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Eclipse PDF Plugin
The PDF plugin for Eclipse offers a View, Perspective and Editor for viewing PDF files based on the GPL release of the JPedal library with the ability to open, scale and move through pages. Once installed, PDF files can be viewed by double-clicking on a PDF file or using FileOpen option. You can also drag and drop a PDF file onto Eclipse itself.
The PDF viewer also allows you to open PDF files from the internet, which it will cache, and store a list of your favourite files for easy access.
Version support
This version needs Eclipse 3.3 or later.
Installation - Galileo
- Load Eclipse.
- Choose menu option Help-Install New Software...
- Click "Add".
- Type JPedal PDF viewer into the Name box and http://www.jpedal.org/download/plugin/eclipse into the "Work With" box.
- Select PDFViewer plugin and click "Next" twice.
- Read and accept the licence terms.
- Click "Finish". Restart Eclipse.
- Open PDF files with File-OpenFile option, drag PDF file onto Eclipse or use new Bookmark feature.
- Read the tutorial on how to use.
- Plugin can be uninstalled from menu option Help-Install New Software-Already Installed.
Installation - pre-Galileo
- Load Eclipse.
- Choose menu option Help-Software updates-Find and Install
- Select option "Search for new features to install"
- Select option New remote site with Name:jpedal PDF viewer and URL: http://www.jpedal.org/download/plugin/eclipse
- Select finish.
- In features to install, select jpedal PDF viewer
- Read and accept terms
- Choose finish and install all. Restart Eclipse.
- Open PDF files with File OpenFile option, drag PDF file onto Eclipse or use new Bookmark feature.
- Read the tutorial on how to use.
- Plugin can be uninstalled from menu option Help-Software updates-Manage Configuration
Source code
The latest version of the Eclipse project used to create the plugin can be downloaded. Click here to download. To compile, some additional files are required which are documented in the file readme.txt
Links to related articles
Homepage for all PDF plugins.
Introductory tutorial on plugins shows how to use the free PDF plugin for Eclipse, IDEA and NetBeans.
Plugin page at Eclipse Plugin Central
