# Okular User's Manual

`okular`

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okular

a universal document viewer

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    Okular options
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## Description

`okular` is aimed to show documents in different formats.

## Okular options

`-p, --page `number``

- Open a page with a given number in the document.

`--presentation`

- Start the document in presentation mode.

`--print`

- Start with print dialog.

`--print-and-exit`

- Start with print dialog and exit after printing.

`--unique`

- Unique instance control.

`--noraise`

- Allows to prevent Okular window raising after the start.

`--find `string``

- Tries to find and highlight a given string in the document. Only works if just one document is given as an argument of the okular command.

`--editor-cmd `string``

- Sets the external editor command. You cannot set the editor command in an already running Okular instance. Please note that `--unique` is not supported when setting the editor command at the commandline.

## Arguments

`URL`

- An address of the document to be opened. For PDF, can be given as `document_name`#`named_destination` where `named_destination` is a particular named destination embedded in the document.

## Feedback

On IRC, irc.libera.chat #okular or via email, okular-devel@kde.org or on the web, <https://okular.kde.org/>.

## See Also

- More detailed user documentation is available from help:/okular (either enter this URL into &konqueror;, or run ``khelpcenter` `help:/okular``).
- kf6options(7)
- qt6options(7)
- There is also further information available at https://okular.kde.org/

## Copyright

Copyright © 2002 Wilco Greven, Christophe Devriese

Copyright © 2004-2005 Enrico Ros

Copyright © 2005 Piotr Szymanski

Copyright © 2004-2012 Albert Astals Cid

Copyright © 2006-2009 Pino Toscano

License: GNU General Public Version 2 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>