qpdfview is a tabbed document viewer built with the Qt toolkit. It provides a conventional desktop interface for displaying PDF, PostScript and DjVu documents, using specialised rendering libraries for each format.
The application uses Poppler for PDF support, libspectre for PostScript and DjVuLibre for DjVu documents. Multiple documents can be opened in tabs, allowing readers to switch between reference materials without managing several separate windows.
qpdfview offers extensive navigation and display options, including continuous scrolling, page fitting, configurable keyboard shortcuts and presentation mode. It also includes SyncTeX integration, making it particularly useful for writers and researchers working with LaTeX documents.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Tabbed interface for viewing multiple documents.
- Supports PDF, PostScript and DjVu formats.
- Uses Poppler, libspectre and DjVuLibre rendering libraries.
- Document outlines, properties and page thumbnails.
- Continuous scrolling and multiple-page layouts.
- Full-text searching and navigation.
- Page scaling, rotation and automatic fitting.
- Fullscreen and presentation modes.
- Configurable toolbars and keyboard shortcuts.
- Persistent per-file viewing settings.
- Supports bookmarks and navigation history.
- Basic PDF annotation and form handling.
- SyncTeX support for LaTeX workflows.
- Document printing through CUPS.
- Optional MuPDF backend supports EPUB, XPS, CBZ and FB2 documents.
Website: launchpad.net/qpdfview
Support:
Developer: The qpdfview developers
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
qpdfview is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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