{viewers} are GUI tools to render or visualise the .dvi, .ps and .pdf files generated after a LaTeX or pdfLaTeX compilation. Its synonymous tag is {pdf-reader} for PDF viewers like Sumatra or Acrobat X.
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PDF reader on Linux capable of continuous updating
I am using latexmk on a Red Hat 5 machine. I use it as:
latexmk -pdf -pvc
I would like to have my PDF reader automatically update the PDF as it is changed. What PDF reader do I need for this? What ...
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What is the closest alternative for TeXnicCenter + SumatraPDF on mac?
I am getting a mac soon, and I am freaked out the fact that I won't be able to use my very much familiar TeXnicCenter + SumatraPDF magic tools.
I googled around and decided to switch to TeXMaker, ...
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Notepad++ With MiKTeX and Sumatrapdf
I've seen similar posts to this one, but none have addressed my specific problem (I think!).
I currently use Notepad++ with MikTeX on my Windows 7 desktop. My default pdf viewer is Sumatrapdf.
I ...
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Font Rendering Artefacts on OS X
Ever since I started using OS X, I have noticed strange rendering artefacts when viewing PDFs I create using pdfTeX, XeTeX, or LuaTeX using Preview.app. These artifacts are not always reproducible, ...
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building and viewing PDFs on Kile opens multiple instances of the same file
I've been a relatively long-time user of TeXnicCenter, and whenever I recompiled a tex file to PDF and viewed the output in that program, I would get an updated version of the PDF that was already ...
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How was TeX output visualised on screen, back in the day?
I've been using LaTeX for about two years; I'm only learning TeX now, to get a better understanding of the foundations.
In Chapter 6 : Running TeX of his TeXbook (more specifically, on page 23), ...
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texmaker 4.0.1 for OS X Pdf Viewer does not work
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6gedrfsgts9d22z/problem.png
with "external viewer" it works fine. But there is a problem with the pdf viewer that it shows the text too wide, there is something wrong with ...
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SumatraPDF with AucTeX and Foxit Reader as the default viewer
I like to use Foxit Reader to view PDF's but it locks the file so i cannot use synctex with it.
So I'd like to use SumatraPDF with AuCTeX when making my PDF's but still have Foxit Reader as my default ...
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TeXstudio and viewing multiple pdf files
I am editing two different TeX files simultaneously, the manuscript and the response for the referees, and generating pdf files through pdfLaTeX. How can I go from one pdf to another in the internal ...
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Unable to use pdftex if Adobe is still open
I'm sorry if this exact question has already been asked, but the similar duplicates I've found didn't have the same phrasing. Therefore, I'm asking a new question...
I have WinEdt 7.0 on Windows 7 ...
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Use Mac's Preview to display PDF files from TexShop?
I am sure there is a simple way to do this but my internet search yielded nothing ..
I prefer using Mac's Preview to display PDF files rather than TexShop's internal PDF viewer. TexMaker has an ...
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Opacity in PDF not rendered the same between Adobe Reader and TeXworks
When producing a PDF from the following example using pdflatex, I get different results between Adobe Reader and TeXworks. I think this is a bug in the way that Reader handles opacity/transparency.
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Can pdflatex create the pdf file while a previous version is being viewed with Adobe Reader?
Within Cygwin I use vim to write my .tex file, then compile with pdflatex.
I then view the .pdf file with Adobe Reader (outside Cygwin that is, I just double-click the .pdf file from within a windows ...
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Adjusting the framerate with the `animate` package [closed]
I am using the animate package to produce a slide deck with beamer and having issues adjusting the framerate. I have experienced the following issues and I suspect that the problem lies with Adobe ...
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Adobe Reader does not display dsfont symbols in XeLaTeX document
When I compile the following simple document with XeLaTeX:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{dsfont}
\begin{document}
$\mathds N \subset \mathds Z \subset \mathds Q \subset \mathds R \subset ...
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Launch video from pdf
I am using package multimedia to insert videos into my PDF document using the command:
\movie[externalviewer]{Caption}{moviefile}
which works fine. My problem is that when I click on the caption I ...
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Which hyperref variable can I set to make a pdf open with the “Comment” tool displayed in the right panel of the window?
We are using Adobe Acrobat X when viewing our pdf files produced by pdflatex and the hyperref package. To make the commenting process more intuitive for users not familiar with Adobe Acrobat X, I ...
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MiKTeX, TeXnicCenter: can't show PDF file [duplicate]
I've got a problem with my pdf output.
When I click the button to create and show the active document I get the alert
[DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen(%bm.pdf")].
I wonder why, because only creating ...
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how to reload pdf and preserve same position file (in emacs)?
I would like to view pdf files in emacs, and when I reload them from disk I want to be at, more or less, the same position in the new file as I was in the old one.
I am viewing these with the bundled ...
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Can programs (e.g. Matlab) be made executable from within the PDF?
Is it possible to include a program (as in say Matlab, Maple, etc.) within a LaTeX file in such a way that clicking a button on the resulting PDF file will transport the program to the related ...
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How can I fix the zoom for viewing landscape pages in pdf-readers?
Consider this MWE and pdflatex:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pdflscape}% 2008/08/11 v0.10
\usepackage[pdfpagelayout=TwoColumnRight]{hyperref}% 2012/11/06 v6.83m
\begin{document}
x \newpage
x ...
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LyX: change PDF viewer
In LyX, how can I set Ubuntu's document viewer (Evince) as the preferred PDF reader for the generated PDF files?
All of a sudden it started using Okular, which I don't like all that much.
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Can we have viewer specific text in a pdf generated by pdfLaTex?
I am wondering if we could have a pdf file, which can tell what viewer its being viewed with. I was looking for some tex command, which says something like:
If viewer is Acrobat, print "Hi You are ...
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Can include text which conditionally appears depending on PDF viewer? [duplicate]
Can you have a message in a document which only appears when particular PDF viewers are used?
I am using pdflatex to create a PDF document. I am including pdf image which, unfortunately, does not ...
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TeXnicCenter & Adobe Acrobat 10
I already tried Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader and Sumatra PDF but all doesn't work..
The first time if I use latex -> pdf output profile it works. But if something is changed I still get the ...
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Counting and Displaying number of views of the pdf file, using pdfLaTeX [closed]
I am looking for a method that can keep track of how many times a PDF file is viewed and display the information in the PDF file itself.
Ex. suppose the file is viewed for the first time (the system ...
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Hyperref “enquotes” metadata
EDIT: As Bill B. and Caramdir point out in their comments after Bill B. produced his results posted below, more information is needed in order to make a better call. To remedy, my output was ...
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Configure TexnicCenter with something else than Adobe Reader X
My Adobe decided it should be version X now, and it misbehaves in so many ways. One way is that it is impossible to get it to open a pdf document from within TexnicCenter (or I missed something...) ...
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PGF: Externalize + Fadings differences in viewer
I've been working with the fadings library in PGF and I was having trouble getting it working with externalize.
I finally figured out that it was working, but Apple's Preview does not display the ...
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Wrapped Text Search? [closed]
This is an excerpt from a PDF generated with PDFLaTeX (3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 from TeX Live 2012):
when the disease is still spreading undetected and mitigation
measures are not being made.
When I ...
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Using opacity in TikZ causes strange rendering in Acrobat.
I have a problem using opacity in TikZ. Whenever I use it somewhere in a picture,
I get weird side-effects: colors in (some) other parts of the documents are changed apparently randomly and it makes ...
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Wrong rendering in PDF viewer?
Consider the following example:
Code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\psset{xunit=0.09cm,yunit=1.8cm}
...
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Is there a specialized Pdf viewer for Latex-Beamer presentations on Linux?
Most of the time when presenting a talk people connect their laptop to a video projector. So they effectively have an extra screen at their disposal. Because of that many Software options for ...
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TeXnicCenter: Cannot execute the command [closed]
I have re-installed my windows and subsequently LaTeX and TeXnicCenter, but when I re-load my previous files, I came up with this error.
Please guide me on this matter.
And settings are:
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C-c C-r to see the effect of a change in equation
I am recently experimenting with Auctex and preview-latex, I read the quick-start part of Auctex documentation.
I have a question on C-c C-r, I created a simple test document and therein I am ...
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Cannot start AcrobatReader or open the document - Winshell
When i try to PDFView Command in Winshell I'm getting the below error. I'm using Winshell 3.3.2.4
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The spaces in a URL are wrongly encoded [closed]
My browser fails to navigate when I click the hyperlink on the produced PDF.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{"a b c.tex"}
one
two
\end{filecontents*}
...
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Gray scale output using pdflatex
I use colour diagrams (saved as pdf files) which I include in my LaTeX file. Is there any options in pdflatex to create a gray scale document or a pdf viewer where you can view the document in gray ...
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Issues with the viewer in TeXworks
I've just switched from mac to windows and have just started using TeXworks. I like it, but I find that the default pdf viewer is difficult to use. For example, there doesn't seem to be a key command ...
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Figure shows in adobe pdf / foxit but not in sumatra pdf [closed]
I'm using the sig-alternate document class (ACM).
I have two pdf figues fig1 and fig2.
Both figures look fine in all pdf viewers when opened on their own.
I Include them as follows:
...
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MacVim atp-vim does not launch viewer
At MacVim, after I type the :TEX command, the PDF file gets generated but it doesn't launch Skim or Preview, may I know what is the solution?
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Windows Beamer presentation with notes
Have anybody have success by finding a PDF Reader for Windows, that have possiblity to show notes on one screen and the presentation on the projector?
I am looking for one, otherwise I need to ...
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How to set page display in pdflatex?
I've never used LaTeX before, but a few months ago I decided to write my thesis report in LaTeX, so I'm pretty new to it.
I am using MiKTeX on Windows 7, and pdflatex as typesetting engine. The thing ...
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Offset in page numbers in pdf viewer due to roman numbering of frontmatter makes printing difficult
My PDF document generated with LaTeX has roman numbering for the frontmatter.
My problem is: if I want to print a certain range of pages, it is very difficult to select them, because my PDF Viewer ...
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Fancytooltips causes “Please fill out the following form” dialogue [closed]
I observed this strange behaviour of fancytooltips: If more than 101 tooltips are defined, the Adobe Reader 11.0 or Adobe Acrobat 9.5.2/11.0.0 asks to "Please fill out the following form. You can save ...
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Google Docs' PDF viewer
I downloaded the cm-super package and for comparison, created 5 versions of my document with different fonts:
Computer Modern
CM-Super
CM-Super with microtype
Latin Modern
Latin Modern with ...
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How to annotate PDF files generated by pdflatex?
I want to annotate some PDF files (created with pdflatex), e.g.
word x is missing here
this part of a sentence should be moved to the front
replace word x by y
highlight this sentence
insert a note
...
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PDF viewer with auto update for WinEdt
Is there a PDF viewer featuring auto update for WinEdt? [WinEdt V 5.5 on WinVista machine]
I find WinEdt very comfortable to work with but the fact that one has to re-open Acrobat after every ...
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How to view .xdv files?
How can I view eXtended DVi files in a computer? These are the output of the command xelatex -no-pdf. I am particularly interested for the solution on a Mac, but please comment on other platforms as ...
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Comma inside \texttt{} does’nt show up
I am trying to print a comma inside a \texttt{} tag, but it is not printing:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\texttt{foo, bar}
\end{document}
produces:
foo bar
not
foo, bar
How ...
