- The most used Pdf viewer is Acrobat Reader, freely downloadable from Adobe website.
- There are many pdf viewer for Linux:
- You can use GhostView to visualize and print PS (PostScript) files. In order to use this program you need to install before GhostScript.
- In Linux you can view and print PS files with:
- Evince - default PDF and file viewer for GNOME.
- GV - you can download it here.
- Okular - universal document viewer for KDE 4.
- The PPT/PPS (PowerPoint) files can be visualized, edited and printed with Microsoft PowerPoint. A free alternative is OpenOffice. There is also a free Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer but it can only display or print files.
- OpenOffice and KOffice allow to view, modify and print PPT/PPS (PowerPoint) files.
- The most popular software for viewing, editing and printing DOC (Word) files is Microsoft Word. OpenOffice is a free alternative, together with Google Docs, a web-based aplication. There is a free Microsoft Word Viewer.
- Editors for Linux are:
- RTF files can be visualized and printed with the Microsoft Word Viewer Microsoft Word Viewer Another program that allows also to modify them is OpenOffice.
- Editors for Linux are:
- DVI files can be viewed or transformed to PDF with:
It is possible to use transform DVI files to PS or PDF files using tools as dvipdf, Dvipdfm, DVIPDFMx (eXtended version of the Dvipdfm), Divps. Viewers of DVI files are:
- In order to visualize or print Tex files one has to convert them in PS or PDF, this can be done using the MikTex TeX distribution.
- In order to visualize or print Tex files one has to convert them in PS, PDF or HTML, this can be done using these programs: latex, pdflatex, latex2html.
- Microsoft Excel is the most used application for view, edit and print XLS (Excel) files. OpenOffice is a free alternative, together with Google Docs, a web-based aplication. There is also a free Microsoft Excel Viewer .
- There are many spreadsheets capables to open XLS (Excel) files.
- It is possible to install the DjVu Plugin for Internet Explorer or FireFox in order to visualize and print DjVu files. There also free viewers like the DjVuLibre DjView and WinDjView.
- DjVu files can be visualized and printed with:
- HTML files can be directly printed using your browser, but often it is better to look for a printer-friendly versions of the page. The Print Hint for Firefox can help you to find it. Also it is possible to convert the HTML file to PDF using software as PrimoPdf, DoPdf, CutePdf, PDFCreator (they will install a virtual printer in your system so in order to create the PDF you have to print the HTML file and choose the virtual printer).
- HTML files can be directly printed using your browser, but often it is better to look for a printer-friendly versions of the page. The Print Hint for Firefox can help you to find it. Also it is possible to convert the HTML file to PDF or PS just printing the file and selecting "Print to File".
- Pdb/Pda files can be read using E-Reader, iSilo, ICE Book Reader Professional, yBook or μBook. You can also transform them to text files using EasyPDB.
- Pdb/Pda files can converted to text files with KPalmDoc.
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- NOTICE: Do not confuse PDB (Palm DataBase) files with the PDB(Protein Data Bank) files: if you are searching for a program to visualize the last ones try these: Mercury, o C++ PDB reader.
