Chopped pages [LWN.net]

Chopped pages

Posted Nov 30, 2004 5:20 UTC (Tue) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's Guide to PDF Viewers

The main reason I find myself using xpdf is that in gv too many documents are displayed with much of the page chopped off. This shows up most frequently with typical city transit maps, and with converted presentation slides. The slides are "landscape", but gv insists on a "portrait" layout, so the bottom part of the window is blank, and the right side of the slide is inaccessible.

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Bookmarks

Posted Nov 30, 2004 7:19 UTC (Tue) by pgm (guest, #13851) [Link]

A major reason (The Reason?) for using Acroread for me is the "Bookmarks" feature. Navigation by thumbnail or page icon just isn't the same as clicking on a named heading and going straight to the spot. Particularly as my company now generates bookmarked docs using the excellent extendedPDF plugin to OOo. Is there any reason why the free viewers don't support bookmarks - is it a legal hurdle, or is it a matter of shortage of round-to-its?

Bookmarks

Posted Nov 30, 2004 11:24 UTC (Tue) by pontus (guest, #3701) [Link]

The feature you want is in xpdf. Click the square in the bottom left corner and drag to reveal the bookmarks panel. I love extendedPDF too :)

Bookmarks

Posted Dec 1, 2004 10:57 UTC (Wed) by pgm (guest, #13851) [Link]

So it is!. Thanks very much.

Rotating pages

Posted Dec 9, 2004 12:40 UTC (Thu) by kmself (subscriber, #11565) [Link]

If it's just a matter of rotating the image, the keys 7, 8, 9, and 0 will give you portrait, landscape, upside-down, and seascape, respectively in gv. Also selecting 'BBox' in the papersize dialog generally fits the display to the logical papersize also, if the sizing is nonstandard. Try these.