| Name : acroread
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| Version : 8.1.2
| Vendor : SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
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| Release : 1.6
| Date : 2008-05-08 03:00:25
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| Group : Productivity/Publishing/PDF
| Source RPM : acroread-8.1.2-1.6.nosrc.rpm
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| Size : 102.78 MB
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| Packager : http://bugs_opensuse_org
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| Summary : Adobe Reader for PDF Files
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Description :
The Adobe Reader is proprietary binary-only software.
Normally Adobe Reader is used to display PDF files on the screen. For
this purpose, at least the minimum graphical system must be installed
(the packages that provide the RPM capability \"XFree86-libs\"). In this
case, the command \"acroread file.pdf\" can be used to display a PDF file
when the X Window System is up and running. For example, use \"acroread
/usr/X11R6/lib/Acrobat7/Reader/help/ENU/Reader.pdf\" to display the
Adobe Reader help.
The Adobe Reader can also be used as a PDF to PostScript converter. For
this purpose, no graphical system is required. For example, the command
\"acroread -toPostScript -size a4 < file.pdf >file.ps\" can be used to
convert a PDF file into a PostScript file that can be sent directly to
a PostScript printer. The command \"acroread -help\" shows the command
line options.
Adobe Reader is often the only program able to process complicated PDF
files, such as PDF forms. However, there are security leaks and other
bugs that cannot be fixed because the Adobe license forbids us to
\"modify the Software in any way.\" See
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrdistribute.html.
Ghostscript is an alternative program for displaying and converting PDF
files. It can be used with the \"gv\" and \"kghostview\" (for KDE)
graphical front-ends. Additionally there is the \"xpdf\" package.
Authors:
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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