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Chapter 2.2.7 Okular
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Okular is the pdf viewer for Lubuntu 24,04
Usage
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To move the area shown on the screen down press :kbd:`Down arrow` and conversely to move it up use :kbd:`Up arrow`. You can also use the scrollwheel on your mouse to easily move up and down. To go to the next page press :kbd:`right arrow`, :menuselection:`Go --> Next Page`, or press press the downward pointing arrow on the toolbar. To go to the previous page press :kbd:`Up arrow`, :menuselection:`Go --> Previous Page`, or the upward pointing arrow on the toolbar. To see what page you are in is in a box between the button for next and previous page on the toolbar. To the right of this box it shows what page this is :guilabel:`of` the total number of pages of the document. To switch to a particular page type in the box in the center of the toolbar, press :kbd:`control +G`, or :menuselection:`Go --> Go to Page`.
When you fisrt open Okular you can open a file with the :guilabel:`Open Document` button, :menuselection:`File --> Open`, or press :kbd:`Control + O`. If you have a recently opened document it will appear on the right under :guilabel:`Recent Documents` on first opening Okular or :menuselection:`File --> Open Recent`. To clear your recent documents click the :guilabel:`Forget All` button when you first open Okular or :menuselection:`File --> Clear List`. Open Recent --> To relaod your file if something is changed press :kbd:`F5` or :menuselection:`File --> Reload`. To save a pdf :menuselection:`File --> Save` or press :kbd:`Control +S`. To save a file with a seperate name :menuselection:`File --> Save As` or press :kbd:`Control + Shift +S`. To see info on your file :menuselection:`File --> Properties` or press :kbd:`Alt + Enter`.
.. image:: Okular-first-open.png
To zoom out press the :guilabel:`-` button on the toolbar, press :kbd:`Control + -`, or :menuselection:`View --> Zoom Out`. To zoom in press the :guilabel:`+` button on the toolbar, press :kbd:`Control + +`, or :menuselection:`View --> Zoom in`. To zoom to have the page zoom to have the width fill the whole window :menuselection:` View --> Fit width` or select :menuselection:`Fit Width` next to the :guilabel:`+` and :guilabel:`-`. To zoom to see a full page :menuselection:`View --> Fit Page` or select :menuselection:`Fit Page` next to the :guilabel:`+` and :guilabel:`-` button. To zoom to 100% :menuselection:`View --> Zoom to 100%`, :kbd:`Control +0`, or select :menuselection:`100%` on the bar next to the :guilabel:`+` and :guilabel:`-` buttons.
To view pages facing each other like an open book select from :guilabel:`View Mode` :menuselection:`Facing Pages` or :menuselection:`View --> View Mode --> Facing Pages`. To see an open book view with the first page cenetered select :menuselection:`Facing Pages(center first page)` from :guilabel:`View Mode` or :menuselection:`View --> View Mode --> Facing Pages(center first page)`. To view multiple pages at once select :menuselection:`Overview` from :guilabel:`View Mode` or :menuselection:`View --> View Mode --> Overview`. To switch back to viewing one page select :menuselection:`Single Page` from :guilabel:`View Mode` or :menuselection:`View --> View Mode --> Single Page`. To choose to only view whole pages at once and not scroll to the top and bottom of a page uuncheck :menuselection:`View --> View Mode --> Continous`. To rotate your view to the left :menuselection:`View --> Orientation --> Rotate left`. To rotate your view to the right :menuselection:`View --> Orientation --> Rotate right`. To make your view back to how it was at the start :menuselection:`View --> Orientation --> Original Orientation`.
To select Text press :kbd:`Control + 4`, :menuselection:`Tools --> Text Selection`, or select :menuselection:`Text selection` from the right of the toolbar. To select an area press :kbd:`Cotnrol + 3`, :menuselection:`Tools --> Area Selection`, or select :menuselection:`Area Selection` for the right of the toolbar. To select tables press :kbd:` Control + 5`, :menuselection:`Tools --> Table Selection`, or select :menuselection:`Table Selection` from the right of the toolbar. To switch back to moving the view with mouse :menuselection:`Tools --> Browse`, press :kbd:`Control + 1`, or press the :guilabel:`Browse` button ont he toolbar.
To highlight something in yellow press :kbd:`1` or select :menuselection:`Yellow highlighter` from the drop down of the far right of the toolbar. To highlight in green press :kbd:`2` or select :menuselection:`Green Highlighter` from the menu on the far right of the toolbar. To underline something press :kbd:`3` or select :menuselection:`Underline` from the toolbar on the right. To insert a text note into your file press :kbd:`4` or select :menuselection:`Insert Text` from the menu on the right of the toolbar. Then you can click where you want the note and a window will popup you enter your text into. To insert a note inline and not have it be over text making it illegable press :kbd:`5` or select :guilabel:`Inline Note` from the right of the toolbar. Then left click on where you want the note and type the note in the yellow pop up. To have a pop up note press :kbd:`6` or select pop up note from the toolbar on the right. The left click where you want the note and type in the note as you want.
.. image:: Okular-annotation.png
Version
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Lubuntu ships with version 23.08.4 of Okular.
How to Launch
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To launch Okular :menuselection:`Internet --> Okular` or run
.. code::
okular
from the command line.