Document Viewer vs Okular

Struggling to choose between Document Viewer and Okular? Both products offer unique advantages, making it a tough decision.

Document Viewer is a Office & Productivity solution with tags like pdf, word, excel, powerpoint, viewing, annotations.

It boasts features such as View PDFs, Word docs, Excel sheets, PowerPoint presentations, Navigate through pages, Search text, Insert comments, Fill out forms, Print documents, View document properties, Zoom in/out, Select text, Copy text, Highlight text, Digital signature support, Encryption/password protection, Tabbed interface, Dark mode and pros including Supports many file formats, Good navigation tools, Allows annotations, Prints documents, Free basic versions available.

On the other hand, Okular is a Office & Productivity product tagged with pdf, epub, odt, annotating, highlighting, commenting, form-filling.

Its standout features include Supports viewing PDF, PostScript, DjVu, CHM, XPS, ePub and other formats, Allows annotating, highlighting and adding comments to PDFs, Has different view modes like single page, facing, overview grid, Supports tabs for opening multiple documents, Has presentation mode for slideshows, Can fill interactive PDF forms, Allows saving filled forms as PDF or text, Has search functionality to find text in documents, Can encrypt PDF files, Has document information and metadata viewer, Supports table of contents navigation, Has different reflow modes for reading ePubs, Can print documents to system printer, and it shines with pros like Free and open source, Clean and intuitive interface, Good performance with large PDFs, Lots of annotation and markup tools, Supports many document formats, Available on Linux, Windows, macOS.

Feature	Document Viewer	Okular
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Primary Category	Office & Productivity	Office & Productivity

Product Overview

Document Viewer

Description: A document viewer is software that allows you to open, view, and print documents in various file formats like PDFs, Word docs, Excel sheets, PowerPoint presentations etc. It provides features to navigate through pages, search text, insert comments, fill forms etc.

Okular

Description: Okular is a versatile document viewer software for KDE. It supports viewing PDFs, EPUBs, ODT, and other document formats. Okular allows annotating, highlighting, commenting on documents as well as filling forms.

Key Features Comparison

Document Viewer Features

• View PDFs, Word docs, Excel sheets, PowerPoint presentations
• Navigate through pages
• Search text
• Insert comments
• Fill out forms
• Print documents
• View document properties
• Zoom in/out
• Select text
• Copy text
• Highlight text
• Digital signature support
• Encryption/password protection
• Tabbed interface
• Dark mode

Okular Features

• Supports viewing PDF, PostScript, DjVu, CHM, XPS, ePub and other formats
• Allows annotating, highlighting and adding comments to PDFs
• Has different view modes like single page, facing, overview grid
• Supports tabs for opening multiple documents
• Has presentation mode for slideshows
• Can fill interactive PDF forms
• Allows saving filled forms as PDF or text
• Has search functionality to find text in documents
• Can encrypt PDF files
• Has document information and metadata viewer
• Supports table of contents navigation
• Has different reflow modes for reading ePubs
• Can print documents to system printer

Pros & Cons Analysis

Document Viewer

Pros

• Supports many file formats
• Good navigation tools
• Allows annotations
• Prints documents
• Free basic versions available

Cons

• May lack advanced features of paid options
• Free versions have limited functionality
• Can be slow with large documents
• Formatting issues with some file types
• Limited customization options

Okular

Pros

• Free and open source
• Clean and intuitive interface
• Good performance with large PDFs
• Lots of annotation and markup tools
• Supports many document formats
• Available on Linux, Windows, macOS

Cons

• Limited format support compared to some alternatives
• Annotation features may be limited for some users
• No cloud storage integration
• Less features than paid alternatives

Pricing Comparison

Document Viewer

• Free
• Freemium
• One-time Purchase
• Subscription-Based

Okular

• Open Source