Java Desktop System Release 3 Accessibility Guide

5.5 Displaying PDF Documents

The default Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer application for the Java Desktop System might not be suitable for some accessibility users. To change the default PDF viewer application for the Java Desktop System to another PDF viewer application, which might provide a slight improvement for accessibility users, perform the following steps:

  1. Click Launch, then choose Preferences -> Desktop Preferences -> File Associations.

  2. Click on the arrow next to Documents.

  3. Click on the arrow next to Published Materials.

  4. Select the PDF document entry.

  5. Click Edit.

  6. Enter the following command in the Program to run field:

    /usr/bin/gpdf

  7. Click OK.

  8. Click Close.