On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:11:17PM -0700, Fred wrote: > On 06/15/2019 08:40 AM, k. jantzen wrote: > >On 6/13/19 4:29 PM, k. jantzen wrote: > >> > >>Hello, > >> > >>in general I do not have a problem reading a pdf file with either xpdf > >>or documentviewer. > >> > >>But once in a while I get a pdf file that they cannot read and then I > >>have to go to Windows to open it. > >> > >>What is so spectacular about these files that they cannot be read by the > >>above mentioned programs? Is there another program that would read such > >>a file? > >> > >>Thanks for your help. > > > >Hello, > > > >thanks a lot for this interesting discussion. > > > >As stated before I used documentviewer and xpdf. > > > >As a consequence of this discussion I tried evince and mupdf. > >They did not solve the problem. > >I did not try atril and okular because for those I would have to install > >so much extra stuff that I probably will use only in this context. > >Thus I do not know whether they would solve the problem. > > > >My conclusion: This seems to be the result of generating the pdf file > >under Windows. To read the file I have to use the latest version of the > >Acrobat Reader. Thus I will continue to use Windows in the few cases I get > >such a document. > > > >Thanks a lot. > > > >K.D.J. > > > > > Hello, > > Possibly you could run Adobe Reader under wine and not actually have to run > Windows. > > Best regards, > Fred >
xournal is a good option
