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by _Joe_
Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Attempt at catching plagiarists
Replies: 2
Views: 2289

Re: Attempt at catching plagiarists

Hello Stefan,
Thanks for the reply.
I already went through this. I looked at pdfcrypt, which lead me to pdftk.
pdftk is a wonderful tool in its own right. I used it to successfully prevent copying altogether. The problem is, PDF viewers that have the ability to sidestep DRM rules (like Okular ...
by _Joe_
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Attempt at catching plagiarists
Replies: 2
Views: 2289

Attempt at catching plagiarists

Hello all,
This is a cross-post with http://answers.yahoo.com/my-activity;_ylt=AryyVpc_vBSEfZaaeipnMETsy6IX;_ylv=3?link=question#yan-questions-answers

I'm a teaching assistant at an engineering school. I have found an alarming number of plagiarists among one of the classes that I teach. Whenever I ...
by _Joe_
Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Opening a PDF File in a new Viewer Window
Replies: 3
Views: 5561

Re: Opening a PDF File in a new Viewer Window

I realized that this is a viewer issue. Adobe Reader doesn't have this issue and it turns out that Okular doesn't have an "Open in a new window" feature.
by _Joe_
Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: Opening a PDF File in a new Viewer Window
Replies: 3
Views: 5561

Re: Opening a PDF File in a new Viewer Window

Hello? Anyone?
Any help would be appreciated. I'm not sure if an MWE is needed in this case. If it would help someone answer, please tell me and I'll post one.
by _Joe_
Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:32 am
Forum: General
Topic: Opening a PDF File in a new Viewer Window
Replies: 3
Views: 5561

Opening a PDF File in a new Viewer Window

Hello all,
I'm working on a Beamer presentation and my bibliography consists of locally stored PDF files. I want to set things up so that my bibliography items are hyperlinks that, when clicked, would open the reference they name on a certain page. I can already achieve this with a line like:
\href ...