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Okular is a universal document viewer based on KPDF for KDE 4.

Okular is the document viewer for KDE SC 4 (although it does not require the full KDE desktop). It is based on KPDF and it replaced KPDF, KGhostView, KFax, KFaxview and KDVI in KDE 4. Its functionality can be easily embedded in other applications.

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How to install latest version of Okular on Ubuntu 16.04?

At Okular's webpage I see that its latest version is 1.2, released in August 2017. In my Ubuntu 16.04 I have Okluar, which says in its About section that it is version 0.25.0. If I try to update Okular in command line, it says okular is already the…
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Where does okular store pdf annotations?

I am trying to figure out where okular is saving annotations for pdf files. According to this answer they should be in ~/.kde/share/apps/okular/docdata but there is no files in that folder. But still when I open the pdf file, the annotations are…
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Okular: Text disappears after it has been highlighted

In Okular, as soon as I highlight (you get the tool by pressing F6 and then 4) the text, the whole text of the page disappears. However, this happens only on some PDFs. I googled to find a fix for this but I found nothing. Can anyone help me?…
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Okular annotations auto-save

I was reviewing a pdf paper using okular. I would choose save-as to save the document in which I highlighted text, but I did not do that recently. I was also multi-tasking between other things I'm doing or that require my attention. Later I…
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inverse search from Okular to Kile

Upgraded to 12:04 now can't get inverse search to work (from Okular to Kile) My settings: in Kile I have: Tools -> Mode -> Normal in Okular I have: Settings-> Configure->Editor (and set Editor to Kile) In Kile I have tried the buttons: PDFLatex and…
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How to disable "This document has forms..." info in Okular

I'm constantly changing a PDF (actually an animated LaTeX document), but every time Okular reloads the document, it shows a HUGE popup saying: This document has forms. Click on the button to interact with them, or use View -> Show Forms. How can I…
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Run okular 1.13 on Kubuntu 16.04?

I would very much like to run Okular 1.3 on my Kubuntu 16.04 installation, rather than the old version that comes with 16.04. However, I have not been able to find any backports, and only version 1.0 available as a snap. Is there any PPA somewhere,…
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How to disable Okular from following links?

Okular fetches and opens content when (inadvertently) clicking on links. I tend to bleach my PDF files before I open them, and would like to disable Okular from blindly opening PDFs (or any other content on the other side of a link). Is this…
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Does Okular has a way to export or display only the highlighted text?

Currently, I am aware of the feature in Okular which lets you jump to the parts of the highlighted text from review pane. However, I find it distracting and so I am trying to figure out if there is any way where I can just print the summary of the…
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Okular change the color of bottom bar

I can make the bottom bar (the bar that shows page number) of okular disappear by adding the below line under [Main View] of okularpartrc (found in ~/.config). ShowBottomBar=false However, I am interested in changing the color of the bottom bar. I…
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Okular text annotations Mutated vowels

I'm using Kubuntu 21.04 Okular(Version 20.12.3) doesn't display german mutated vowels (ä,ö,ü) in text annotations. Maybe somebody could help me. Thanks in advance.
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Can not run Okular due to "Unable to find Okular component error"

I've installed ubuntu 12.04 and installed okular but with normal user i can't run okular and give me an error that "Unable to find the Okular component." but with root user i can run it without any errors. what should i do? I've tried to purge and…
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How to get to the File menu in okular

I suppose this ought to be glaringly obvious, but how do I get to the File menu when I start up okular from the shell prompt? The screen I get has nothing resembling the usual File/Edit choices at the top; in fact it doesn't even have a choice as to…
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How to prevent Okular from remembering last position in the file?

How to make Okular not open the file at the last position? I couldn't find the option for it anywhere.
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How to make Okular open in predefined screen?

I hope you can help me in this really painful problem. When I open several pdf from firefox, Okular always appears exactly where I am currently working (trying to open new pdfs). This behavior is really annoying as I am forced to put the newly…
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