Exporting to PDF
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Exporting to PDF

In order to produce PDF files of high quality, KDVI converts DVI to PDF using the external program dvipdfm. If you are working on a machine where an older distribution of the TeX typesetting system is installed, it may be that the program dvipdfm is not installed. In that case, you need to use the printing function to generate PDF output.

Warning

  • If you use an older TeX installation, and if are viewing the generated file in Adobe's Acrobat reader, you may well find that some of the fonts look extremely poor although a printout is fine, and although the document looks ok in kghostview. This is a known issue with the Acrobat Reader and bitmap fonts. At the time of writing, the only practicable workaround seems to be to avoid bitmap fonts, or to upgrade to a more recent TeX installation.

  • While dvipdfm produces high-quality PDF files, dvipdfm currently currently ignores the PostScript® that is embedded into the DVI file. Embedded PostScript is generated e.g. by the xy macro package, or by the "Embed PostScript files" function KDVI described below.

    If you find that the generated PDF file misses graphical data, use the print function of KDVI instead.

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