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 PDF files.

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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