Tag: Okular

  • Redacting PDFs on Linux

    Redacting PDFs on Linux

    I had an odd situation pop up where I needed to redact a PDF. It wasn’t anything nefarious or super exciting, but it did involve a complicated PDF that included images and tables in addition to text. In figuring out how to redact the PDF, I ended up learning a few things and thought it…

  • How To Fix PDF Forms Not Showing Contents in Okular (Linux)

    How To Fix PDF Forms Not Showing Contents in Okular (Linux)

    I have had this problem happen twice now, and I don’t know exactly what is causing it, but I found a solution. Here’s the situation… I received a PDF that has forms. Typically, that isn’t a problem as Okular is able to open most PDFs with forms and show both the forms and what has…

  • Linux – Fixing PDFs opening in GIMP in Firefox/Zotero (instead of Evince or Okular)

    I’m not exactly sure why, but with the latest Firefox updates, every time I download a PDF using Firefox or try to open one using Zotero integrated with Firefox, the PDF opens in GIMP.  This didn’t used to happen, but it’s really annoying.  It’s doubly annoying since you can’t solve it inside Firefox. It would…