acroread(1)

NAME
     acroread - Adobe Acrobat Reader

SYNOPSIS
     acroread [ options ] [file ... ]

DESCRIPTION
     acroread is a shell script that launches the Adobe Acrobat Reader
     program.  The program's features are fully documented in The Acrobat
     Help, an on-line prgram guide which is available from the product's Help
     menu.

     Acrobat Reader is part of the Adobe Acrobat family of software that lets
     you view, distribute, print, and save documents in Portable Document
     Format (PDF)-regardless of the computer, operating system, fonts, or
     application used to create the original file.  PDF files retain all the
     formatting, fonts, and graphics of the original document, and virtually
     any document can be converted into PDF.

OPTIONS
     -display host:display
          This option specifies the host and display to use.

     -geometry [<width>x<height>][{+|-}<x offset>{+|-}<y offset>]
          Size and/or location of the document windows.

     -help
          Prints a summary of the common command-line options.

     -helpall
          Prints a summary of all command-line options.

     -iconic
          Launches acroread in an iconic state on the desktop.

     -name application name
          Specifies the name under which resources for the application should
          be found.

     -setenv var=value
          Tells the main application to perform the equivalent of C-shell
          setenv var value.

     -tempFile
          Indicates files listed on the command line are temporary files and
          should not be put in the recent file list.  The document title will
          be the title in the pdf document, instead of the filename.

     -tempFileTitle title
          Same as -tempFile, except the title is specified.
     -toPostScript pdf_file ... [ps_dir]

     -toPostScript -pairs pdf_file_1 ps_file_1 ...

     -toPostScript
          Convert PDF files to PostScript.

          In the first form, if the last file specified is a directory, then
          all preceding files will be converted to PostScript and the
          generated PostScript files will be placed into ps_dir.  If a
          directory is not specified, then each PostScript file will be placed
          in the same directory as its corresponding original PDF files.

          In the second form, the file list contains pairs, each consisting of
          a PDF filename and a corresponding PostScript filename.

          The third form allows acroread to be used as a filter, reading a PDF
          file from standard input and writing the PostScript file to standard
          output.

          Use of this option requires X and Display PostScript.  If they are
          not available locally, a suitable machine may be specified with the
          -display option.

     -useFrontEndProgram
          If the application is already running on this machine, displaying on
          this display, and has the same application name (specified by the
          -name option). Then a message is sent to the application telling it
          to open any files specified on the command line. If the application
          is not already running, the application starts normally.

     +useFrontEndProgram
          The application starts normally without checking if it is already
          running.

     -visual visual class [depth=<depth>]

     -visual id=<visual id>

     -visual best

     -visual default
          Specifies a visual.

          In the first form, the visual class (specified by either its name or
          number) with an option depth determine the visual to use.

          In the second form, the visual id is specified. The prefix 0x must
          be used for hexadecimal numbers.

          The third form uses an internal algorithm based on depth and visual
          class.

          The fourth form simply uses the default visual.

          Note that PseudoColor visuals of depth greater than 8, and
          DirectColor visuals are not supported.

     -xrm X resource specification
          Standard X windows resource specification on command line.

FILES
     /usr/bin/acroread                  Acrobat Reader launch script
     /usr/adobe/Acrobat3.0/Reader/mipsirix/bin/acroread
                                        Acrobat Reader executable
     /usr/adobe/Acrobat3.0/Reader/mipsirix/app-defaults/AcroRead
                                        X resources file used by Acrobat
     /usr/adobe/Acrobat3.0/Reader/mipsirix/plug_ins/wwwlink.api
                                        Adobe privileged plugin which
                                        facilitates a connection with your web
                                        browser.

NOTES
     PostScript, Display PostScript and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe
     Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
     Unix is a registered trademark of Unix System Laboratories, a wholly
     owned subsidiary of Novell, Inc.  X Window System is a trademark of the
     Massachusetts Institute of Technology.