# User Support

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## [About the User Support category](https://community.smc.org.in/t/about-the-user-support-category/391)

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**Author:** [@anivar](https://community.smc.org.in/u/anivar)\
**Replies:** 0

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User support requests for projects and community responses

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## [How to fix the UTF 8 in pdf files](https://community.smc.org.in/t/how-to-fix-the-utf-8-in-pdf-files/582)

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**Author:** [@webofunni](https://community.smc.org.in/u/webofunni)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/how-to-fix-the-utf-8-in-pdf-files/582 "2021-10-15T15:15:06Z")

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Hello, I am trying to extract the government data file which is in Malayalam pdf. But it seems the text UTF in the pdf is corrupt, so even copy-paste is giving junk characters. I am attaching the pdf file. Is there any …

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## [Is there any PDF reader I can use on my Linux machine with digital signature validation support](https://community.smc.org.in/t/is-there-any-pdf-reader-i-can-use-on-my-linux-machine-with-digital-signature-validation-support/490)

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**Author:** [@joice](https://community.smc.org.in/u/joice)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://community.smc.org.in/t/is-there-any-pdf-reader-i-can-use-on-my-linux-machine-with-digital-signature-validation-support/490 "2021-02-26T08:33:09Z")

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Diverging from https://community.smc.org.in/t/topic/467. Excerpt: @joseph.jose was looking for an alternative for Adobe reader. suggestions were Okular, pdf-shuffler. @raju found LiOS useful in conversion.SMC’s OCR wa…