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Copyright © 2013 Foxit Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
No part of this document can be reproduced, transferred, distributed or stored in any format
without the prior written permission of Foxit.
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with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
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FOXIT CORPORATION LICENSE AGREEMENT FORDESKTOP
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This Foxit Corporation (“Foxit”) License Agreement ("License" or
Agreement”) is a legal agreement between You (either an individual or an entity, who will be
referred to in this License as "You" or Your”) and Foxit for the use of desktop software
applications, and which may include associated media, printed materials, and other components
and software modules including but not limited to drivers ("Product"). The Product also includes
any software updates and upgrades that Foxit may provide to You or make available to You, or
that You obtain after the date You obtain Your initial copy of the Product, to the extent that such
items are not accompanied by a separate license agreement or terms of use. BY INSTALLING,
COPYING, DOWNLOADING, ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE PRODUCT, YOU AGREE TO BE
BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS FOXIT LICENSE AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE
TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO THE PRODUCT AND SHOULD NOT INSTALL,
COPY, DOWNLOAD, ACCESS OR USE THE PRODUCT.
The Product is protected by copyright laws as well as other intellectual property laws. The
Product is licensed and not sold.
1. GRANT OF LICENSE. Foxit grants You a non-exclusive, nontransferable license to install and use
the Product subject to all the terms and conditions set forth here within.
1.1. Single-Use Perpetual License. You may permit a single authorized end user to install the
Product on a single computer for use by that end user only. Remote access is not permitted
without the express written consent of Foxit.
1.2. Single-Use Term License. Same usage terms as the Single-Use Perpetual License. The
period of use is limited to a fixed duration at which the time the Product must be uninstalled
from the computer unless the license is renewed for an additional period of time.
2. ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the
Product, except and only to the extent that it is expressly permitted by applicable law
notwithstanding this limitation. You may not rent, lease, lend or transfer the Product, or host the
Product for third parties without the express written consent of Foxit. The Product is licensed as a
single integral product; its component parts may not be separated for use on more than one
computer. The Product may include copy protection technology to prevent the unauthorized
copying of the Product or may require original media for use of the Product on the computer. It is
illegal to make unauthorized copies of the Product or to circumvent any copy protection
technology included in the Product. The software may not be resold either by You or a third party
customer without the prior written permission of Foxit. All rights not expressly granted to You are
retained by Foxit.
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2.1. Third Party Software. The Product may contain third party software that Foxit can grant
sublicense to use and which is also protected by copyright law and other applicable laws.
2.2 RMS Enabled Document in the EULA
For any unique RMS Enabled Document, you may only deploy such RMS Enabled Document
to no more than two hundred (200) unique recipients without limits on the number of
documents that are RMS Enabled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
obtaining additional licenses to use PhantomPDF Express, PhantomPDF Standard or
PhantomPDF Business shall not increase the foregoing limits (that is, the foregoing limits are
the aggregate total limits regardless of how many additional licenses to use PhantomPDF
Express, PhantomPDF Standard or PhantomPDF Business you may have obtained).
3. EDUCATIONAL USE. If the Product You have received with this Agreement is an Educational
Software Bundle (where the Product is received by virtue of Your participation in a Foxit program
designed for educational or research institutions, or is provided by Foxit to You under some other
arrangement), You are not entitled to use the Product unless You are an employee or student of
such educational institution. Educational Software Products may be used for educational and
research purposes only. Commercial and general production use of Educational Software
Products are specifically prohibited. The Product is provided under a Single-Use Term License as
described above. You may install one copy of the Product on one desktop computer in a
designated computer used for educational purposes under Your license agreement. Your
Educational license is granted for a period of one year, unless stated otherwise, from when the
Product license keys are made available to You. Your Educational license entitles You to email and
telephone support for up to two designated employees and product upgrades during the term of
Your license. You grant Foxit the right to use material created under such license for marketing
and advertising purposes.
4. DocuSign Limitations. Organizations having 200 or more registered DocuSignusers of the
Product will be required to pay the Maintenance Fee for each Product for which Maintenance is
desired and as further described in Section 5.4 below. Please contact sales@foxitsoftware.com
for further information.
5. SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE, AND UPGRADE PROTECTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
5.1. Term of Maintenance. Foxit agrees to provide Maintenance (as defined herein) to You
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein provided that You pay the
Maintenance Fee for each Product for which Maintenance is desired and as further
described in Section 4.4 below. Maintenance will be provided for a period of one year,
unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing, from the date of purchase of the
Product (the “Initial Support and Maintenance Term”), and with renewals, annually from the
expiration date of the prior Support and Maintenance Term. Failure to renew annual
maintenance may result in You having to purchase a new license in order to receive future
versions of software and associated ongoing support and maintenance.
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5.1.1. Maintenance Services. In exchange for the Maintenance Fee, Foxit agrees to
provide to You during the term of this Agreement support and maintenance (collectively
"Maintenance") as follows:
5.1.1.1 Support: Foxit will provide email and telephone support to You for current
versions of the Product. Foxit will investigate all of Your questions and problems
promptly. You agree to provide adequate information to Foxit to assist in the
investigation and to confirm that any problems have been resolved. Foxit does not
provide guaranteed response time but will make good faith effort to answer emails and
voice mails within twenty-four (24) hours or less during weekdays, excluding holidays.
5.1.1.2. Maintenance: Foxit will supply to You, at no additional charge, any
improvements or modifications to the Product that Foxit makes generally available as a
minor release such as: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 etc. Any such improvements or modifications shall
become part of the Product for all purposes of this Agreement.
5.1.1.3. You acknowledge and agree that the Maintenance to be provided by Foxit
hereunder is limited to the most current version of the Product and the immediately
preceding version.
5.2. Term of Upgrade Protection. Foxit agrees to provide Upgrade Protection (as defined
herein) to You pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein provided that You pay
the Upgrade Protection Fee for each Product for which Upgrade Protection is desired and as
further described in Section 4.4 below. Upgrade Protection will be provided for a period of
one year, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing, from the date of purchase of
the Product (the “Initial Upgrade Protection Term”), and with renewals, annually from the
expiration date of the prior Upgrade Protection Term. Failure to renew annual Upgrade
Protection may result in You having to purchase a new license in order to receive future
versions of software and associated ongoing Upgrade Protection.
5.2.1. Upgrade Protection Services. In exchange for the Upgrade Protection Fee, Foxit
agrees to provide to You during the term of this Agreement Upgrade Protection
(collectively "Upgrade Protection") as follows:
5.2.1.1. Support: Foxit will provide email and telephone support to You for current
versions of the Product. Foxit will investigate all of Your questions and problems
promptly. You agree to provide adequate information to Foxit to assist in the
investigation and to confirm that any problems have been resolved. Foxit does not
provide guaranteed response time but will make good faith effort to answer emails and
voice mails within twenty-four (24) hours or less during weekdays, excluding holidays.
5.2.1.2. Maintenance: Foxit will supply to You, at no additional charge, any
improvements, upgrade, or modifications to the Product that Foxit makes generally
available. Any such improvements, upgrades, or modifications shall become part of the
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Product for all purposes of this Agreement.
5.2.1.3. You acknowledge and agree that the Upgrade Protection Services to be
provided by Foxit hereunder is limited to the most current version of the Product and
the immediately preceding version.
5.3. Exclusions. Foxit’s obligation to provide Support is contingent upon proper use of the
Product and full compliance with this Agreement. Moreover, Foxit shall be under no
obligation to provide Support should such services be required due to (a) failure to operate
the Product within the systems requirements provided for the Product (b) any modification
or attempted modification of the Product by You or any third party or (C) Your failure or
refusal to implement Product changes recommended by.
5.4. Consideration. In payment of the Support, Maintenance and Upgrade Protection
services to be provided by Foxit hereunder, You shall pay Foxit, or its authorized agent, the
applicable fee for the Initial Support, Maintenance and Upgrade Protection Term as
indicated on the related invoice, receipt, purchase order, or other ordering document
("Support, Maintenance and Upgrade Protection Fee"). At the end of the Initial Support,
Maintenance and Upgrade Protection Term, or any subsequent Support, Maintenance and
Upgrade Protection Term, You may renew participation in Support, Maintenance and
Upgrade Protection services for additional annual term(s) provided You (a) are current on all
payments due to Foxit and (b) pay Foxit, or its authorized agent, the applicable renewal fee,
which Foxit, or its authorized agent, shall invoice prior to the end of the preceding term,
unless terminated by You at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the then current Support,
Maintenance and Upgrade Protection Term. The Support, Maintenance and Upgrade
Protection Fee for renewal shall be equal to the Support, Maintenance and Upgrade
Protection Fee for the immediate preceding annual term plus an increase by a percentage
not to exceed the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as published by the U.S. Department of Labor.
In addition, Support, Maintenance and Upgrade Protection shall be discontinued for any and
all subsequent Support, Maintenance and Upgrade Protection Terms for which You fail to
pay Foxit the invoice within ten (10) days after the prior Support, Maintenance and Upgrade
Protection expiration date.
5.5. Exceptions. For use of the Product or a Beta Software Product, only the Maintenance
Services and Exclusions paragraphs of this section apply. For use of the Product under
Educational Use terms, the Maintenance Services and Exclusion paragraphs apply as long as
You pay for the maintenance period defined under Your Single-Use Term License.
6. PAYMENT TERMS. Unless explicitly set forth in this Agreement, all fees and other amounts due
under this Agreement are non-cancelable and non-refundable. Unless otherwise agreed to by the
parties, You shall pay all fees or amounts within 30 days of the date of the invoice. A late fee shall
be charged on any overdue amounts and any other fees and expenses not paid as provided under
this Agreement at the rate of one and one-half percent ( %) per month, or the highest rate
allowable under applicable law, whichever is less, commencing with the date payment was due.
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7. TAXES. The fees and all other amounts due as set forth in this Agreement are net amounts to
be received by Foxit, exclusive of all taxes, duties, and assessments, including without limitation
all sales, withholding, VAT, excise, ad valorem, and use taxes (collectively, the Taxes”), and are
not subject to offset or reduction because of any Taxes incurred by You or otherwise due as a
result of this Agreement. You shall be responsible for and shall pay directly, any and all Taxes
relating to the performance of this Agreement, provided that this paragraph shall not apply to
taxes based solely on Foxit’s income.
8. CONSENT TO USE OF DATA. If Foxit provides any support services to You, You agree that Foxit
and its affiliates may collect and use all information You provide as a part of any such support
services related to the Product. Foxit agrees not to use this information in a form that personally
identifies You. Foxit maintains user login information under which Foxit may collect your Foxit
product login email only. Collection of this information occurs in accordance with the Foxit
Privacy Policy (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/privacy.php)
9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. Subject to the license grant hereunder, all right, title and
interest in and to the Product, the accompanying printed materials, and any copies of the Product
are owned by Foxit and its licensors.
10. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. You acknowledge that Product is of U.S. origin. You agree to comply
with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations governing Your use of the
Product. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event that this Agreement permits export of the
Product outside the U.S., You shall be solely responsible for compliance with all applicable U.S.
export laws, rules, and regulations. The Product is subject to the U.S. Export Administration
Regulations and other U.S. law, and may not be exported or re-exported to certain countries
(currently Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) or to persons or entities prohibited
from receiving U.S. exports (including those (a) on the Bureau of Industry and Security Denied
Parties List or Entity List, (b) on the Office of Foreign Assets Control list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons, and (c) involved with missile technology or nuclear, chemical or
biological weapons).
11. WARRANTY
10.1. Warranty. Foxit warrants that for a period of 90 days from the date of delivery
(“Warranty Period”), under normal use, the Product will perform substantially in
conformance with the specifications published in the Documentation. During such period,
and as the sole obligation of Foxit and Your sole remedy under the warranty in this Section,
if You provide written notice of Foxits failure to comply with the above warranty, Foxit will
use reasonable commercial efforts to correct such nonconformity in the Product as in
accordance with the terms of the Maintenance and Support Policy. In addition, if Foxit
determines it is not commercially reasonable to correct the nonconformity, Foxit may elect
to terminate the license to such Product, upon which termination Licensee will promptly
return to Foxit all such copies of such Product. Upon receipt of the Product from Licensee,
Foxit will return to Licensee all license fees (and any unused support fees) paid to Foxit by
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You for such Product. This warranty set forth above does not apply to, and Foxit shall have
no obligation with respect to, any non-conformity arising as a result of (i) use of the Product
other than as specified under this Agreement and the related Documentation; (ii) any
modification or alteration of the Product performed other than by Foxit or its agents, or (iii)
transfer of the Product to any computer system other than the ones on which Product is
authorized to be stalled, except as permitted in this Agreement.
11.2. Disclaimer. Other than the warranty set forth in Section 10.1 above, and to the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Foxit, its authorized resellers and their
subsidiaries provides the Product and any support services related to the Product
("Support Services") AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS, and hereby disclaim all other warranties
and conditions, either express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited to, any
implied warranties, duties or conditions of merchantability, of fitness for a particular
purpose, of accuracy or completeness of responses, of results, of workmanlike effort, of lack
of viruses, and of lack of negligence, all with regard to the Product, and the provision of or
failure to provide support services.
12. LIMIT OF LIABILITY AND EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AND CERTAIN OTHER
DAMAGES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL
FOXIT, ITS AUTHORIZED RESELLERS OR THEIR SUBSIDIARIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR CONFIDENTIAL OR OTHER
INFORMATION, FOR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, FOR PERSONAL INJURY, FOR LOSS OF PRIVACY,
FOR FAILURE TO MEET ANY DUTY INCLUDING OF GOOD FAITH OR OF REASONABLE CARE, FOR
NEGLIGENCE, AND FOR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY OR OTHER LOSS WHATSOEVER) ARISING OUT OF
OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT, THE PROVISION OF
OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY PROVISION OF THIS LICENSE, EVEN IN THE EVENT OF THE FAULT, TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF WARRANTY OF FOXIT,
EVEN IF FOXIT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
12.1. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND REMEDIES. Notwithstanding any damages that You
might incur for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, all damages referenced
above and all direct or general damages), the entire liability of Foxit, its resellers and their
subsidiaries under any provision of this License and Your exclusive remedy for all of the
foregoing shall be limited to the amount actually paid by You for the Product. The foregoing
limitations, exclusions and disclaimers shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, even if any remedy fails its essential purpose.
12.2. NOTICE TO U.S. GOVERNMENT END USERS
12.3. For contracts with agencies of the Department of Defense, the Governments rights in:
(1) commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation shall
be governed, pursuant to 48 C.F.R. 227.7201 through 227.7202-4, by Foxits standard
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commercial license(s) for the respective product(s); (2) software and software
documentation other than commercial computer software and commercial computer
software documentation shall be governed by 48 C.F.R. 252.227-7014; (3) technical data for
commercial items other than software or software documentation shall be governed by 48
C.F.R. 252.227-7015(b); and (4) technical data for non-commercial items other than software
or software documentation shall be governed by 48 C.F.R. 252.227-7013.
12.4. For contracts with U.S. Government agencies other than the Department of Defense
agencies, the Governments rights in: (1) commercial computer software and commercial
computer software documentation shall be governed, pursuant to 48 C.F.R. 2.101 and
12.212, by Foxits standard commercial license(s) for the respective product(s); (2) software
and software documentation other than commercial computer software and commercial
computer software documentation shall be governed by 48 C.F.R. 52.227-14, Alternative III;
and (3) technical data other than software and software documentation shall be governed
by 48 C.F.R. 52.227-14 including, where applicable Alternatives I or II.
13. GENERAL. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California excluding that body of laws known as conflicts of law. The United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will not apply. Any legal action or
proceeding arising under this Agreement will be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts
located in San Jose, California and the parties hereby irrevocably consent to the personal
jurisdiction and venue therein. You may not assign this Agreement or any right or interest
hereunder, by operation of law or otherwise, without Foxits express prior written consent. Any
attempt to assign this Agreement, without such consent, will be null and of no effect. Subject to
the foregoing, this Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of each party's successors and
permitted assigns. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the exercise by either party of
any of its remedies under this Agreement will be without prejudice to its other remedies under
this Agreement or otherwise. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any
provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable, that provision of the Agreement will be
enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of this Agreement will
remain in full force and effect. All notices or approvals required or permitted under this
Agreement will be in writing and delivered by confirmed facsimile transmission, by overnight
delivery services, or by certified mail, and in each instance will be deemed given upon receipt.
All notices or approvals will be sent to the addresses set forth in the applicable ordering
document or invoice or to such other address as may be specified by either party to the other in
accordance with this section. Neither party will be responsible for any failure or delay in its
performance under this Agreement (except for any payment obligations) due to causes beyond
its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, labor disputes, strikes, lockouts, shortages of
or inability to obtain labor, energy or supplies, war, terrorism, riot, or acts of God. The failure by
either party to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of future
enforcement of that or any other provision. This Agreement, including Foxits support and
maintenance services terms constitutes the entire and exclusive agreement between the parties
concerning its subject matter and supersedes all prior written and oral understandings and
agreements between the parties regarding its subject matter. The terms and conditions
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contained in any customer purchase order or other ordering document that are inconsistent with
or in addition to the terms and conditions of this Agreement are hereby rejected by Foxit and will
be deemed null and of no effect.
14. COMPLIANCE WITH LICENSES. If You are a business, company or organization, You agree that
upon request from Foxit or its authorized representative You will within thirty (30) days fully
document and certify that use of any and all Foxit Products at the time of the request is in
conformity with Your valid licenses from Foxit.
15. DISCONTINUING OR MODIFYING SERVICES. You acknowledge that Foxit has the right to
discontinue the manufacture and development of any of the Product and the support for that
Product, in its sole discretion at any time, including the distribution of older Product versions,
provided that Foxit agrees not to discontinue the support for that Product during the current
annual term of this Agreement, subject to the termination provisions herein. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if Foxit discontinues the manufacture and support for a particular Product, Support
for any remaining Products covered by this Agreement shall not be adversely affected. Foxit
reserves the right to alter the Support, in its sole discretion but in no event shall such alterations
result in: (a) diminished support from the level of support set forth herein; (b) materially
diminished obligations for Foxit; or (c) Your materially diminished rights.
16. Should You have any questions concerning this License, or if You desire to contact Foxit for
any reason, please call (510) 438-9090.
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Contents
Contents ......................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................ 12
PhantomPDF Overview ................................................................................................... 12
About the User Manual ................................................................................................... 13
Quick Installation Guide ................................................................................................. 13
Chapter 2 Get Started........................................................................... 14
Workspace Basics ............................................................................................................. 14
Customize the Workspace ............................................................................................. 18
Set References................................................................................................................... 18
Chapter 3 Read ........................................................................................ 20
Open & Close & Save PDFs ........................................................................................... 20
Bundle with iFilter ............................................................................................................ 22
Standards Validation and Creation ............................................................................ 22
Read ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Select & Copy ..................................................................................................................... 45
Others ................................................................................................................................... 47
Chapter 4 Create ..................................................................................... 51
Create a PDF in Different Ways ................................................................................... 51
Create a table of contents from bookmarks .......................................................... 57
Chapter 5 Edit .......................................................................................... 58
Advanced Editing Features (Available in Business Only) .................................. 58
General Editing Features ............................................................................................... 58
Chapter 6 Organize ................................................................................ 92
Inserting Pages ................................................................................................................. 92
Delete Pages ....................................................................................................................... 94
Extract Pages ..................................................................................................................... 95
Replace Pages .................................................................................................................... 95
Swap Two Pages ................................................................................................................ 96
Duplicate Pages ................................................................................................................. 96
Move Pages ......................................................................................................................... 96
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Crop Pages .......................................................................................................................... 97
Rotate Pages ...................................................................................................................... 98
Flatten Pages ...................................................................................................................... 98
Chapter 7 Comments ............................................................................ 99
Use Different Comments Tools .................................................................................... 99
Change the Appearance of Comments ................................................................... 110
Work on Comments ....................................................................................................... 113
Chapter 8 Forms ................................................................................... 121
Interactive Form and Non-interactive form .......................................................... 121
Fill in PDF Forms ............................................................................................................. 122
Comment on Forms ....................................................................................................... 124
Import/Export Form Data ............................................................................................ 124
Form Fields........................................................................................................................ 124
JavaScript .......................................................................................................................... 146
Chapter 9 Security ............................................................................... 149
Check PDF Security ....................................................................................................... 149
Password Protection & Certificate Protection ....................................................... 149
AD RMS Protection (Available in Business Only) ................................................ 153
Digital Signature ............................................................................................................. 168
Redaction (Available in Business Only) .................................................................. 180
Chapter 10 Print.................................................................................... 182
Print a PDF document ................................................................................................... 182
Print Dialog ....................................................................................................................... 183
Set Foxit PhantomPDF Printer Properties .............................................................. 184
Chapter 11 Appendices ...................................................................... 191
Shortcut Keys ................................................................................................................... 191
Command Lines............................................................................................................... 195
Contact Us ................................................................................................... 196
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Chapter 1 Introduction
PhantomPDF Overview
Welcome to Foxit PhantomPDF™- Business Ready PDF! Award-winning Foxit PhantomPDF
provides the right features at the right price, allowing you to produce great looking PDF
document and forms quickly, affordably, and securely. Foxit PhantomPDF 6.0 comes in two
editions: Foxit PhantomPDF Standard to fit the small and medium sized businesses, and Foxit
PhantomPDF Business to fit the large enterprises.
Foxit PhantomPDF Standard
Foxit PhantomPDF Standard enables businesses to create, edit, and secure reliable PDF
documents quickly, easily, and at a cost you can afford.
XFA Form Filling
Direct Editing
Read out Loud
Robust Document Security
Form Fields
Optical Character Recognition(OCR)
Export PDF to Image
Industry Validation
PDF Optimizer
SharePoint Service
DocuSign
Foxit PhantomPDF Business
Foxit PhantomPDF Business provides business the security that ensures regulatory compliance
and corporate governance of their important documents and archives and to ensure documents
don’t change after they are approved. It stands up to the demands of large enterprises but
lightweight enough to easily deploy to thousands of users without exhausting
resources. Supports the right features at the right price with the quality and support you expect
from an enterprise solution.
The Foxit PhantomPDF Business Advanced PDF Editor provides experienced PDF authors with
unique editing capabilities to generate great looking PDF documents.
Redaction
Document Certification
XFA Form Filling
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Bates Number
Read out Loud
Microsoft® Active Directory® Rights Management Service Protector and Policy Manager
High Compression
Advanced PDF Editor
SharePoint Service
DocuSign
About the User Manual
This user manual covers all features included in these two editions.
Quick Installation Guide
To get installation, registration, uninstallation and update instructions step by step, please refer
to Foxit PhantomPD F Quick Installation Guide .
Note: Please go to FILE > Preferences > Trust Manager to disable the safe reading mode first, and
then double click File Attachment icon to open the attached Quick Installation Guide.
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Chapter 2 Get Started
The Foxit PhantomPDF workspace is packed with tools that help make working with PDF files
easier, and is organized into a document pane, a navigation pane, toolbar pane menu bar and
status bar. A good way to get up to speed in using Foxit PhantomPDF is by familiarizing yourself
with its workspace.
Workspace Basics
Menu Bar and Context Menus
Ordinarily, it is a good idea to keep the menu bar visible so that they are available as you work. It
is possible to hide them, in classic toolbar mode, using the View > uncheck Menu Bar or press F9.
Of course, you can temporarily display the Menu Bar again by right-clicking toolbar and checking
Menu Bar. By default, the toolbar mode is set to Ribbon Mode when you open a PDF document.
Foxit PhantomPDF has numerous context-sensitive menus. These menus appear when you
right-click an object in the workspace. A context menu displays commands that relate to the item
or area clicked.
Toolbar
The toolbar displays different tools of each tab.
Toolbar under HOME ribbon
Note: Position the pointer over a tool to see a description of the tool.
Show/Hide Toolbar
To show/hide all toolbars, please do the following:
In Classic Toolbar Mode,
Choose View > Toolbars > show/hide Toolbars.
In Ribbon Mode,
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To collapse/expand the toolbar, please click or in the upper right corner.
Set Favorite Toolbar in Classic Toolbar Mode
Choose View> UI Options> Customize Toolbars, and the Customize Tools dialog box pops up.
In the Favorite Toolbar tab, please do the following:
Add - Select your preferred tools from the left “Command” pane, click Add and see
them appear in the right “Favorite Toolbar” pane.
Remove - Select the tools you accidently added to the right “Favorite Toolbar” pane,
click Remove, and see them disappear from the right pane.
Reset - Reset the Favorite Toolbar pane to the default settings.
Click Up/Down button on the right side to adjust the position of your favorite toolbars, and
click OK.
To show/hide Favorite Toolbars, you can either right-click toolbars to check/uncheck Favorite
or go to View > Toolbars > check/uncheck Favorite.
Note: No need to set favorite toolbars in Ribbon mode, where all tools are displayed easily to
reach under each ribbon.
Move toolbars in Classic Toolbar Mode
Any toolbars can float or be docked. Docked toolbars appear in the toolbar area. Floating toolbars
appear as independent palettes that you can move anywhere in the work area. Each toolbar has
a grabber bar at the left edge of the toolbar.
To rearrange the docked toolbars, use the toolbar grabber bars to drag them from one
position to another.
To float a docked toolbar, drag it by its grabber bar from the toolbar area.
To move a floating toolbar, drag it by its title bar to another location in the work area.
To dock a floating toolbar, double-click its title bar or drag it by its title bar to the toolbar
area.
To move all floating toolbars to the toolbar area, choose View> Toolbars > Reset Toolbars.
Note: No need to move toolbars in Ribbon mode, where all tools are displayed under each ribbon.
Return toolbars to their default configuration in Classic Toolbar Mode
Choose View > Toolbars > Reset Toolbars or right-click to choose Reset Toolbars
Press the hotkey Alt+F8 on your keyboard.
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Navigation Panel
Show or hide the navigation panel
The buttons on the left side of the navigation pane provides easy access to various panels, such
as the Bookmarks panel button and the Pages thumbnails button .
To show the navigation pane, use keyboard shortcut F4.
To open a navigation panel, click its button on the left side of the navigation pane.
To close the navigation pane, use keyboard shortcut F4, or click the button for the currently
open panel in the navigation pane.
Tip: To show or hide the navigation pane, you can also click on the / button at the top
right corner of the navigation pane.
Adjust the navigation pane
Like the toolbars, the navigation panels can be docked in the navigation pane or float anywhere
in the workspace. You can choose to hide or close the panels that you don't need and open the
ones you do. What’s more, you can also adjust the width of the navigation pane easily.
1. Viewing a panel in the navigation pane
By default, all the panels dock in the navigation pane with a set of panel buttons appearing on
the left side of the work area. Do the following:
Select the button for the panel on the left side of the navigation pane.
2. Changing the display area for navigation pane
To change the view area of the navigation pane, drag its right border to adjust the width.
To minimize or maximize the navigation pane, click on the button
/
at the top right
corner of the navigation pane.
3. Docking or floating a navigation panel
To float a navigation panel, drag the panel button into the document pane.
To move a panel, drag it by its panel button to another location.
To dock a floating panel, double-click its title bar.
Working with Layers
A layer or as it is more formally known Optional Content Groups (OCG) is a dictionary
representing a collection of graphics that can be made visible or invisible dynamically by users of
viewer applications. In a PDF file, each layer may hold any portion of the document's objects, and
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layers may be made visible or invisible, showing or hiding their contained objects, in any
combination.
With Foxit PhantomPDF, you can control the display of PDF layers with the Layer panel. For
example, you may divide background imagery, main content areas, and advertisements amongst
their own top-level layers, and easily hide the layers that you don't want others to view.
Show or hide PDF layers
In a PDF, information can be stored on different layers. To show or hide related content stored in
a variable number of separate layers, you can simply refer to the Layer panel on the left side of
the work area. Please note that you cannot create or edit layers in Foxit PhantomPDF; however,
you can view layers and choose to show or hide the content associated with each layer.
Layer Panel
A. A checkmark indicates a displayed layer B. Hidden layer
1. Open the Layer panel, and then do one of the following:
To hide a layer, uncheck the layer.
To show a hidden layer, click the empty box and a checkmark will appear.
2. From the Option menu at the top right corner of the Layer panel, choose one of the following:
List Layers for All Pages - Shows every layer across every page of the document.
List Layers for Visible Pages - Shows layers only on the visible pages.
Reset to Initial Visibility - Resets layers to their default state.
Expand All Expands all layers.
Collapse All - Collapses all of the current layers in the view.
Status Bar
The status bar is an area of the workspace that displays the page number where you are, the
number of total pages, page transition buttons, zoom buttons, etc. for view setting. The status
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bar is open by default when you open a PDF. In the VIEW ribbon, the items on the View Setting
tab help you to show or hide the status bar.
Show Status Bar: If you check it, the status bar will appear in the bottom of the workspace.
Auto-hide Status Bar: If you check it, the status bar is hidden. But if you put the cursor near the
bottom of the page, the status bar will appear.
Hide Status Bar: If you check it, the status bar will be hidden.
Customize the Workspace
As you get acquainted with Foxit PhantomPDF, you can set up your work environment.
Customize the Skin and the Interface Style
Skin and Interface Style
There are five kinds of skin, Classic, Black, Blue, Orange and Purple for you to change the look of
your software. Also, two kinds of interface style, Classic Toolbar Mode and Ribbon Mode for you
to change the interface of your software.
To change the skin of the workspace, please do the following:
Go to FILE> UI Options > Change Skin.
Check the skin you like and click OK.
To change the interface style of the workspace, please do the following:
Go to FILE > UI Options > Change Toolbar Mode > Check Classic Toolbar Mode or Ribbon Mode.
Set References
Many program settings are specified in the Preferences dialog box, including settings for File
Associations, Forms, Full Screen, General, History, JavaScript, Languages, OCR, Page Display,
PDF/A, Reading, RMS Setting, Signature, and Trust Manager. Once you set preferences, they
remain in effect until you change them.
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1. Choose FILE > Preferences.
2. Under Categories, select the type of preference you want to change.
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Chapter 3 Read
After getting acquainted with the workspace and the basic tools, you can start the journey of PDF
reading. You can open a PDF, reach a specific page easily, adjust the view of a document, read
pure texts by text viewer tool, view documents while listening to them, and more. Foxit
PhantomPDF also provides a new feature to view PDF portfolios.
Open & Close & Save PDFs
Open PDFs
Open PDFs in Foxit PhantomPDF
Do one of the following:
Choose FILE > Open, or click the Open button on title bar. In the Open dialog box,
select the file name, and click Open. PDF documents are usually identified with .pdf
extension.
Open the Foxit PhantomPDF window, drag and drop the PDF file into the Foxit PhantomPDF
window.
Note: You can open more than one PDF document within the same Foxit PhantomPDF application.
When you open more than one file at a time, you can navigate the PDF files easily by
clicking the corresponding tabs or file names under the Window menu.
Open PDFs from Desktop or within Other Applications
If you set Foxit PhantomPDF as your default viewer for PDF files, you are able to launch and open
PDF files in the following applications:
Email Application: in your email applications, you can double-click the attachment icon to
open the document.
Web Application: you can open a PDF document by clicking on the PDF file link in your web
browser. Also, you can view the PDF content embedded in the HTML.
File System: double-click the PDF file icon in your file system.
Open a secured PDF document
If you receive a PDF that is protected by security features, you may need a password to open the
document. Some protected documents have other restrictions that prevent you from printing,
editing, copying, etc.
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When opening a protected PDF, you will be prompted to enter the password.
When trying to copy or edit a secured PDF, you will be prompted that you are prohibited to
do it without the owners permission.
If you open a PDF which is encrypted by AD RMS feature of PhantomPDF with other PDF
programs, a wrapper (which is actually a PDF page) will prompt you to download Foxit
PhantomPDF to open the PDF. If you want to edit the wrapper content, please save the updated
content as a PDF file named as wrapper PDF and place it within the PhantomPDF installation
directory.
Retrieve recently opened documents from within Foxit PhantomPDF
In “FILE” pull-down menu, you will be able to instantly retrieve recently opened documents. Foxit
PhantomPDF provides a list of recently opened PDF documents. Choose FILE > Open > Recent
Files List.
Note: To customize the number of document in recently used list, please choose FILE >
Preferences > History.
Save PDFs
Save a copy of a PDF
1. Choose FILE > Save As.
2. In the Save As dialog box, enter the filename and location, and click Save.
Save a PDF as a TXT
1. Choose FILE > Save As.
2. Choose the extension name from the Files of Type Option in the Save As dialog box.
3. Enter the filename and location, and click Save.
Note: This function allows PDF documents to appear, for confidential purposes; in different file
types as if they were created on a different platform other than PDF.
Close a PDF
Do the following:
If you are in multi-tab browsing, to close the current PDF file click the files close button in the tab
bar instead of the Foxit PhantomPDF application window. To close all PDF files, click the close
button in the Foxit PhantomPDF application window.
If you are in single document interface mode, just click the close button on the PDF file.
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Export PDFs
Export PDF to Word, RTF, Excel, PPT or HTML file
1. Select File > Export to...
2. Select the format you want to convert PDF to.
3. You can select the language used in the PDF from Setting before you save as to ensure the
quality of the exported Word document.
Export a PDF as an image
1. Select File > Export to Images.
2. Specify the page range (all pages, current page, a range of pages), and click OK.
3. You can set the quality, colorspace, resolution from setting before you save as.
Bundle with iFilter
Foxit PhantomPDF has been bundled with Foxit PDF IFilter Desktop which allows users to index
a large amount of PDF documents and then quickly find text within these documents on desktop
system. You can trigger Foxit PDF IFilter under the installation location of your Foxit PhantomPDF.
For more information, please refer to the user manual of Foxit PDF IFilter .
Standards Validation and Creation
With the Industry Standard of Foxit PhantomPDF, you can detect and fix problems for different
usage. Foxit PhantomPDF has the PDF/A, PDF/E and PDF/X compliance validation and creation as
the industry standards. Click the button in the Compliance ribbon, and select one of the
compliances and click Analyze or Analyze and Fix in the pop-up dialog box. You can also create
standard compliant PDF by saving as PDF/X, PDF/A or PDF/E. (Business Only)
Read
Foxit PhantomPDF enables you to retrieve recently opened documents, as well as provides
different ways for you to read PDF files: multi-tab reading and single document reading.
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Multi-tab Reading & Single Document Reading
Multi-tab Reading
The multi-tab browsing feature enables you to open multiple files in a single instance. Newly
opened PDFs will be displayed in tabs.
To enable tabbed browsing, go to FILE > Preferences > Documents > Open Setting > check Allow
Multiple Instances.
Tab Bar
Single Document Reading
Create a new window when you double-click to open a new PDF file.
To enable single document interface mode, go to FILE > Preferences > Documents > Open
Setting > uncheck Allow Multiple Instances.
Read Contents
Go to Specified Page
Click the First Page, Last Page, Previous Page and Next Page in the Go To ribbon under the View
menu or in the status bar to view your PDF file. You can also input the page specific page number
to go to that page. The Previous View lets you return to the previous view and Next View goes to
the next view.
Read with Bookmark
To jump to a topic using bookmarks, click the Bookmark button on the left Navigation pane.
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And then click the bookmark or right-click the bookmark and choose Go to Bookmark”. Click the
plus (+) or minus (-) sign to expand or collapse the bookmark contents.
Read with Page Thumbnail
To jump to a page with page thumbnails, click the Page Thumbnails button on the left
Navigation pane and click its thumbnail. To move to another location on the current page, drag
and move the red box in its thumbnail. To resize a page thumbnail, right-click on the thumbnail
and choose “Enlarge Page Thumbnails” or “Reduce Page Thumbnails”.
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View PDF Portfolios
PDF portfolios are a combination of files with different formats such as Word Office files, text
documents and Excel files. Foxit PhantomPDF provides viewing and printing PDF portfolios and
searching keywords in PDFs in the portfolio.
A Sample PDF Portfolio
Download a Sample PDF portfolio (preferably with files in different formats).
Open it in Foxit
PhantomPDF by right clicking and “Open with Foxit
PhantomPDF
6.0.3”.
Navigate through different files in the portfolio.
Search in portfolio by typing keywords in Search box or using shortcut keys CTRL+
Shift
+ F.
Search & Index in PDFs
Find Text
To quickly find texts you are looking for, follow the steps below:
Select the Find Field on the menu bar
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Type the text in the field and press Enter button. Then it will go to the text you find.
Foxit PhantomPDF supports the advanced search function which enables you to search a string
either in a single PDF file or in multiple PDF files under a specified folder. When the search
finishes,
To do the advanced searching, do as below:
- Click the search button , in the Search box, type the text you want to search for, specify
the search range, and do any of the following:
A. Whole words only -- limits the search to match only whole words. For example, if you
search for the word Read, the word Reader will not be found.
B. Case-Sensitive -- makes the search case-sensitive. For example, if you search for the word
text, the words Text and TEXT will not be found.
C. Include Bookmarks -- enables you to search for a word in the whole text, including
bookmarks.
D. Include Comments -- enables you to search for a word in the whole text, including
comments.
Press the Search button. Foxit PhantomPDF jumps to the first instance of the search term,
which appears highlighted. And all occurrences will be listed in a tree view, allowing you to
quickly preview the contexts and jump to specific locations.
Press New Search in the search box to find next text or press the close button in the top of
the search box to finish searching.
Move and Resize Search Box
The advanced search box can float or be docked. You can also resize the box with ease.
To float the docked search box, please double-click the title bar.
To move the floating search box, drag it by its title bar to another location in the work area.
To resize the search box, drag any corner point to adjust.
To dock the floating search box, double-click again the title bar.
OCR Function
Optical Character Recognition, or OCR, is a software process which enables images or printed
text to be translated into machine-readable text. OCR is most commonly used when scanning
paper documents to create electronic copies, but can also be performed on existing electronic
documents (e.g. PDF).
Recognize text
To recognize text in a file, perform one of the following:
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Click HOME > OCR > current file, in the Recognize Text dialog box, specify the range you need and
click OK to continue. In the Select OCR Engine dialog box,
1. Choose the language used in your document. You can select multiple languages as well.
2. In the output type, check Searchable Text Image to make the image searchable when finding
text. Click OK to recognize the text.
Note: If you check Editable Text, the image objects will be deleted with only the text remaining.
3. A recognition text process bar will pop up to show the progress.
4. Do the search function, the text on your image or scanned document will be searchable.
You can also recognize text from a opened image or scanned document.
To recognize text in multiple files:
1. Click HOME > OCR > multiple files.
2. In the OCR Multiple Files dialog box, click Add Files to add files or folders. Use Move up,
Move down, and Remove to adjust the order of the files and click OK.
3. Select the destination folder, choosing to name the new file or overwrite an existing one.
4. Click OK to finish the recognition.
See also To recognize text in a file
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Note: When you are using the CCJK OCR engine in Standard editions for the first time, the system
will remind you to download and install the engine from Foxit server.
Find and Correct OCR Suspects
After you recognize texts of images or scanned texts in the PDF file, you can pick out and correct
the texts or characters that are uncertain by the steps below:
1. Click HOME > OCR > Suspect Results > All suspects. A pop-up Find OCR Suspects dialog box
appears with a Foxit PhantomPDF box appearing to prompt you Find Completed.
Find OCR Suspects dialog box
Note: By default, the suspect results are based on the Search Document. You can also select
Search Page to find suspects on the current page and redo this step.
2. The OCR suspects will be highlighted with red boxes as below:
Original OCR Text in the PDF file Suspect Results of the OCR Text
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Check the highlighted texts, click the place where is incorrect and input the correct texts. If the
highlighted text is incorrectly identified as text, click the Not Text in the Find OCR Suspects dialog
box.
3. Close the Find OCR Suspects dialog box.
Adjust Page View
Foxit PhantomPDF provides multiple tools that help you adjust the view of your PDF documents,
such as the page magnification and the display of pages.
Adjust Page Magnification
Do one of the following procedures:
1. Click the Zoom In tool or Zoom Out tool on the HOME menu > Zoom tab.
2. Right-click the document pane and select Zoom In or Zoom Out.
Note: If you click on a page, then the tool will zoom in/out on the page, trying to keep the clicked
point as the center of the window. If you drag a rectangle on the page and then release the
mouse, then the tool will zoom in/out on the page, trying to keep the rectangle as the center of
the window. If you press the Ctrl key while scrolling the mouse wheel, then the tool will zoom
in/out on the page based on the scrolling direction.
3. Select or input a magnification percentage in the Zoom To Area on the
same tab.
4. Right-click the Document Pane and choose Zoom In or Zoom Out. Or you can select Zoom
To… > choose or input a magnification percentage > OK.
5. Using the Loupe Tool
Choose the Loupe Tool on the VIEW menu>Assistant tab.
Move the loupe tool to the places you want to view, you will see the amplificatory or
decreased objects in the Loupe Tool dialog box.
(Optional) Select the Lock option in the Loupe Tool dialog box. Click the area of the
document you want to view in closer detail. A red rectangle appears in the document,
corresponding to the area shown in the Loupe Tool window. You can drag or resize the
rectangle to change the Loupe tool view.
To change the scale ratio of the Loupe Tool, you can either enter a value in the zoom text
box, or drag the slider in the Loupe Tool dialog box.
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6. Using the Magnifier
You can easily magnify areas of the PDF files as you work on Foxit PhantomPDF with this
free tool. It is especially useful for visually impaired people with some functional vision.
Magnifier Fisheye Magnifier
Choose the Magnifier on the VIEW menu> Assistant > Magnifier.
Move the Magnifier to the places you want to view.
To switch between Magnifier and Fisheye Magnifier, press the left mouse button.
To change the size of magnifier window, press the right mouse button.
To turn off the Magnifier, choose any other tools.
6. Resizing a Page to Fit the Window
There are three types for you to choose:
To resize the page to fit entirely in the document pane, click the Fit Page button
on VIEW> Zoom, or right-click the Document Pane and choose Fit Page.
To resize the page to fit the width of the window, click the Fit Width button
on VIEW> Zoom, or right-click the Document Pane and choose Fit Width. Part of the page
may be out of view.
To resize the page to its actual size, click the Actual Size on VIEW> Zoom, or right-click
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the Document Pane and choose Actual Size.
To resize the page to fit the visible width of the window, removing the margins, click the Fit
Visible button on VIEW> Zoom.
Adjust the Page Display
To change the Page Orientation, do one of the following:
Click the Rotate View button on the HOME menu > Tools tab.
Click the rotate the page view counterclockwise button or the rotate the page
view clockwise button on VIEW menu > Page Display tab.
Right-click the document pane and choose the Rotate Right tool.
Note: You can change the page view in 90-degree increments, but the change only affects screen
display instead of its actual orientation. You cannot save the changes in page view.
To change the page display, Foxit PhantomPDF provides the following page layouts:
Single Page - Displays one page in the document pane at a time.
Continuous - Arranges the pages in the document pane in a continuous vertical column.
Facing - Arranges the pages side by side, displaying only two pages at a time.
Continuous Facing - Arranges the pages side by side in a continuous vertical column.
Show Cover Page During Facing -If a document has more than two pages, the first page
can be displayed alone on the right side of the document pane in Facing and Continuous
Facing views.
Split - View a PDF with the document pane divided into two panes (Split command)
or four panes (Spreadsheet Split command).
Note: To restore single-pane view, choose VIEW menu>deselect Split/Spreadsheet Split.
With Split view, you can scroll, change the magnification level, or turn to a different page in the
active pane without affecting the other pane.
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The Spreadsheet Split view is useful if you want to keep column headings and row labels visible
while scrolling through a large spreadsheet or table. In this mode, changing the magnification in
one pane changes the magnification in all panes. Also, scrolling is coordinated between the panes.
Scrolling a pane horizontally also scrolls the pane above or below it; scrolling vertically also scrolls
the pane to the left or right of that pane.
View Mode
Read Mode
User interface settings, such as the navigation pane, toolbar, and status bar, will be hidden when
a PDF is displayed in Read Mode. The document pane is enlarged, reducing wasted reading space
while leaving the menu bar available for necessary operations.
To view a document in Read Mode, please choose one of the following:
Click the Read Mode button on the VIEW menu > Document Views tab.
Press the shortcut key Ctrl + H on the keyboard.
Right-click the document pane and select Read Mode.
In Read Mode, a basic toolbar will float when the cursor is put at the bottom of the screen. This
offers basic tools, such as save, print, zoom in/out, etc.
If you open multiple PDFs, please press Ctrl + Tab on the keyboard to switch through them in
Read Mode.
To exit the Read Mode, please do any of the following:
- Click the Read Mode button on the VIEW menu > Document Views tab.
- Press the shortcut key Ctrl + H on the keyboard.
- Click the Read Mode button on the floating basic toolbar at the bottom of the
screen.
Full Screen Mode
In Full Screen mode, Foxit PhantomPDF Document Pane fills the entire screen, with Menu Bar,
Toolbar, Status bar, and Bookmarks pane hidden behind. The mouse pointer remains active in Full
Screen mode so that you can click links.
1. To set Full Screen preferences, please go to FILE > Preferences > Full Screen.
2. To enter Full Screen mode, please do one of the following:
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Right-click the Document Pane and select Full Screen.
Press the shortcut key F11.
3. To adjust the view in Full Screen mode, right-click the document and work with the Context
Menu.
Note: This feature will not be available unless you clear Left click to go forward one page; right
click to go back one page checkbox in the Preference > Full Screen.
4. To exit Full Screen mode:
Press Esc key.
Press the shortcut key F11.
5. Page Transition in Full Screen
Foxit PhantomPDF supports page transition to turn pages in Full Screen mode. It helps you to
turn pages as the transition feature in Microsoft Power Point. There are 10 transition types: Split,
Blinds, Box, Wipe, Dissolve, Glitter, Push, Cover, Uncover and Fade. Also, you could set the
direction, speed and page range for the transition.
To edit page transition, click the Page Transitions on the VIEW > Page Display tab.
Note:
This change only works for the current PDF.
The pages will be turned in the same way the next time you open and view the document in
full screen mode.
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If you want to set page transition to all PDF documents opened by Foxit PhantomPDF, please
choose FILE > Preferences > Full Screen.
Reverse View
To read documents in a backward order, please do one of the following:
Choose VIEW>Document Views >Reverse View .
Right-click on the document pane and choose Reverse View.
Text Viewer
With Foxit Text Viewer, you can work on all PDF documents in pure text view mode. It allows you
to easily reuse the texts scattered among images and tables, and acts like Notepad. Also, you can
adjust some settings to meet your needs.
To Enter Text View mode, do one of the following:
Choose VIEW>Document Views> Text Viewer.
Press the shortcut key Alt + 6.
Customizing Text Viewer
As soon as Text Viewer is activated, you can use the Font Setting Tools to customize your own
work area. Right-click the text area to select Font Setting.
1. To change text font when reading with Text Viewer
Right-click and choose Font Setting > Font….
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Choose Font name, Font Style, Font Size, Effects, Color and Script from respective fields in
Font dialog box. The suggested font for best screen display is Courier New.
Note: You can change all aspects pertaining to text view font in the Font dialog box, or you can
also use individual buttons on the Text Viewer Toolbar to change font color and toggle between
regular style and Bold or Italic styles.
2. Toggle between regular style and Bold style, choose Font Setting > Bold.
3. Toggle between regular style and Italic style, choose Font Setting > Italic.
4. Change the text color
Right-click and choose Font Setting > Color….
Text Viewer Colors dialog box pops up.
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Drag respective sliders or type the value to change the Foreground (Font) Color and
Background (page) Color. You can preview the changes in the box with a word “Sample”.
Click OK to complete the procedure, or click Cancel to abandon the changes.
5. Change Text Viewer settings
Right click the text area > select Setting…
The text Viewer Settings dialog box pops up.
Below are the text viewer settings:
A. Set page width at three different levels: Current page width, Current document width
and System default width.
B. Minimal width the valid value for this field is 0-1024. It is set to 78 by default.
C. Keep Column for PDF tables or text columns, you can check Keep Column to retain
appropriate column in text viewer mode. It is checked by default.
D. Auto Width for PDF tables or text columns, you can check Auto Width to keep
proper width between texts automatically. It is checked by default.
E. Auto Rotate you can check Auto Rotate to ensure consistent orientation with that
of the printer. It is checked by default.
Navigating in text viewer mode
1. To go to next or previous page, do one of the following:
Choose VIEW> Go To > Previous Page or Next Page .
Click the Previous Page icon or Next Page icon on the Status Bar.
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Put the cursor in the Document Pane, press the Left or Right Arrow on keyboard to move
the pages up or down.
2. To go to the first or last page, do one of the following:
Choose VIEW> Go To >First Page or Last Page .
Click the First Page icon or Last Page icon on the Status Bar.
Press the Home or End keys.
3. To go to a specific page, do one of the following:
Choose VIEW> Go To > input the specific page number >press Enter.
Input or select the specific page number on the Current Page Number Box
on Status Bar, and press Enter.
Changing the magnification level of a document
Do one of the following procedures:
1. Click the Zoom Out button or the Zoom In button on the status bar.
2. Choose HOME> Zoom > Zoom In or Zoom Out .
Note: The Zoom To is unavailable in Text Viewer mode.
Finding text in Text Viewer mode
To find text you are looking for, follow the steps below:
Type the text in the Find What field.
To do the advanced searching, do as below:
1. Click the search button , in the Search box, type the text you want to search for,
specify the search range, and do any of the following:
A. Whole words only -- limits the search to match only whole words. For example, if
you search for the word Read, the word Reader will not be found.
B. Case-Sensitive -- makes the search case-sensitive. For example, if you search for the
word text, the words Text and TEXT will not be found.
C. Include Bookmarks -- enables you to search for a word in the whole text, including
bookmarks.
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D. Include Comments -- enables you to search for a word in the whole text, including
comments.
2. Press the Search button. Foxit PhantomPDF jumps to the first instance of the search
term, which appears highlighted. And all occurrences will be listed in a tree view,
allowing you to quickly preview the contexts and jump to specific locations.
3. Press New Search in the search box to find next text or press the close button in the top
of the search box to finish searching.
Note: The Find field is unavailable in Text Viewer mode.
Copying and pasting text in Text Viewer mode
1. Select text
Select a word: Double-click the word you want to select.
Select a line of text: Click and drag the cursor on the line of text you want to select.
Select all the text: Press Ctrl + A or right-click the Document Pane > choose Select All.
2. Copying text, do one of the following:
Right-click the selected text > choose Copy.
Select the text and then press shortcut key Ctrl + C.
3. Pasting text
To paste the selected text on Clipboard to another application, please follow the paste command
of the specific application.
Read Out Loud
Whats Read Out Loud?
Read Out Loud is a Text-to-Speech (TTS) tool. This tool can read the text in comments and
alternate text descriptions for images and fillable fields. With this feature, you can obtain
information without having to view the page, helping to effectively relieve eyestrain. It also
enables you to view other materials while listening to a PDF’s content.
To use the Read Out Loud, please do as below:
Choose VIEW>Assistant >Read>Read Current Page/from Current Page.
Setting Reading Preferences
Please go to FILE > Preferences > Reading.
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Page vs Document
1. Only read the currently visible pages - Read the visible page displayed on the current
window.
2. Read the entire document - Read every page of the document in order.
3. For large documents, only read the currently visible pages - If you open a large PDF, the
system will only read the current, visible page.
4. Minimum number of pages in a large document - Set a minimum number of pages to define
a PDF as a “large document.
Reading Actions
In Read Out Loud Mode, some simple actions are offered for users to control the reading status,
including read this page, read this document, pause, resume, rate up, rate down and stop.
1. In Normal Mode, choose an action on VIEW > Assistant.
2. In Classic Toolbar Mode, a simple reading toolbar will be floated on the user interface after
you click Read button.
Read Out Loud uses the available voices installed on your system. If you have SAPI 5 voices
installed from text-to-speech or other language applications, you can choose to have them read
your PDFs.
Note: Read Out Loud isn’t a screen reader. Some operating systems may not support it.
Rulers & Guides & Measurements
Using Rulers & Guides
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Foxit PhantomPDF provides horizontal and vertical ruler guides to help you align and position text,
graphics or other objects on the page. They can also be used to check their size and the margins
in your documents.
Rulers & Guides
A. Rulers B. Guides
To show or hide rulers/guides, select VIEW>check or uncheck Rulers/Guides.
To create ruler guides, follow the steps as below:
Drag down from the horizontal ruler to create a horizontal guide, or drag to the right of the
vertical ruler to create a vertical guide.
Double-click a location on the horizontal ruler to create a vertical guide, or double-click a
location on the vertical ruler to create a horizontal guide.
To move ruler guides, select the Hand tool, click and hold the guide, and then drag it to a new
location.
To change unit of measurement, right-click the horizontal ruler or the vertical ruler, and select a
measurement system for the rulers.
To delete ruler guides, please do one of the following:
To delete a guide, click the guide to select it, and then press the Delete key.
To delete all guides on a certain page, scroll to the page, right-click in the ruler area and
choose Clear Guides on Page.
To delete all guides, right-click in the ruler area and choose Clear All Guides.
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Using Measuring
The Measure Tools enable you to measure distances and areas of objects in PDF documents. The
measure tools are especially useful when you need to know the distances or areas associated
with objects in a form or computer-aided design (CAD) drawing or when you want to measure
certain areas of a document before sending to a professional printer. The measure tools are
available to Reader users only if the PDFs are measurable.
When you use a measure tool, the tool dialog box displays the measurements of the line
segments you draw.
Measuring the objects
Choose COMMENT > Measure > [measure tool name], and do any of the following:
Select the Distance Tool to measure the distance between two points. Click the first
point, move the pointer to the second point, and click again. The measurements will appear
on the page.
Select the Perimeter Tool to measure a set of distance between multiple points. Click
the first point to start, and then click each point you want to measure. Double-click the last
point to end measuring.
Select the Area Tool to measure the area within the line segments that you draw. Click
the first point to start, and then click each point you want to measure. After you have
clicked at least two points, click the first point or double-click the last point to complete the
area measurement.
Note: You can also choose to complete or cancel measurement by right-clicking and choosing
options from the context menu.
After selecting the measuring tool, do any of the following in the pop-up dialog box:
To change the scaling ratio (such as 1:2) on the drawing areas, specify the appropriate
numbers in the tool dialog box. If necessary, change the unit of measurement next to this
ratio.
Check Measurement Markup in the tool dialog box if you want the lines you draw to appear
as a comment. You can put the pointer over the measurement with the Hand tool selected
so that you can view the measurement and annotation you have drawn.
Note: The object you draw will disappear when the Measurement Markup is deselected in the
Distance dialog box.
Take a look at the following example:
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Working on the measurement object
After you complete the measurement, you are able to do further operations on it, such as move,
resize, flip, and even work on it the way you work on comments.
1. Moving the measurement object
With the Hand Tool or Annotation Selection Tool selected, click the
measurement object you want to move.
Place the cursor over the object when the pointer changes into , hold and drag the
mouse to move it to the intended place.
A. Select Distance Tool, and set the
scale ratio as 1 inch = 2 inch in
the pop-up Distance Tool dialog
box.
1 inch =
2 inch
B. You will see the actual distance
between these two points is 1.1
inch. But with the scale ratio (1
inch = 2 inch), the distance
displaying on the screen is
shown as 2.2 inch.
1.1 inch
1 inch
=2 inch
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2. Changing the length and orientation of the line segment
With the Hand Tool or Annotation Selection Tool selected, select one of the
resize corners , you will see the pointer change into .
Hold and drag the mouse to change the length and orientation of the line segment.
3. Flipping the measurement and annotation
You can reverse measurement and annotation of the object you draw.
Before flipping After flipping
To flip the measurement and annotation of the object, do the following:
Select the Hand Tool or Annotation Selection Tool .
Right-click the object you draw > select Flip.
Working on measurement objects as comments
The measurement objects can also be used as comments, as a result of which, you cannot only
set status, open popup note, delete, reply to the objects, but you can also set properties, and set
current properties as default for them.
For the information of how to work on the objects as comments, please refer to the
corresponding section of “Chapter 7 Comments”.
Compare PDF Files
The Document Compare feature lets you see the difference in two versions of a PDF, as well as
select the type of differences you’re looking for to verify that the appropriate changes have been
made. The Document Compare feature does not compare comments in the PDF.
Comparing a revised PDF to an earlier version
Choose COMMENT > Compare tab > Compare.
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Compare PDF Files dialog box
Specify the two documents to be compared. Click Choose to select the file and preview
them.
Choose the specific page you want to preview by dragging on the page range bar.
Under Compare Range, select one of the following:
All Select all pages from the newer/older document to compare.
Pages - Select equal page numbers from the newer and older document for comparison.
Under Type of Comparison:
Page by page visual differences Compares by visual differences, including texts, images,
annotations, etc.
Textual differences Compares texts only between the two documents.
Include font information Compares formatting when comparing texts.
Markup color: Set the color for the result of comparison.
Click OK. And then a PDF document named as The result of Comparison” will be
automatically created and displayed with PhantomPDF.
Email Documents
E-mailing documents is a useful feature. You may need to send a PDF file you are reading to the
customers to speed up your daily work, or an interesting story that you want to share with your
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friends.
To e-mail a PDF file, please do the following:
Choose FILE > Share > Email.
System default e-mail application runs.
The PDF will be attached in the e-mail automatically.
Type the subject and e-mail address, and click Send.
Select & Copy
With Foxit PhantomPDF, you can copy texts and images to other applications.
Select and Copy Text
The Select Text tool lets you select horizontal and vertical text or columns of text in a PDF.
PhantomPDF sets its each ribbon with hand tool and Select tools for users convenience. To copy
text, click Select Text Tool and do the following:
Select text
Select a line of text: Drag the cursor toward a line of text you want to select.
Select a column of text: Put the cursor between the lines, drag toward a column of text and
draw a rectangle over it.
Select a word: Double-click the word you want to select.
Select multiple paragraphs through pages: Click at the start of the selection, scroll to the end
of the selection without releasing your mouse.
Select all the text: Press Ctrl + A, or select some text, right-click it and then choose Select All.
Deselect all the text: Click any area of the text.
Copy text
After selecting the text, do one of the following:
Right-click the selected text > choose Copy.
Press shortcut key Ctrl + C.
Paste text
To paste the selected text on Clipboard to another application, please follow the paste command
of the specific application.
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Copy Images
You can copy and paste individual images from a PDF to the clipboard, to other applications, or
to other files.
Take a snapshot of an image
To copy an image, please switch to the Snapshot tool :
Choose HOME> Snapshot and the cursor changes into a Cross automatically.
Hold the cursor over the image and drag a rectangle around it.
You will be prompted that the selected area has been copied to the clipboard.
(Optional) Right-click the selected area, and then choose Copy Select Graphic.
Paste the selected image to other applications.
Note: The selected area will be highlighted in blue.
Take a snapshot of a page
You can use the snapshot tool to copy the entire page. Both text and images will be
copied as an image.
Select the Snapshot tool by choosing HOME> Snapshot.
Click anywhere in the page, or right-click anywhere in the page and choose “Select All” to
copy the entire page.
To deselect it, please click anywhere in the page.
Copy a Combination of Text and Images as an Image
You can use the snapshot tool to copy the all selected content (text, images, or both) to the
clipboard or other applications. Text and images will be copied as an image.
To copy a combination of text and images as an image, do the following:
Select the Snapshot tool by choosing HOME > Snapshot.
Drag a rectangle around the text and images.
You will be prompted that the selected area has been copied to the clipboard.
(Optional) Right-click the selected area, and then choose Copy Select Graphic.
Paste the selected image to other applications.
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Others
Asian Languages
If you try opening PDF files directly that contain Eastern Asian Languages such as Traditional and
simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, you can open them with Foxit PhantomPDF directly
now. The add-on of Eastern Asian Language has been integrated into Foxit PhantomPDF package,
so you won’t be prompted to download and install the required language font kits. Foxit
PhantomPDF lets you view, search, and print PDF documents with Asian language text.
Note: To update the Eastern Asian Language font kits, users still have to go to HELP> Check for
Update to download and install the updated version.
PDF Properties
To view the PDF properties, please choose FILE> Properties. You can acquire all relevant
information as follows:
Description
This tab shows some basic information about the document. The title, subject, author, and
keywords may have been set by the person who created the document in the source application.
You can easily edit the document information within the PDF document, a useful way for
searching and indexing files.
Initial View
When a user opens your PDF document, they see the initial view of the PDF. You can set the
initial view to the magnification level, page and page layout that you want. If your PDF is a
presentation, you may want to set the initial view to Full Screen Mode. After you define the initial
view of the PDF, you can add page transitions to selected pages of the entire document.
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Initial View tab of the Document Properties dialog box
Define the initial view as Full Screen mode
When setting the initial view of a PDF to Full Screen mode, you must define how the document
opens.
1. Choose FILE > Properties.
2. In the Document Properties dialog box, select Initial View.
3. For best results, do the following:
Choose Page Only from the Navigation tab menu.
Choose Single Page from the Page layout menu.
Set Open to page to the page on which you want to start the presentation.
4. Select Open in Full Screen mode to open the document without the menu bar or toolbar
displayed. Click OK. (You have to save and reopen the file to see the effects.)
Note: Users can exit Full Screen mode by pressing Esc if their preferences are set this way.
However, in Full Screen mode, users cannot apply commands and select tools unless they know
the keyboard shortcuts. You may want to set up page actions in the document to provide this
functionality.
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Security
This tab describes security permissions and what functionality is allowed within a PDF. All the
security information is listed here if a password has been applied to the PDF.
Security tab of the Document Properties dialog box
See also Checking PDF Security
Fonts
The Fonts tab lists the fonts and the font types used in the original document, as well as the
encoding used to display the original fonts.
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Fonts tab of the Document Properties dialog box
GPO
Group Policy (GPO), a feature of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems, is a set
of rules that control the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. It offers
the centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users'
settings in an Active Directory environment.
For instructions to use group policy of Foxit PhantomPDF, please see the attached Foxit
PhantomPDF GPO_Manual . If you cannot open the attachment, please go to FILE >
Preferences > Trust Manager > uncheck the Safe Reading Mode.
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Chapter 4 Create
Up to 3 times faster than other PDF tools, Foxit PhantomPDF makes creating PDF and PDF/A
documents simple and streamlined. With a click you can quickly convert virtually any kind of file
to PDF without having to open the source application.
Create a PDF in Different Ways
With Foxit PhantomPDF, you can easily create PDF files from files in other formats.
One-click PDF Creation from Any File
Foxit PhantomPDF can create any kind of printable files to PDF simply by dragging the file into
the program window; alternatively you can use Foxit PhantomPDF to quickly convert files to PDF
directly from within Windows® Explorer.
To create a PDF with one click:
- Drag the document you want to convert on to the Foxit PhantomPDF desktop icon .
- If Foxit PhantomPDF is open, drag the file directly into the application window.
- Right click the document icon you want to convert and choose Convert to PDF in
PhantomPDF.
Create PDFs in the Foxit PhantomPDF Application Window
Create a PDF from a File
You can create a PDF from Office, email, a web site, or from any file that prints.
1. Launch Foxit PhantomPDF, choose FILE > Create > From File.
2. In the Open dialog box, select a file. You can browse all file types when you select All
Supported Files (*.xls, *.xlt, ) from the File type menu.
3. Select a file you want to convert and click Open to convert the file to a PDF.
4. Type a filename and specify a location in pop-up Save dialog box.
Note: Depending on the type of file being converted, a progress dialog box appears and Foxit
PhantomPDF opens automatically.
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Create a PDF from multiple files
You can easily merge files of different types into a single PDF.
1. Choose FILE > Create > From Multiple Files.
2. In the Convert Multiple Files dialog box, click Add Files to select the files you want to
combine.
3. Adjust the order of files as desired by using Move Up/Down, click the title of the table or
drag and drop the change the file order.
4. Choose a type of converted PDF files and click convert:
- Convert multiple files to PDF files All the files will be converted to different PDF files.
- Merge multiple files into a single PDF file All the files will be converted to a single PDF file
Tip: Foxit PhantomPDF uses original filename as a bookmark as default when combining multiple
files into a single PDF.
Create a PDF from a blank page
You can create a PDF from a blank page rather than beginning with a file, a clipboard image, or
scanning.
1. Choose FILE > Create >Blank.
2. Choose EDIT > Edit Content > Text & Paragraph editing tool or COMMENT > Typewriter >
Typewriter.
3. Double click the blank page to start typing the text you want to add to the blank page.
4. As needed, select other tools and options that you want to apply to the PDF.
5. Choose FILE > Save, and select a name and location for the PDF file.
Create a PDF from Clipboard
You can create a PDF directly from your clipboard.
1. Choose FILE > Create > From Clipboard.
2. The texts or images in the clipboard will be converted to a new PDF file.
Create a PDF in Other Applications
Foxit PhantomPDF enables you to create intelligent PDF files from other applications such as
Microsoft Office, automatically keeping bookmarks, links, hyperlinks, outline and more during
creation in word files.
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Microsoft Office
In Microsoft Word 2007/2010/2013, Foxit PhantomPDF appears as a tab in the Word ribbon,
allowing you to quickly create PDF files and change your conversions settings with just a few
clicks.
To create a PDF:
Select your desired PDF Settings from the Foxit tab. Then do one of the following:
To create a PDF using the current settings, click Create PDF .
To create and email a PDF using the current settings, click Create PDF and Email .
To create a PDF/A-1b compliant PDF:
1. In the Foxit tab, check the Support PDF/A-1b standard from Setting > General.
2. Click Create PDF or Create PDF and Email.
To change your PDF conversion settings:
Click Setting .In the Settings dialog box, select the desired options and click OK.
Tip: Refer to Setting Foxit PhantomPDF Printer Properties for information on the PDF conversion
options available from within Microsoft Office programs.
In Microsoft Word 2000 and 2003, Foxit PhantomPDF appears as a group of toolbar options.
Windows Notepad
1. Open a .txt file.
2. Select from main menu File > Print.
Internet Explorer
1. Run your Windows web browser, open a website or stay on a web page.
2. Select from main menu File > Print.
3. Select Foxit PhantomPDF Printer from the Pinter list;
4. If you need to deploy printing settings, click the Preferences button on the right (Refer to
Setting Foxit PhantomPDF Printer Properties).
5. Click OK;
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6. A dialog box will pop up for you to specify the folder and file name of the PDF document to
be generated, after done, click Save button.
Outlook Express
1. Run your Email client software, open an E-mail by clicking its title.
2. Select from main menu File> Print.
3. Select Foxit PhantomPDF Printer from the Pinter list.
4. If you need to deploy printing settings, click the Preferences button on the right (Refer to
Setting Foxit PhantomPDF Printer Properties).
5. Click OK.
6. A dialog box will pop up for you to specify the folder and file name of the PDF document to
be generated, after done, click Save button.
Creating a PDF using the Print command
Foxit PDF Printer works like a standard printer, so you can use it to print your files from any
windows applications as if you would print to a real printer.
1. Open the file in its authoring application.
2. Choose FILE > Print.
3. Select the printer named Foxit PhantomPDF Printer, and click OK button to start printing.
4. You will be prompted to specify the name of the PDF file and where to store, simply assign
the PDF filename and select a folder location.
5. Click Save.
6. You will see a creating status bar, when it is done, the PDF will be automatically opened.
Create a PDF using Print to Evernote
Foxit PhantomPDF adds a new printer Print to Evernote after installation. This feature enables
you to send the PDF file as an attachment to the Evernote as well as creating a PDF as Foxit PDF
printer does.
To create a PDF using Print to Evernote, do as below:
1. You should sign in an Evernote account online and install the Evernote application.
2. Open the file you want to convert to PDF format, choose File > Print > Print to Evernote.
3. Set the print properties and then click Print. Name the PDF file and specify the storage
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location.
4. You will see the PDF file is created and also attached to your Evernote.
Create a PDF using Scanner
Foxit PhantomPDF provides you with an easy way to create a PDF directly from a paper
document using your scanner.
To scan paper documents to PDF:
1. Choose FILE > Create > From Scanner.
2. Select the input, output, and documents options in the Custom Scan dialog box, and then
click Scan.
3. If creating a new PDF, specify a filename and location, and click Save.
4. SelectContinue Scan (put next paper)” to scan next paper if you like.
5. SelectFinish Scanning” and click OK to exit.
Custom Scand dialog box
Scanner: select an installed scanner. You must have the manufacturers scanning software
installed on your computer.
Scanner Options (Windows only): click to open the Scanner Options dialog box. (Available
only after you select a scanner.)
User Interface: the hide scanner’s interface option bypasses the windows and dialog
boxes provided by the scanner manufacturer. Instead, scanning from Foxit opens the
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Foxit Scanner dialog box.
Paper Size: the menu lists available standard page sizes.
Input
Sides: choose single-sided or double-sided scanning.
Color Mode (Windows only): select a basic color mode (Color, Black and White, or Grayscale)
supported by your scanner. This option is enabled if your Scanner Options are set to use the
Foxit scanning dialog box instead of the scanner application.
Resolution (Windows only): select a resolution supported by your scanner. This option is
enabled if your Scanner Options are set to use the Foxit scanning dialog box instead of the
scanner application.
Note: If you select a Color Mode or Resolution option not supported by your scanner, a
message appears and your scanners application window opens, where you can select
different options.
Paper Size (Windows only): select a paper size or specify a custom width and height.
Output
New PDF Document: select this to create a new PDF; deselect it if you want to append the
scanned page to an existing PDF.
Append: select this if you want to add the converted scan to an existing PDF. Click Browse to
find and select another PDF.
Documents
Optimization: click Options to customize compression and filtering. The Optimization
Options dialog box for image settings controls how scanned images are compressed for the
PDF. Default settings are suitable for a wide range of document pages, but you may want to
customize settings for higher quality images and smaller file sizes.
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Color/Gray settings: when scanning color or gray pages, select one of the following:
High-Compression: applies image compression in high-quality with small
size.(Available in Business Only)
JPEG: applies JPEG compression to the entire gray or RGB input page.
Small Size/High Quality: drag the slider to set the balance point between file size and quality.
Monochrome: when scanning black-and-white or monotone images, select one of the following:
High-Compression: applies to high-quality with small size compression.
CCITT Group 4: applies CCITT Group 4 compression to black-and-white input page
images.
JBIG 2: an image compression standard for bi-level images which is suitable for both
lossless and lossy compression.
Text Recognition: see Recognize Text.
Create a table of contents from bookmarks
You may want to conveniently create a table of contents from existing bookmarks for a hierarchy
structure when viewing a PDF file. Foxit PhantomPDF offers two ways to create a table of
contents. The new table of contents page will be inserted as the first page of the PDF.
To create a table of contents when merging multiple files into a single PDF file, please select
Add a new table of contents page converted from bookmarks in the Convert Multiple Files
dialogue box. The table of contents page will be created from the filenames of the selected
files.
To create a table of contents in a current PDF, please click the button on the bookmark
panel. The table of contents page will be created from the bookmarks of the current PDF.
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Chapter 5 Edit
Foxit PhantomPDF not only provides general editing features, but also provides an advanced
Editor for professional PDFs editing.
Advanced Editing Features (Available in Business Only)
For advanced editing features, you need to install Foxit PhantomPDF Business Edition. There are
two applications in Foxit PhantomPDF Business Edition, PhantomPDF main application and
PhantomPDF Advanced Editor. The Foxit PhantomPDF Advanced Editor will be installed
automatically and the icon of it will be added once the installation of PhantomPDF Business
Edition finishes.
With the Foxit PhantomPDF Advanced Editor, the only REAL editor for PDF files allows you to
easily and efficiently change contents in any existing PDF files. You can select, insert, change,
remove, rotate, copy and paste texts, images, graphics and shadings. You can insert, import,
delete pages or design page layout. After you finish editing, you can print out the result PDF file,
save it to overwrite the original file or create a new file. To trigger the advanced PDF Editor,
please do the following:
Select Start > All Applications > Foxit PhantomPDF > Foxit PhantomPDF Advanced Editor.
For the detailed features usage, please refer to Foxit PhantomPDF Advanced Editor User
Guide . (Please simply double click on the File Attachment icon to open the attached
Advanced Editor User Guide.)
Note: If you are warned that the User Guide is set to be not allowed to open because youre
currently in safe reading mode, please go to FILE > Preferences > Trust Manager to disable the
safe reading mode.
General Editing Features
You can use general editing features to create bookmarks, add links, attach files, add images,
play and insert multimedia files, undo and redo the previous action, as well as run JavaScript on
PDF files. You can go to EDIT menu directly to use these general editing features.
Undo and Redo
When making quick adjustments to your document, you may want to undo or redo the most
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recent action performed. You can undo and redo up to 10,000 actions in Foxit PhantomPDF.
Undo your last action
Click Undo on the title bar of Foxit PhantomPDF window.
Press Ctrl + Z.
Note: Some actions can’t be undone, such as clicking any command on the File menu. If you can’t
undo an action, the Undo command will be grayed out .
Redo actions
Click Redo on the title bar of Foxit PhantomPDF window.
Press Shift + Ctrl + Z.
Header & Footer, Watermark & Background to PDFs
Add Header/Footer, Watermark/Background to PDFs with Text, image and PDF, making your PDFs
more professional and help you to easily view, navigate watermark and place marks on
documents.
Header & Footer
To add a new header & footer, please do the following:
1. Choose ORGANIZE > Page Marks > Header &Footer > Add.
2. Edit the text of header & footer in the “Add Headers and Footers” dialogue box.
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Add Headers and Footers Dialog Box
3. Click Save Settings to save the current settings as a profile which can be applied directly to
future documents.
4. Click OK to activate the operation.
To update the header & footer, please do the following:
1. Choose ORGANIZE > Page Marks > Header &Footer > Update.
2. Update the content in the Update Headers and Footers dialogue box.
3. Click OK to activate it.
To remove the header & footer, please do the following:
1. Choose ORGANIZE > Page Marks >Header &Footer > Remove.
2. Click “Yes” in the pop-up message box.
Background
To add a new background, please do the following:
1. Choose ORGANIZE > Page Marks >Background > Add.
2. Edit the background in the Add Background dialogue box.
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Choose one color as the background, or add the file from your computer via clicking
the browse button. If the file has many pages, you can select one of them.
Set the appearance by choosing the rotation degree, the opacity. You also can choose
to make the scale relative to target page or not.
Set the vertical and horizontal distance between the target page and the background.
Choose the page range to play the background. You can select all pages or specify the
page range, or choose even pages or odd pages via clicking the right items in the
subset list.
Check or uncheck the Show Preview option to preview the changes or not.
3. Click Save Settings to save the current settings as a profile which can be applied directly to
future documents.
4. Click OK to activate it.
To update the background, please do the following:
1. Choose ORGANIZE > Page Marks > Background > Update.
2. Update the content in the Update Background dialogue box.
3. Click OK to activate it.
To remove the background, please do the following:
4. Choose ORGANIZE > Page Marks > Background > Remove.
5. Click “Yes” in the pop-up message box.
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Watermark
To add a new watermark, please do the following:
1. Choose ORGANIZE > Page Marks > Watermark > Add.
2. Edit the watermark in the Add Watermark dialogue box.
Input the text as the background and choose the font, size and the color, or add the file
from your computer via clicking the browser button. If the file has many pages, you can
select one of them.
Set the appearance by choosing the rotation degree, the opacity. You also can choose
to make the scale relative to target page or not.
If you choose the appear behind page”, the page content will obstruct your view
of some part of the watermark.
If you choose the “appear on the top of page”, the watermark will cover some
content, but you can adjust it via setting the opacity of the watermark.
Set the vertical and horizontal distance between the target page and the watermark.
Choose the page range to play the watermark. You can select all pages or specify the
page range, or choose even pages or odd pages via clicking the right items in the
subset list.
Check or uncheck the Show Preview option to preview the changes or not.
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3. Click Save Settings to save your current settings as a profile which can be applied to other
documents directly next time.
4. Click OK to activate it.
To update the watermark, please do the following:
1. Choose ORGANIZE > Page Marks > Watermark > Update.
2. Update the content in the Update Watermark dialogue box.
3. Click OK to activate it.
To remove the watermark, please do the following:
a) Choose ORGANIZE >Page Marks >Watermark > Remove.
b) Click “Yes” in the pop-up message box.
Bates Numbering
Whats Bates Number?
Bates numbering is used in the legal, medical, and business fields to place identifying numbers
and/or date/time-marks on images and documents. These numbers may be solely numeric or
may contain a combination of letters and numbers. It is a unique serial number attached to every
page of a document collected and is also a method of indexing legal documents for easy
identification and retrieval.
Add Bates Number
1. Choose ORGANIZE > Page Marks > Bates Numbering> Add.
2. In the Add Bates Numbering dialog box, add the files, folders or opened files by clicking
Add Files, Add Folders or Add Open Files. In the files list, you can change the order by
clicking Move Up or Move Down and delete a file by clicking Remove.
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3. Click Output Options. Here, you can set the target output folder, name the file and create
the log file in the dialogue box. Click OK to exit the box after completing these settings.
4. Click OK and a dialog box to add Headers and Footers will pop up for you to insert Bates
Number on the PDF documents.
Click Insert Bates Number…
Another dialog box will appear for setting the number of digits used, the start number,
and the prefix/suffix, if needed. Click OK to finalize these setting.
Click OK button.
Remove Bates Number
Choose ORGANIZE > Page Marks > Bates Numbering > Remove.
Links
This function helps you to lead the readers to related articles, references, or the intended web
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page.
Generally speaking, there is one option of link for you: rectangle link tool in Foxit
PhantomPDF.
Add a rectangle link
Rectangle Link tool enables you to add a link with the shape of rectangle on the PDFs.
To add a rectangle link, please do the following:
Choose EDIT>Insert> Rectangle Link .
Position the cursor on the place you want to add the link, hold and drag your mouse button
to draw a rectangle.
Tip: To draw a square link, press Shift key when you hold and drag your mouse button.
Pops up Create Link dialog box. Specify the appearance and destination of the link.
Appearance
A. Thickness the thickness of the four sides of the rectangle. The higher of the value, the
thicker of the sides. You can choose the thickness from 0-12, while the default is 1.
B. Border Style the style of the rectangles border. There are three types of the border
styles:
Solid: the border is solid, but not hollowed out.
Dashed: the border is drawn as a dashed line.
Underline: the sides are visible except the underline.
Solid Style Dashed Style Underline Style
Three types of border style
C. Highlight - the effect when you click the rectangle link. There are four types of the
highlighting effects:
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None: doesn’t change the appearance of the link.
Invert: changes the link’s color to its opposite.
Outline: changes the link’s outline color to its opposite.
Inset: creates the appearance of an embossed rectangle.
None Invert Outline Inset
Four types of highlight
D. Color - the border color of the rectangle. Click the color button to choose any colors you
like, or you may choose Other Color to add a customized color. The default color is red.
Choose the color
Destination
The destination refers to any point or location, for example, a web page, a named file or
position the link goes to. There are four options for you to choose:
A. Go to a page view designate the link to a specific page view. Not only can you designate
the link to a page in the current PDF, but you can also set the link to the page in another
PDF. Also, you may change the current zoom setting and then set the position.
To go to a page view, choose this option, click the Next button and do one of the following:
Set the position in current document scroll the current document, go to a new
position where you want to set and click Set this position.
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Set the position in another PDF document click the Open button on the title bar
of the application window > select the PDF you want to set position > scroll this
document and go to a position where you want to set > click Set this position.
Note: The new PDF document should be opened in the existing window but not a new
window.
Change the view magnification -- scroll in the current document or another document >
go to a new position where you want to set > change the magnification of the position >
click Set this position.
Click Cancel to cancel out of your operation.
B. Go to a named position designate the link to a named position that has been set by the
creator of the current document.
To go to a named position, choose this option and click the Next button > select a named
position for the pop-up list > click OK.
Note: An empty pop-up list indicates that no position has been named by the documents
creator.
C. Open/execute a file designate the link to open another file. To do this, please follow the
steps below:
Choose Open/execute a file > click the Next button > select the destination file and click
Select.
D. Open a web page designate the link to open a web page. Do the following:
Choose Open a web page > click the Next button > enter the URL of the destination
web page or click the drop-down button to select a web site you have opened before.
E. Others (use action property page) add an action to the link. Please refer to Actions tab
for the button properties” for more details.
Move or resize a link
You can move and resize the link after you create it.
Select one of the link tools or the Annotation Selection Tool , and then move the
cursor over the link so that the handles appear.
Do one of the following:
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A. To move the link, drag it to the desired area.
B. To resize the link, drag any corner point to adjust.
Delete a link
Select one of the link tools or the Annotation Selection Tool , and then move the
cursor over the link so that the handles appear.
Select the link you want to delete.
Press the Delete key.
File Attachments
You can attach PDF files and other types of files to a PDF. There are two options for you to add an
attachment: attaching a file as a comment and attaching a file to the entire PDF. An attached file
as a comment will appear in the page with the File Attachment icon by default, while the
attached file to the PDF file acts invisible and only can be seen when you click the File
Attachment icon.
Add a file as a comment
1. Choose COMMENT > Pin > File.
2. Position the cursor to the place where you want to attach a file as a comment > click the
selected position.
3. In the Add Attachment dialog box, select the file you want to attach, and click Open.
Note: If you try to attach certain file formats (such as EXE), Foxit PhantomPDF warns you
that your attachment is denied because of your security settings.
4. The File Attachment Icon appears at the place you designated in the PDF file.
Work on the attachment comment
You can open the attachment, add a description, move and delete it, and set the preferences.
Open an attachment
Select the Hand Tool or Annotation Selection Tool and do the following:
1. Double-click the File Attachment icon .
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2. In Open file attachment dialog box, select one of the three options and click OK.
Open file attachment dialog box
A. Open the file attachment open this file attachment and the dialog box will always pop
up when you double-click the File Attachment icon.
B. Always open file attachments of this type open this file attachment and the files of
this type will be opened automatically when you double-click the File Attachment Icon
next time.
C. Never open file attachments of this type forbid to open the file attachments of this
type. Whenever you double-click the File Attachment Icon, the files of this type will be
forbidden to open and you’ll be prompted that “File attachment of this type cannot be
opened because of your security settings”.
See also “Doing security settings”.
Note: If you are in Safe Reading Mode, you cannot choose the way to open the attached file.
Please go to FILE > Preferences > Trust Manager to check if the Enable Safe Reading Mode option
is checked or unchecked.
Move a file attachment icon
Select the Hand Tool or Annotation Selection Tool , click and drag the File
Attachment Icon to move it to other place.
Delete an attachment comment
Select the Hand Tool or Annotation Selection Tool , and do one of the following:
Right-click the File Attachment icon and choose Delete.
Click the File Attachment icon and press Delete key.
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More options with an attachment comment
You are able to work on the attachment comment just like an ordinary comment, including set
status, mark with checkmark, open popup note and add some descriptions, reply to the
comment, and change the icon’s appearance. For all the operations, please refer to “Chapter 7
Comment.
Security settings
To change the security settings you have set when you open the attachment file as a comment,
Click the Settings button in the Attachment Panel and do one of the following:
To add a new extension, click the Add button to input the file extension in the Security
Settings dialog box.
To delete an extension, click one of the existing extensions and click the Delete button.
To change the settings of how to open the attachments of the type, choose one of the three
options listed.
Add a file to the entire PDF as an attachment
1. Click the attachment button on the navigation pane and click Add button .
2. In the Add Attachment dialog box, select the file you want to attach, and click Open.
3. The added document will be displayed in the attachment pane.
Work on the attachments
You can open, save, edit descriptions, delete and do settings to the attachments. Click the
attachment button on the navigation pane > Open button /Save button /Edit
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Description button /Settings /Delete button .
Attachment Panel
Bookmarks
Bookmarks are navigational tools that make your PDF files easier to read. They are usually
generated automatically during the PDF creation.
Bookmarks are useful for users to mark a place in a PDF file so users can return to it with ease. Or
you may like to have your own bookmark structure and new bookmark names. With Foxit
PhantomPDF, you can easily nest, edit, or delete bookmarks in a PDF file if the security settings
allow.
Add a bookmark
1. Go to the page where you want the bookmark to link to. You can also adjust the view settings.
2. Select the bookmark under which you want to place the new bookmark. If you don’t select a
bookmark, the new bookmark is automatically added at the end of the bookmark list.
3. Click the New Bookmark icon at the top of the Bookmarks panel, or right-click the
selected bookmark and choose Add Bookmark.
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4. Type or edit the name of the new bookmark, and press Enter.
Move a bookmark
Select the bookmark you want to move, and then do one of the following:
Hold the mouse button down and then drag the bookmark icon directly next to the
parent bookmark icon. The Line icon shows the place where the icon will be located.
Right-click the bookmark icon and choose the Cut option > right-click the parent
bookmark, and choose Paste after Selected Bookmark.
Note: The bookmark links to its original destination in the document although it is moved.
Organize a bookmark hierarchy
A bookmark hierarchy is an outline or stratified structure that places some bookmarks within
others. In Foxit PhantomPDF, multilevel bookmark hierarchy can be defined by properly dragging
the bookmark icon in the Bookmark panel.
To nest a bookmark, please do one of the following:
Select the bookmark you want to nest.
Hold the mouse button down and then drag the bookmark icon directly
underneath the parent bookmark icon. The Line icon shows the place where the icon
will be located.
Right-click the bookmark icon and choose the Cut option > right-click the parent
bookmark, and choose Paste under Selected Bookmark.
Note: The bookmark links to its original destination in the document although it is nested.
To move a bookmark out of nested position, please do one of the following:
Select the bookmark you want to move.
Hold the mouse button down and then drag the bookmark icon directly next to the
parent bookmark icon. The Line icon shows the place where the icon will be located.
Right-click the bookmark icon and choose the Cut option > right-click the parent
bookmark, and choose Paste after Selected Bookmark.
Note: The bookmark links to its original destination in the document although it is nested.
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To expand or collapse a bookmark
Click the plus sign (+) next to the bookmark icon to show any children. Click the minus sign (-) to
collapse the list.
Edit a bookmark
In Foxit PhantomPDF, you are able to rename a bookmark, reset a bookmarks destination, or
customize the text appearance of a bookmark with ease if the security settings allow.
To rename a bookmark
Right-click the bookmark you want to rename in the Bookmarks panel > Rename> type the new
bookmark name. Or you double click the bookmark you want to rename and then type the new
name.
To reset a bookmark’s destination
In the document pane, move to the location you want to specify as the new destination.
(Optional) Adjust the view magnification.
Right-click the bookmark, choose Set Destination and select Yes.
To customize the text appearance of a bookmark
In the Bookmarks panel, right-click the bookmark > choose Properties.
In the Bookmark Properties dialog box, click the Appearance tab, and select the font style
and color for the text.
Note: After defining a bookmark’s appearance, you can set it as bookmarks’ default property by
right-clicking the bookmark and then selecting the option of Use Current Appearance as New
Default.
To add an action to a bookmark
Right-click a bookmark, and choose Properties.
In the Bookmark Properties dialog box, click Actions.
Choose an action from the Select Action menu and click Add, and then refer to the section
of Actions tab for the button properties”.
To delete a bookmark, please do one of the following:
Select the bookmark you want to delete and click the Delete button at the top of the
Bookmarks panel.
Right-click the bookmark you want to delete and choose Delete.
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Note: Deleting a bookmark deletes all the bookmarks that are subordinate to it.
Images
You can specify a rectangle on any part of a PDF page and then insert an image into that
rectangle. This feature is helpful when you want to explain or show something more dynamically.
Add an image
You can add an image to a PDF with the Image Tool . After you insert a new image, you can
adjust its size and position, change the appearance and other settings, etc.
To add an image, do the following:
Choose EDIT > Insert > Image .
Drag a rectangle on the page to define the canvas area for the image.
In the Add Image dialog box, click the Browse button to select the image that you want to
insert and click the Open button. You will see the URL of this image has been added to the
Location field.
Click the Advanced button to edit the setting of the image.
Image placement dialog box
A. When to scale choose when to scale the image you insert.
B. Scale choose to scale the image non-proportionally or proportionally. This option will be
disabled when you select Never in the field of When to scale.
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C. Fit to bounds check this option to scale the image to fit fully within the bounds of the
rectangle without taking into consideration the line width of the border.
D. Border drag and move the scroll bar to change image’s position in the rectangle. The
coordinates change when you move the scroll bar.
Click OK for your changes to take effect, or click Reset to reset the data to the original
settings.
Click OK.
Apply an image to other pages
After adding an image, you may want to place the same image on additional pages while
maintaining the original location and settings.
To apply an image to other pages, please do the following:
1. Right click on the image you wish to apply to other pages.
2. Choose the option Apply to Other Pages in the menu.
3. Specify the page range.
4. Click OK.
Move and resize an image
To move an image, please do the following:
1. Select the Annotation Selection Tool or the Image Tool , put the cursor over the
image so that the handle appears.
2. Click and drag the image to another place you like.
To resize an image, please do the following:
3. Select the Annotation Selection Tool or the Image Tool , put the cursor over the
image so that the handle appears, and click the image.
Place the cursor on any corner point. The cursor changes into the cursor showing the
direction at which the rectangle will be resized.
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To resize the image
Drag the cursor outside, it will increase the size of the rectangle proportionally. Drag the
cursor inside, it will decrease the size of the rectangle proportionally.
Set properties of an image
1. Double-click the image or right-click it and select Properties….
2. In the Appearance tab, do any of the following:
Locked When selected, prevents any further changes to any image properties.
Close Applies and saves the current properties, and closes the image properties
dialog box.
3. In the Settings tab, follow the steps in To add an image”.
4. For the Actions tab, Please refer to Actions tab for the button properties”.
Delete an image
1. Select the Annotation Selection Tool or the Image Tool , put the cursor over the
image so that the handle appears, and click the image.
2. Press Delete or right-click the image > Delete.
Select multiple images
1. Select the Annotation Selection Tool or the Image Tool .
2. Press and hold Shift or Ctrl and click the images you want to edit.
Align images
Select two or more images that you want to align.
Right-click the anchor>Align, and then choose a command as follows:
A. To align a column of images, choose Left, Right, or Vertically to align them respectively to
the left edge, right edge, or vertical axis of the anchor image.
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B. To align a row of images, choose Top, Bottom, or Horizontally to align them respectively
to the top edge, bottom edge, or horizontal axis of the anchor image.
Note: When you right-click or Ctrl-click one of the selected images, it will be highlighted in red,
indicating that its the anchor image. The align menu commands move the other selected images
to line up with the edges of the anchor image.
Below is an example:
Center images
This function enables you to center the rectangle enclosed by the images you select vertically,
horizontally or both.
Below is an example:
A. Suppose that you want to set A
as the anchor image.
B. Select these two images >
right-click A and choose Align >
Left. You will see the other
image is placed to the left edge
of A.
A
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Distribute images
This function will be available when selecting three or more images.
To distribute the images evenly between the topmost and bottommost images, choose
Distribute > Vertically.
To distribute the images evenly between the leftmost and rightmost images, choose
Distribute > Horizontally.
Below is an example:
A. Select two images. You can see
these two images consist of an
area with the shape of rectangle
(marked with red).
B. Right-click one of the images >
Center > Vertically. You will
find that the red rectangle is
centered vertically in the page.
A. Select three images A, B and C. A
is the topmost image and C is
the bottommost image.
A
B
C
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Resize images
You can adjust multiple images with the same height, width, or both. Select one of the images as
the anchor, and the rest of the images will be resized with the same height or width as that of the
anchor image.
Below is an example:
Setting properties of multiple images
Select multiple images > right-click one of them > Properties
A dialog pops up with an Appearance tab. Follow the steps specified in “Setting properties of
an image”.
B. Right-click any one of the images >
Distribute > Vertically. And you will
see that B is distributed evenly
between A and C.
A
B
C
A. Select images A and B. Suppose
that you want to set A as the
anchor image.
A
B
A
B
B. Right-click A > Size > Height. And
you will see that the height of B
is resized to be the same as that
of A.
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PDF Optimizer
With the PDF optimizer, users can compress the image files and clear out the data redundancy of
PDF objects.
Choose FILE > PDF Optimizer.
Setting the properties in the PDF optimizer dialogue box.
PDF Optimizer Dialog Box
For Images, you can specify color/grayscale and monochrome image settings, including
image downsampling and image compression. Choose the appropriate down sampling
method in the Downsample list box (including average the downsampling, subsampling and
the bicubic downsampling) or you can choose off item to turn off the option. Set the right
pixels and image compression (including retaining existing, JPEG and high compression).
Note: If you check the option “Optimize images only there is a reduction in size”, the images will
not be optimized when there is no reductions.
For Fonts, move the embedded fonts to the right list to lift to embed.
For Discard Objects, please check the objects settings you want to discard.
For Discard User Data, please check the user related information you want to discard.
For Clean Up, please check the Cleanup settings you want to optimize the document.
Click OK button and save the optimized PDF file.
Work with Video & Audio
Foxit PhantomPDF does not only support playing videos and audios in PDFs, but only allows users
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to add and edit multimedia files to a PDF.
Play a Movie or a Sound Clip
Some PDF files may be multifaceted with multimedia, including sound, music and video clips.
Each movie and sound file usually includes a play area from which the media can be activated.
The play area typically appears on the PDF page as an image or a blank rectangle, but can also be
invisible. To play the media files, please make sure you have the necessary media player installed
on your computer.
To play a movie or a sound, please do the following:
Select the Hand tool , and click the play area of the movie or sound file. When the
cursor is positioned over the play area, it changes to the play mode icon.
Note: To protect your computer from viruses, Foxit PhantomPDF pops up a dialog box soliciting
your approval before playing multimedia files. To change the default behavior, you can set other
options in the pop-up dialog box.
Remember choice until close the document check this option means to apply this setting to
the media content which can be played directly without Multimedia Content dialog box pop-up
the next time you click to play the media content.
Adding a movie or a sound clip
Adding movies or sounds to PDFs is as easy as inserting an image. "Movies" are desktop video
files with formats such as FLV, AVI, QuickTime, and MPEG, and file extensions such
as .avi, .wmv, .mov, .qt, .mpg, and .mpeg. An animated GIF file always has a .gif file extension,
while “Sounds” are like midis, wavs, and mp3 files.
Note: If an alert message tells you that no media handler is available, you must install the
appropriate player before you can add clips to the PDF. For example, you must install QuickTime if
you want to embed an MOV file in a PDF.
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Adding movies or sounds
1. Choose EDIT > Insert > Video & Audio .
2. Press and hold mouse button down, drag to select an area on the page where you want the
movie or sound to appear. For movies, the play area is the exact size of the movie frame.
3. In the pop-up Add Video & Audio dialog box, you will see some options listed below:
Embed content in document: includes the media file into the PDF file. This option will
increase the file size of the PDF. It is selected by default. If the check box is cleared, you will
not be able to play it if you open this PDF file on other computers.
Poster Settings: choose whether to display an image in the play area when the movie isn’t
playing. You can choose to use no poster, or create poster from file.
Edit the play area
To move, resize, align, center or distribute a multiple clip, please refer to Images.
Set Video & Audio properties
In Foxit PhantomPDF, you can specify properties for the multimedia files you added, such as the
appearance of a movie’s play area, whether the movie plays once or continuously, create
alternate renditions, etc.
To set video & audio properties, please do the following:
1. Select the Video & Audio tool , or the Annotation Selection Tool .
2. Double-click the play area or right-click the play area > Properties.
3. For the Appearance tab, please refer to Setting properties of an image.
Note: If you select Locked on any tab, it will lock all options for this multimedia file, but not just
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the options on that tab.
4. In the Settings tab , there are many options listed below:
- Annotation Title -- Type the title of the movie or sound in the Annotation Title box. This title
does not determine which media file is played.
- Alternate Text -- Type a description of the media file in the Alternate Text box.
- Renditions Allows you to create alternate or other renditions to ensure that users can play
the movie or sound clip on their systems.
A. List Renditions for Event -- You can assign different renditions to different actions but
Mouse Up is chosen by default. Mouse Up means that when the mouse button is clicked
and released, the rendition is played.
B. Add Rendition There’re three ways for you to choose: Use a File, Use a URL, By Copying
an Existing Rendition
C. Edit Rendition When clicking the Edit Rendition button, the Rendition Settings dialog box
appears, which allows you to specify the playback location, and other settings to
differentiate it from other renditions.
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Media Settings -- Specifies the general properties for the movie or sound clip:
- Rendition Name: Enter the name for the rendition, which will appear in the list of
renditions. (This name does not determine which media file is played.)
- Media Clip Location: Specify the clip by typing or navigating to it.
- Content Type: Will be selected automatically when you specify the clip location.
Changing the Content Type setting may cause problems playing the media.
- Embed content in document: Includes the media file into the PDF file. This option
will increase the file size of the PDF. It is selected by default. If the check box is
cleared, you will not be able to play it if you open this PDF file on other computers.
- Rendition Alternate Text: Type a description of the rendition.
- Allow temp File: Specify whether writing a temp file is allowed and when. Some
media players write a temp file when they play a movie or sound clip. If you want to
prevent users from easily copying the media content in a secure document, you may
want to disallow the creation of temp files. However, selecting this setting may
prevent the movie from being played by media players that require the use of temp
files.
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Playback Settings Use this tab to determine how the movie or sound clip is played.
- Keep Player Open: Select whether you want the player to close after it plays the
movie or sound clip.
- Volume: Lets you specify how loud the movie will be played.
- Show Player Controls: Select to display a controller bar at the bottom of the play
area allowing users to stop, pause, or play the media, provided the media player
supports player controls.
- Repeat: Lets you replay a clip two or more times, or continuously.
- Player List: Click Add to specify a player and the settings that are required, preferred,
or disallowed to play the movie or sound clip. Select the name of the player and the
status. If you set the status of more than one player to Required, only one of the
required players may be used to play the rendition. If you set the status of players to
Preferred, these players are selected over nonpreferred players (but not over
required players). If you set the status of players to Disallowed, they are not used to
play the rendition.
- Add/Edit/Delete button: Allows you to add a new player, as well as edit or delete
the selected player in the Player List.
Playback Location Determines whether a movie or sound clip is played in the PDF,
remains hidden while played (recommended for sound clips), is played in a floating window,
or is played full screen. The options for Floating Window Settings are unavailable except
you choose Floating Window.
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- Playback Location: Selects the location for playing a movie or sound clip.
- Background Color: Selects the background color for the media player.
- Show title bar: Selects to show or hide title bar when playing the media in a floating
window.
- Show control closing window: Selects to show or hide the close button at the top
right corner in a floating window.
- Title Text: Adds a title for the media that will be showed on the title bar when
playing the media in a floating window.
- Resize: Determines to allow or forbid users to resize the floating window. There’re
three options for you to choose: Don’t allow user to resize window, Allow user to
resize window but maintain original aspect ratio, or Allow user to resize window.
- Window Position: The window position is determined relative to the document
window, application window, the virtual desktop or document monitor.
- Width/Height: Specifies the width and height of the floating window.
- If Window is Off-screen: Selects to play, do not play, or move window onto screen to
play the media file if the floating window is off-screen.
D. Delete Renditions Deletes the selected renditions.
E. Up/Down Arranges the order of the renditions. If the first rendition cannot be played, the
next available rendition is played.
3. Actions tab for the Video & Audio properties
Please refer to Actions tab for the button properties”.
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Edit Objects
When reading a PDF, you may need to frequently edit texts, image, or other objects in this PDF
file. The primary tool within Foxit PhantomPDF for editing these objects is Text & Paragraph
editing tool and Image & Object editing tool. For more professional editing features, please refer
to Advanced Editing Features.
Use Object Editing Tool
With Object editing tool, you can add new text objects or edit text objects by changing their font,
font size and color, and edit objects including moving, resizing, deleting and rotating, etc.
Add Text Objects
To add text objects, please do the following:
Select EDIT ribbon> Edit Content > Text & Paragraph tool .
You can set font, font size and color as you want in the EDIT > Font.
Double-click on the specific page you want to input the text and type new text in the
position where the cursor is blinking. You can also paste or delete the text you input.
Move and edit objects
A selected object usually is outlined by a bounding box. When the cursor is over the selected
objects, the selection handles appear and you can drag them to a defined place.
Select EDIT > Edit Content > Image & Object tool , and do one of the following:
1. Select one or more objects
Click the object to select it, or press Ctrl and select more objects.
Hold the pointer over the objects and drag a rectangle around them.
Right-click an object and choose Select All from context menu, or press Ctrl + A on
keyboard. All objects on the current page are selected.
To deselect all the objects, right-click objects and choose Select None from the context
menu.
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2. Move an object
Drag the object to the desired place. To move objects to a different page use cut and
paste.
3. Resize or rotate an object
To resize an object, drag a handle of the object. Shift-drag the handle to retain the
original aspect ratio.
To rotate an object, put the cursor near the corner of the selected object, the cursor
will change to a curved arrow, click and drag the handle or right-click selected objects
and open Objects Properties dialog box, specify rotation degree in Transform tab.
Note: You can also rotate an object by choosing EDIT > Arrange >Rotate or right-click the object
and choose the option from the context menu.
4. Edit an object
Right-click on the object and select an option from the context menu.
Note: Click the selected objects and type new text in the position where the cursor is blinking.
You can add, paste or replace text only if the font used for that text is installed on your system.
5. Delete an object
Select one or more objects, press Delete key or right-click and choose Delete from the
context menu.
6. Place an image
Right-click the objects and choose Place Image from context menu.
Use Text & Paragraph Editing Tool
With Text & Paragraph editing tool, you can edit texts in a paragraph like Microsoft Office Word
as well as changing their font, font size and color.
To edit texts in a paragraph, please do the following:
Select EDIT ribbon>Edit Content > Text & Paragraph .
You can set the font, font size and color as you want in the EDIT > Font.
Double-click on the specific page you want to input the text and type new text in the
position where the cursor is blinking. Foxit PhantomPDF will automatically change a line
when the text comes to the margin of it. You can also start a new line by pressing Enter.
Set Objects properties
1. Right-click images objects, path objects or text objects, and choose Properties...
2. In Image Objects Properties dialog box, please do any of the following.
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Image Object Properties Dialog Box
Click Fill Color tab to specify fill color and opacity. Fill Color is used to paint the interior
of objects and text characters that are filled. To configure the fill color, choose one of
color spaces and simply drag the color adjusting bar until the color is what you want.
Note: Color Space is unavailable for image objects. However, you can change opacity of all
objects.
3. In path object properties dialog box, please do any of the following:
Path Object Properties
Click Stroke Color tab to specify stroke color and opacity for objects. Stroke Color is
used to paint the border of paths and text that are stroked. To configure the stroke
color, choose one of color spaces and simply drag the color adjusting bar until the color
is what you want. A stroke color’s opacity determines what degree it obscures or
reveals. Drag the Opacity slider to adjust the opacity of Fill or Stroke color.
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4. In text object properties dialog box, please do any of the following:
Text Object Properties
Font Name Changes the font used by the selected text to the font you specify.
Font Size changes the font size to the size that you specify.
Horizontal Scaling adjusts the width of characters by stretching or shrinking them in the
horizontal direction. The scaling is specified as a percent of normal width of the characters,
with 100 being the normal width. The scaling always applies to the x coordinate. The
following figure shows the effect of horizontal scaling.
Text Mode determines whether text is stroked or filled. There are four types of text
modes: Fill Text, Stroke text, Fill then stroke text and Text with no fill and no stroke.
1 2 3 4
1. Fill text 2. Stroke text 3. Fill then stroke text 4. Text with no fill and no stroke
Character Spacing inserts uniform spacing between two or more characters in selected
text.
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Word Space inserts uniform spacing between two or more words in selected text.
Rotate enter a specified value in text field to rotate the objects. Enter a positive value
like 30, 60, 90 to rotate the object counter-clockwise; Enter a negative value like
-30,-60,-150 to rotate the object clockwise.
Shear allows you to slant objects horizontally.
Scale makes an object bigger or smaller. You can scale horizontally, vertically, or both.
Move to allows you to set the precise horizontal and vertical position of the objects.
Send to Evernote
Directly send current PDF document to Evernote as an attachment.
Prerequisites You should set up an Evernote account from
https://www.evernote.com/Registration.action.
Download and install http://evernote.com/evernote/?file=Win&btn=grey.
Open a PDF file.
Choose SHARE > Send to > Evernote .
You will see the current PDF document is attached to your Evernote ready.
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Chapter 6 Organize
Foxit PhantomPDF comes with a built in functionality to combine various PDF files & split one
PDF into various small single & multiple page PDF files according to page numbers as well as page
range. Organize PDF files by re-arranging pages, composing page outlines, etc. Foxit PhantomPDF
displays an overview page without any additional software so you can easily know what you are
working on. It allows you to split, merge, and reorganize pages in your PDF document.
Inserting Pages
Insert pages from a file
Foxit PhantomPDF allows you to insert one PDF into another.
Open the PDF that you want to serve as the basis of the combined file, and choose ORGANIZE >
Pages > Insert > From File.
1. Select the files or the folders that you want to insert into the target document, and click
Open. (Support to add multiple file with PDF, doc, jpg, etc. formats and folders one time.)
2. In the Insert Files dialog box, specify where you want to insert the document (before or
after the first, last, or a designated page of the open PDF), and page range (all or specific
pages) of the PDF document that you want to insert.
3. Choose the file you added and you can check Show Preview to preview the insert page in
the right bottom image box.
4. To leave the original PDF intact as a separate file, choose Save As, and type a new name for
the merged PDF.
Insert Files dialog box
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Insert pages from a scanner
You can insert pages from a paper document using Foxit PhantomPDF and your scanner.
1. Open the PDF that you want to serve as the basis of the combined file, and choose
ORGANIZE> Pages > Insert > From Scanner.
2. Select a scanner, the input and documents options in the Custom Scan dialog box, and then
click Scan.
Custom Scan dialog box
See also “Create a PDF Using Scanner
Insert pages from a blank page
1. Open the PDF that you want to serve as the basis of the combined file, and choose
ORGANIZE> Pages > Insert > From Blank Page.
2. In the Insert Blank Pages dialog box, specify where you want to insert the blank page (before
or after the first, last, or a designated page of the open PDF), and page count (how many
blank pages you want to insert), and click OK.
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Insert Blank Pages dialog box
3. To leave the original PDF intact as a separate file, choose Save As, and type a new name for
the merged PDF.
Delete Pages
After combining PDF files, you can delete unwanted or blank pages.
Delete Pages using the Delete command
1. Open the PDF document where you want to delete pages.
2. (Optional) Click the Page Thumbnails button in the navigation pane and select the
pages you want to delete.
3. Choose ORGANIZE> Pages > .
4. Click OK to delete the current page or selected pages, or click From and specify a range.
Note: If you want to retain a copy of the original PDF, make sure that you save the new document
using Save As rather than Save.
Delete Pages using page thumbnails
1. In the Pages panel, select a page or group of pages:
Select the page number box of the thumbnail or the page thumbnail itself.
Shift-click or Ctrl-click to select a range of page thumbnails.
2. Choose Delete Pages from the Pages panel Options menu, and click OK.
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Extract Pages
Extraction is the process of reusing selected pages of one PDF in a different PDF. Extracted pages
contain not only the content but also all form fields, comments, and links associated with the
original page content.
You can leave the extracted pages in the original document and create a new PDF that includes
all of the extracted pages during the extraction process - comparable to the familiar processes of
cutting-and-pasting or copying-and-pasting, but on the page level.
Note: Any bookmarks or article threading associated with pages are not extracted.
1. Open the PDF in Foxit PhantomPDF and choose ORGANIZE > Pages > .
2. In the Extract Pages dialog box, under Extract Range, do any of the following:
To extract only every other page, select either Odd Pages only or Even Pages only.
To extract only one page or a range of pages, select From, and enter page numbers in
the From and To options.
3. In the Extract Pages dialog box, to leave the original pages in the document and create a
single PDF that includes all of the extracted pages, select Extract pages as a single file, click
OK.
4. A Save As dialog box automatically appears asking you to enter a filename and click Save.
The saved file is not currently open in Foxit PhantomPDF.
5. If the Extract pages as a single fileoption is deselected, the single PDF that includes all of
the extracted pages is currently open without being saved. You have to manually save the
single file if you like. You can select Delete the Pages after Extraction to delete the selected
original pages.
6. The extracted pages are placed in a new document named Extract Pages From [original
document name].pdf.
Note: The creator of a PDF document can set the security to prevent the extraction of pages. To
view the security settings for a document, choose FILE > Properties, and select Security.
Replace Pages
You can replace an entire PDF page with another PDF page. The text, images and comments on
the original page will be replaced.
To quickly update a PDF, you can replace individual pages.
1. Open the PDF that contains the pages you want to replace.
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2. Choose ORGANIZE > Pages > .
3. Select the PDF document containing the replacement pages, then click Open.
4. Under Original, enter the pages to be replaced in the original document.
5. Under Replacement, enter the first page of the replacement page range. The last page is
calculated based on the number of pages to be replaced in the original document.
6. Click OK.
Note: The bookmarks associated with the original pages will be unavailable after the
replacement.
Swap Two Pages
The Swap feature is useful sometimes if you want to swap two different pages within a PDF
document.
1. Open the PDF document within which you want to swap pages.
2. Choose ORGANIZE > Pages > .
3. In the Swap Two Pages dialog box, enter two different page numbers in the Swap and For
options.
4. Click OK.
Duplicate Pages
The Duplicate Pages feature allows you to copy pages within a PDF document.
1. Open the PDF document within which you want to copy pages.
2. Choose ORGANIZE > Pages > .
3. In the Duplicate Pages dialog box, specify where you want to copy pages within the
document (before or after a designated page of the open PDF), and enter page numbers in
the From and To options that you want to copy.
4. Click OK.
Move Pages
The Move Pages feature allows you to move pages within a PDF document.
Move one or more pages within a PDF document
1. Open the PDF document within which you want to move pages.
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2. Choose ORGANIZE > Pages > .
3. In the Move Pages dialog box, specify where you want to move pages within the document
(before or after a designated page of the open PDF), and enter page numbers in the From
and To options that you want to move.
4. Click OK.
Note: Tagged bookmarks affect the order that reading devices follow, such as devices for the
visually impaired. Tagged bookmarks do not change the sequence of pages in a PDF.
Move one or more pages within a PDF, using page thumbnails
1. Click the Pages button to open the Pages panel, and select one or more page thumbnails.
2. To move a page, drag the page number box of the corresponding page thumbnail or the
page thumbnail itself to the new location.
Crop Pages
The Move Pages feature allows you to adjust the visible page area. This can help you create
consistency within a PDF composed of pages of different sizes.
Crop one or more pages
1. Open the PDF document you want to crop.
2. Choose ORGANIZE > Transform > , the cursor will change to . Or right click
the target page on the Pages thumbnails, choose Crop Pages.
3. Drag the to select an area you want to crop.
4. And double click the cropped area, the Crop Pages dialog box will pop up.
5. In the Crop Pages dialog box, choose one of the following margin types: Cropbox,
Artbox, Trimbox, and Bleedbox. Or you can adjust the proportions by yourself. You
can preview the result on the right.
6. Choose the page you want to crop:
To crop the selected pages, select Selected pages.
To crop all pages of the PDF, select All pages.
To crop a range of pages, type or select the page number.
You can also select to crop even or odd pages.
7. Choose the unit of the margin cropping values.
8. Click OK.
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Rotate Pages
You can rotate all or selected pages in a document. Rotation is based on 90° increments.
1. Open the PDF document within which you want to rotate pages.
2. Open the Rotate Pages dialog box using one of the following methods:
Choose ORGANIZE >Transform > click Rotate Pages .
From the right click context menu on the Pages thumbnails, choose Rotate
Pages.
3. For Direction, select the amount and direction of the rotations: Counterclockwise 90
degrees, Clockwise 90 degrees, or 180 degrees.
4. For Page Range, specify whether all pages, a selection of pages, odd or even pages or
a range of pages are to be rotated.
5. Click OK.
Note: To temporarily change your view of the page, choose VIEW > Page Display > Rotate
View > Left or Right. The original page orientation is restored the next time you open the
PDF.
Flatten Pages
The Flatten Pages feature can discard interactive annotations in the PDF file and make them
become part of objects of the PDF pages.
1. Open the PDF document where you want to flatten pages.
2. Choose ORGANIZE > Transform > Flatten .
3. In the Flatten Pages dialog box, specify the page range (current page, all pages, a range of
pages), and click OK.
Note: If you want to retain a copy of the original PDF, make sure that you save the new document
using Save As rather than Save.
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Chapter 7 Comments
A comment is a written note intended as an opinion, an explanation, an illustration, or a
statement of fact or opinion, especially a remark that expresses a personal reaction or attitude.
You can type a text message or add a line, circle, or other shape to make comments on PDFs you
are reading with Foxit PhantomPDF commenting tools. You can also edit, reply, delete, and move
the comments with ease.
Use Different Comments Tools
There are various annotation tools with different functions for you to choose: Text Markup Tools,
Pin Tools, Typewriter Tools, Drawing Tools, Measure Tools and Stamp Tools. You can add different
comments by selecting the annotation tools from the Comments tab or Toolbar.
Text Markup Tools
You can use Text Markup tools to indicate where text should be edited or noticed. Text Markups
do not change the actual text in the PDF. Instead, they indicate which text should be deleted,
inserted, highlighted or underlined. Text Markup tools include Highlight Tool, Squiggly Tool,
Underline Tool, Strikeout Tool, Replace Tool, and Insert Tool.
To select a markup tool:
Choose COMMENT > Text Markup > select [Markup tools name]. Then click and drag from
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the beginning of the text you want to mark up.
Text Markup Tools
Button
Tool Name
Description
Highlight Text Tool
To mark important passages of text with a fluorescent (usually) marker as
a means of memory retention or for later reference.
Squiggly Text Tool
To draw a squiggly line under. Similar to Underline Tool.
Underline Text
Tool
To draw a line under to indicate emphasis.
Strikeout Text
Tool
To draw a line to cross out text, making others know the text is deleted.
Replace Text Tool
To draw a line to cross out text and provide a substitute for it.
Insert Text Tool
A proofreading symbol (^) used to indicate where something is to be
inserted in a line.
Pin Tools
You can use pin tools to add comments by adding notes and attaching a file. In note comments
you can type a text message. Using the tool , you can attach a file in the document as a
comment.
Add a Note Comment
To add a note comment, please click the tool , click where you want to place the note and
make comments in the box.
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Add a file attachment
To add a file attachment as a comment, do the following:
Click the button on the Pin ribbon under the COMMENT menu.
Position the pointer to the place where you want to attach a file as a comment > click the
selected position.
In the Add Attachment dialog box, select the file you want to attach, and click Open.
Note: If you try to attach certain file formats (such as EXE), Foxit Reader warns you that your
attachment is denied because of your security settings.
The File Attachment Icon appears at the place you designated.
Typewriter
The Typewriter tools include Typewriter Tool, Callout Tool, and Textbox Tool.
Typewriter Tool
You can use the Typewriter Tool to add comments anywhere on a PDF, which doesn’t appear as
annotations.
Note: The Typewriter Tool can be used to fill forms. See also “Filling non-interactive forms”.
Typewriter comment
Add comments with typewriter
Choose COMMENT > Typewriter > Typewriter Tool.
Put the cursor on the area to type any text you want.
Press Enter if you want to start a new line.
To finish typing, click anywhere outside the text you have inputted.
Editing the typewriter comment
Choose Comments > Typewriter > Typewriter.
Put the pointer between the letters to activate the typewriter text field.
Do any changes to the text you have inputted. Use Backspace or Delete keys to delete
the characters before or after the pointer.
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To finish editing, click anywhere outside the text field.
Tip: You can use the Arrow Keys to move the pointer right and left or up and down.
Spell Checking Typewriter Input
You are able to use the Spell Checker to check your typewriter input give you correcting suggestions if
the security settings allow. The Spell Checker component has been integrated into Foxit PhantomPDF.
However in the future when an update of this component is available on the Foxit server, you have to
manually download the component by going to Check for Updates in the Help menu of Foxit
PhantomPDF.
If you have installed Spell Checker, when you use typewriter to insert any English text, this tool
will try to find any spelling errors and highlight them with squiggly lines.
Right click on the misspelled words, and you will see a list of suggested words.
Choose one of the suggested words to correct your input or ignore the squiggly line.
Move the typewriter comment
Do one of the following:
Choose COMMENT > Typewriter > Typewriter Tool and put the cursor on the typewriter
when the cursor turns to be an arrow , hold down the mouse and drag the typewriter
comment to the intended place.
Tips:
You can use Home, End or Arrow Key to move the cursor among characters.
When moving the typewriter comment, a rectangle appears.
Select Hand Tool or Annotation Selection Tool , click the typewriter comment,
and move it to the intended place.
Delete the typewriter comment
Choose COMMENT > Typewriter > Typewriter Tool. Position the cursor to the ending or the
beginning of the text, drag the cursor to select them all, and press the Delete key.
(Recommended method) Click the Annotation Selection Tool or Hand Tool ,
right-click the text field, and choose Delete.
Set typewriter preferences
To set the typewriter preferences, please refer to the Format Tools. To show the Format Tools,
you can go to EDIT > Font > Format Tools.
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Format Tools
Callout Tool and Textbox Tool
Callout Tool and Textbox Tool are designed for users to create comments in a callout text box or a
box.
Callout text boxes are especially useful when you want to single out (but not obscure) a particular
area of a document.
A textbox is a rectangle of any size, possibly with a border that separates the text box from the
rest of the interface, allowing the user to input text information. A text box usually remains
visible on the document page. It doesn’t close like a pop-up note.
Note: You can add comments to Japanese, Chinese, and Korean text with the Callout Tool or
Textbox Tool, but you must have the Eastern Asian Language module installed. Callout text boxes
and Text boxes allow for horizontal text only.
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Add a callout or textbox
- Choose COMMENT > Typewriter > Callout/Textbox.
- Click the place where you want to insert the callout or text box.
- Type the text. Text wraps automatically when it reaches the right edge of the box.
Resize, move, edit or delete a callout or textbox
Select the Hand Tool or Annotation Selection Tool , and do one of the following:
- To resize the callout or textbox, select it and drag any of the handles to resize it.
- To move the callout or textbox, select it and drag to the intended place.
- To add a pop-up note to the callout or textbox, double-click it or right-click it and choose
Open Popup Note.
- To delete the callout or textbox, select it and press Delete, or right-click it and then choose
Delete.
Setting callout or textbox preferences
Please refer to “Setting typewriter preferences”.
Drawing
Drawing Tools allow you to mark up a document with rectangles, ovals, polygons, clouds, arrows,
lines, polylines, etc. It is quite useful when you have to make some shapes to mark the text or
image.
Drawing Tools
Button
Tool Name
Description
Rectangle
Tool
To draw a four-sided plane figure with four right angles. Press Shift key
to draw a square.
Oval Tool
To draw an oval shape or a circle with pressing Shift key.
Polygon Tool
To draw a closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
Cloudy Tool
To draw cloudy shapes.
Arrow Tool
To draw something, such as a directional symbol, that is similar to an
arrow in form or function.
Line Tool
To mark with a line.
PolyLine Tool
To draw an open plan figure with three or more line segments.
Pencil Tool
To draw free-form shapes.
Rubber Tool
An implement, acts as a piece of rubber, used for erasing the pencil
markups.
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Note:
If you draw a cloud shape in a counterclockwise direction, the cloud comes out inward . If you
draw the lines forming the shape in a clockwise direction, the cloud is created with the points
outward .
Tips:
To draw a line in horizontal, vertical, or at a 45 degree angle, press Shift while you draw.
To draw a square or circle with Oval Tool or Rectangle Tool, press Shift while you draw.
Edit, resize or move the markup
Select the Hand Tool , Annotation Selection Tool or the corresponding
Drawing Tool.
To edit or resize the drawing markup, select it, put the cursor on one of the green points,
and drag one of the handles to make your adjustments.
To move the drawing markup, select it and put the cursor on one of the segments to drag.
To add a pop-up note to the markup, select it and double-click the markup or right-click it
and choose Open Popup Note.
If you draw a line or arrow, you can enable the comment to be shown on the line or arrow
by checking Show text in line in the line properties box.
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Delete the markup
Select the markup and press the Delete key. Or right-click the markup and select Delete.
Group the markups
Grouping drawing markups enables you to combine them so that you can work with them as
though they were a single object. You can move or delete the group, set its status, change its
appearance, etc.
Select the Hand Tool or Annotation Selection Tool , and do one of the following:
- To group/ungroup markups, select the markups you want to group/ungroup by pressing
Ctrl > right-click group/ungroup.
- To work with a group, select one of the markups and then work with the group as other
comments.
Measure Tools
See also Using Measuring
Stamps
The Stamp Tools in Foxit PhantomPDF are a group of advanced tools that enable you to stamp
content and watermarks into a PDF document. Foxit PhantomPDF supports image stamps with
various image formats (JPEG, GIF, BMP, WMF, etc.) and PDF file stamps. You can either create
dynamic stamps which can obtain information from your system including name, date and time,
or import existing dynamic stamps. Stamping PDF files is a very useful feature especially when
you need to give reviewers some advices about the document's status or sensitivity.
Standard Stamp
Create a Custom Dynamic
stamp
Create a Custom Stamp
Dynamic Stamp
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Stamp a PDF
You can choose from a list of predefined stamps, or create custom stamps before stamping a PDF.
All the stamps that you import or create are listed in the menu of Stamp Tool and Stamps Palette.
To apply a stamp, please do the following:
1. Choose COMMENT > Stamps > Stamp Tool. Or choose COMMENT > Stamps > Create > Show
Stamps Palette.
2. In the Stamps Palette, select a category from the menu, and then select a stamp.
3. Click the document page where you want to place the stamp.
Note: All the stamps that you import or customize will be listed in the menu of Stamp Tool, you
can choose directly a stamp from the menu of Stamp Tool.
Create a Stamp
You can create custom stamps and dynamic stamps.
Creating a Custom Stamp
1. Choose COMMENT > Stamps> Create>Create Custom Stamp.
2. Type a new category name or choose a category from drop-down menu, name the stamp,
and then click OK.
Note: If the stamp you choose is an image file, you can adjust the opacity of the image via
dragging the scrollbar as needed in the general stamps dialog box.
Create General Stamps Dialog Box
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You can also create a stamp from the clipboard. Please do as the following:
Copy the image to the clipboard.
Choose COMMENT > Stamps > Create > Paste Clipboard Image as Stamp Tool, the cursor will
be changed into a rectangle.
Put the cursor over the desired place and youre done.
Create a Custom Dynamic Stamp
You can create a Custom Dynamic Stamp to add text, author name and date time on stamps.
Please do the following:
1. Choose COMMENT > Stamps > Create > Create Custom Dynamic Stamp.
2. In the Create Custom Dynamic Stamp dialog box, choose one stamp template from the left
list or create your own stamp template which can be an image or a PDF file. Choose a
category from drop-down menu or name a new one, then name the stamp.
3. Specify Font, Font Size and Font Color.
4. From the Stamp Text option, if you choose <author name>, <date and time>, <date> or <
author name, date and time> category without typing any text, it will automatically obtain
current user, date, time from your system when you click Add button.
5. You can instantly adjust the added content to fit your needs when you preview current
stamp on the right top preview pane.
6. Click OK.
Create Custom Dynamic Stamp Dialog Box
Manage a stamp
To manage a stamp, please do the following:
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Choose COMMENT > Stamps > Create > Manage Stamps, open Management Stamps dialog
box, and select a stamp.
Click Create and choose one option from the drop-down menu. Please refer to Creating a
stamp.
Click Edit to edit the stamps, such as changing category, stamp name, or replacing the image
or PDF files etc. Please refer to Creat a custom dynamic stamp.
Click Delete to remove the stamp.
Manage Custom Stamps Dialog Box
Note: Deleting a custom stamp category will delete all stamps that are subordinate to it.
Cut/Copy and Paste a Stamp
To cut/copy and paste a stamp, please do the following:
Select the stamp you want to cut or copy.
Right-click the stamp > Cut/Copy. Or use the shortcut keys Ctrl + X/C to cut and copy.
Right-click on the page you want to paste the stamp and select Paste. Or use the shortcut
keys Ctrl + V to paste.
Undo/Redo a Stamp
To undo/redo a Stamp, please click the undo button and redo button on the title bar.
Resize/move a stamp
- Select the Hand Tool or the Annotation Selection Tool .
- To resize a stamp, select it, put the cursor on one of the red points, and drag one of the
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handles to make your adjustments.
- To move a stamp, select it to drag.
- To add a pop-up note to a stamp, select it and double-click the stamp or right-click it
and choose Open Popup Note.
Delete a stamp
Do one of the following:
- Select the Hand Tool or the Annotation Selection Tool , select the stamp you
want to delete and then press the Delete key.
- Select the Hand Tool or the Annotation Selection Tool , right-click on the stamp,
and choose Delete from the Context Menu.
Set Favorite Stamps
Choose COMMENT > Stamps > Create > Set Favorite Stamps.
Select a stamp in All Stamps panel, and then click Add to Favorite, then the stamp you select
will be added to Favorite Stamps panel.
To remove a stamp from Favorite Stamps panel, select the stamp you want to remove and
then click Remove from Favorite.
Set Favorite Stamps
Change the Appearance of Comments
You can change the color and appearances of comments or markups before or after you create
them. Also, you can set the new look as the default appearance for that tool.
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Change the appearance of Note Comments
1. After you create a note comment, right-click the note icon and choose Properties….
2. In the Note Properties dialog box, do any of the following, and then click Close:
Click the Appearance tab to change the color and opacity of the comment.
Click the Note Type tab to the type of icon used.
Click the General tab to change the authors name and subject of the comment.
Click the Review History tab to see the history of changes people have made to the status of
a comment during a review.
See also “Set a status”.
Select Locked at the bottom of the Note Properties dialog box to prevent the comment from
being altered or deleted.
Use the button at the top right corner of the Properties dialog box to choose any
tabs.
Change the appearance of Text Markups
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Follow the steps of “Change the appearance of Note Comments”.
There is no Note Type tab in Text Markups settings.
Change the appearance of Drawing Markups
In the Properties dialog box, do any of the following, and then click Close:
Click the Appearance tab to change such options as the border style, color and opacity. The
type of the comment selected determines which options are available.
Click the General tab to change the authors name and subject of the comment.
Click the Review History tab to see the history of changes people have made to the status of
a comment during a review.
See also “Set a status”.
Select Locked at the bottom of the Properties dialog box to prevent the comment from
being altered or deleted.
Change the appearance of Typewriter Markups
In the Typewriter Properties dialog box, do any of the following, and then click Close:
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Click the Appearance tab to change the opacity.
Click the General tab to change the authors name and subject of the comment.
Click the Review History tab to see the history of changes people have made to the status of
a comment during a review.
See also “Set a status”.
Select Locked at the bottom of the Properties dialog box to prevent the comment from
being altered or deleted.
Change the appearance of a textbox or callout
Please refer to Change the appearance of Drawing Markups”.
Set the default appearance for a comment
You can set default properties for any type of comments or markups so that subsequent
comments you create share the same icon and color properties.
Choosing the Hand tool, or the Annotation Selection tool, or with the current comment tool
selected, right-click the comments, and select Set Current Properties as Default in the
pop-up Context Menu.
All comments you create using this tool will display the properties you set.
Work on Comments
View all comments
The comments panel displays all comments in the PDF so that you can easily find the comments.
In addition, it also provides a toolbar with basic options, such as Expand All, Collapse All, Previous,
Next, Sort By and Hide/Show all comments.
The comment is displayed in the popup note or on the markup icon and acts as a tooltip
when the popup note is closed.
If you input the comment with too many lines, it will only show some of the comment while
the rest will be displayed as suspension points when the cursor is moved outside the popup
note. Click inside the message box to view it with scroll bar.
The Comments Panel displays all the comments in the PDF. When you navigate through
comments, the selected comment will automatically be kept in sync with the current
comment being displayed. And you click on a comment to go to the specify comment on
page.
To open the comments panel,
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Click the comments button in Navigation panel.
In Comments panel, there are the following functions to provide you:
Expand All Click Expand All button to expand individual comments.
Collapse All Click Collapse All button to collapse all comments.
Previous /Next Browse through the comments. Click the Previous button or
the Next button to go to the previous or next comment. The two buttons are
unavailable if no comment is selected.
Sort By you can sort comments by author, page, type, date. In a thread of replies,
only first message is sorted, and the reply messages are sorted in the same category as
first message.
Show/Hide all comments you can show/hide all comments in the PDF document.
Note:
1. You can click the plus and minus signs next to comment to expand or collapse comments.
2. The page on which comment is located is kept in sync with the selected comment. To go to
the page where a comment is located, only simply click the comment in the comment panel.
Cut, copy and paste comments
Cut comments
Cutting removes selected comments from the current location. Once you cut the comments, you
can paste within the same document, into a different document.
Select comments to be cut.
Select Cut from the right-click menu, or press Ctrl + X.
You are now ready to paste.
Copy comments
Once you copy the comments, you can paste within the same document, into a different
document.
Select comments to be copied.
Select Copy from the right-click menu, or press Ctrl + C.
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You are now ready to paste.
Paste comments
You can paste comments within the same document, a different document in Foxit PhantomPDF.
Copy or cut the selected comments.
Place your cursor where you want to paste comments within the same document or to
another opened document.
Select Paste from the right-click menu, or press Ctrl + V.
Undo and Redo comments
See also Undo and Redo
Set and change a status
Set a status
Setting a status is useful for keeping track of comments that you have read or that require further
action. You can use the status to indicate which comments you want to accept, reject, cancel,
complete or export to other documents.
By setting the review status, you can show or hide a certain set of comments, and let review
participants know how you are going to handle the comment. Once the review status is set, you
cannot remove the review status display from history in the Review History list, even if you
change the review status to None.
By setting the migration status, you can confirm whether the comment is exported to other
documents and let review participants know the results. Once the migration status is set, you
cannot remove the migration status display from history in the Review History list, even if you
change the migration status to None.
Change the status of a comment
With the Hand tool, Annotation Selection tool or the corresponding tool selected, right-click
a comment you want to change the status of, choose Set Status >choose one option from
the pop-up Context menu, and then select an option.
To view a markup’s history of changes:
A. Right-click the markup, and then choose Properties.
B. In the Properties dialog box, click the Review History tab to view the history of status
changes people have made to a markup.
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Reply to comments
Replying to comments is useful in shared reviews, when participants can read each others
comments. They can also be used by review initiators to let reviewers know how their
suggestions are being implemented. All replies appear in the popup note and are listed below the
original comment. You can view the respective reply with the reply title and mark.
1. Reply to original comments in the pop-up note
Using the Hand tool, Annotation Selection tool, or the corresponding comment tool, open
the pop-up note for the comment.
Right-click the original comment and select Reply.
Type your reply in the textbox that appears in the pop-up window.
2. Respond to other reviewers’ comments
Using the Hand tool, Annotation Selection tool, or the corresponding comment tool, and
open the pop-up note for the comment.
Right-click other reviewers comment and select Reply to this Reply.
3. Delete the reply message
In the note pop-up window, right-click the Text message window and click Delete this reply.
4. Change the color of reply message window
In the note pop-up window, right-click the reply message window and choose Change Color.
5. Flag comments with a checkmark
You can mark with a comment with a checkmark by right-clicking the comment and selecting
Mark with a Checkmark. The checkmark icon will appear in the Comments pane in the
navigation panel. You can sort the comments with the checkmark.
6. Change the author name
Right-click the comment and select Change Author Name.
Arrange comments
You can arrange multiple comments by aligning, centering and distributing them. Please follow
the steps below.
Select multiple comments
1. Select the Annotation Selection Tool .
2. Press and hold Shift or Ctrl and click the comments you want to edit.
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Align Comments
Select two or more comments that you want to align. Then do one of the following:
Choose COMMENT > Drawing > Arrange > Alignment, and then choose a command as
follows:
A. To align a column of comments, choose , , or to align them respectively
to the left edge, right edge, or vertical axis of the anchor image.
B. To align a row of images, choose , , or to align them respectively to the
top edge, bottom edge, or horizontal axis of the anchor image.
Note: When you right-click or Ctrl-click one of the selected images, it will be highlighted in red,
indicating that its the anchor image. The align menu commands move the other selected images
to line up with the edges of the anchor image.
Refer to Align Images for more information.
Center Comments
This function enables you to center comments vertically, horizontally or both.
To center comments, select two or more comments that you want to center. Then do one of the
following:
Choose COMMENT > Drawing > Arrange > Page Center, and then choose , , or
to center them vertically, horizontally or both.
Please refer to Center Images for more information.
Distribute Comments
In the context of laying out comments on a page, you can give a group of comments uniform
spacing, based on the centers of adjacent comments. This function will be available when
selecting three or more comments.
To distribute the comments, choose COMMENT > Drawing > Arrange >Distribute, and then
choose and to distribute vertically or horizontally.
Please refer to Distribute Images for more information.
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Summarize comments
Summarizing comments is an easy way to help you directly obtain a synopsis of comments
associated with the PDF. Foxit PhantomPDF supports to create a comment summary PDF. To
create a comment summary, do as below:
1. Choose COMMENT > Manage Comments > Summarize Comments.
2. In Create Comment Summary dialog box, do the following:
A. Choose the layout of the summary and there are five types of layouts for you to choose:
L1--Document and comment with connector lines on separate pages
L2-- Document and comment with connector lines on single pages
L3Comments only
L4-- Document and comment with sequence numbers on separate pages
L5-- Document and comment with sequence numbers on single pages
L1 L2
L3 L4
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L5
B. Comment Type - Choose the comment type you want to summarize.
C. Paper Size-Select the paper size of the summary
D. Font Size - Select the font size of the summary.
E. Sort comments by Choose how to sort the comments.
F. Include pages Specify the page range you need to summarize.
3. Click Create and a PDF named Comment Summary will be opened automatically. You can
rename it before you save.
Send annotated PDFs
Foxit PhantomPDF makes it easy for users to share reviews. You can send your annotated PDFs to
any reviewers to check and respond to your comments.
To send an annotated PDF file, do the following:
Click on the Save button to save all the comments you have made.
Choose SHARE > Send To > Email to send it out.
Import/export comments data
This feature is especially useful for PDF reviewing. When you receive an email invitation to a PDF
review, the invitation typically includes the PDF as an attachment or provides a URL to the PDF.
Alternatively, you may receive a Form Data Format (FDF) attachment. When opened, an FDF file
configures your review settings and opens the PDF in a web browser. At this moment, you need
to know how to import the comment data from the FDF file. Similarly, you may export comment
data and send them as a FDF file to the other participants.
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Import comments data
Do one of the following:
Double-click a FDF file to open it directly with Foxit PhantomPDF.
Choose COMMENT > Manage Comments > > navigate to where the desired file
is, select it (if you want to import multiple comments file, you can select them by holding
Ctrl/Shift or by dragging the mouse to select), and press “Open”. You will be prompted that
the comments data has been imported successfully.
Export comments data
To export comments data, please do one of the following;
To export as a FDF
A. Choose COMMENT > Manage Comments >
B. You will be presented with a standard Windows “Save As” dialog box. Navigate to where
you want to save the FDF file (e.g., your Documents folder), specify its name and click
Save button.
C. You will be prompted that the data has been exported successfully.
To export and send in an e-mail
A. Choose COMMENT > Manage Comments >
B. Your default e-mail program will pop up, and the comments data will be exported as a
FDF file and attached in the email automatically.
C. Type the e-mail address and title > click Send.
D. The comments in FDF will be sent separately.
Note: The option of Export comments data will be available only when the comments have been
added to the PDFs.
Tip: The users of Foxit PhantomPDF can import the comments data from txt and dbf files or
export the data of PDFs and save in FDF formats file. You can also export the data in FDF format
and email as an attachment.
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Chapter 8 Forms
Foxit PhantomPDF is extremely useful for form filling and form designing. Please read below for
more information.
Interactive Form and Non-interactive form
There are two kinds of “formfiles. One is a PDF file with fillable fields, which enables you to fill
the form directly by clicking the form fields without using other features. This is called an
Interactive PDF Form. The other kind of form is a plain PDF file with lines and texts, which should
be filled with the typewriter feature in Foxit PhantomPDF. This is called a Non-interactive PDF
Form.
Interactive Form
For interactive forms, you will see a document message bar appear between the toolbars and the
form itself. If you do not want to see it again when reopening this file, please choose
FILE >Preferences > Forms > Always hide document message bar. To show it, redo the steps.
The left side of the message bar typically informs you that this document is a fillable form. The
right side of the message bar has two buttons. One is a Highlight Fields button, which colors the
backgrounds of all blanks to be filled in and outlines any required blanks, making it easy to see
them at a glance. Click to it to highlight all fields or cancel the highlight. Another button is a close
button.
Acro Form and XFA (XML Forms Architecture) Form
Foxit PhantomPDF now supports both Acro Form and XFA Form.You can fill in XFA forms with the
Hand Tool , the same which you were able to do with normal fillable forms (also known as
Acro Form).
Non-interactive Form
The document message bar will not appear. This kind of form acts like an ordinary PDF document
that has plain text and you will need to use the Typewriter feature to fill in this form.
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Fill in PDF Forms
Fill Interactive Forms
If a PDF form contains interactive form fields, you can fill in the form with the Hand Tool .
When you place the pointer over an interactive form field, the pointer icon changes to one of the
following:
Hand icon -- Appears when mousing over a button, radio button, check box, or item
on a list.
I-beam icon -- Appears when you can type text into the form field.
To fill in an interactive form, please do the following:
If necessary, select the Hand tool .
(Optional) To make form fields easier to identify, click the Highlight Fields on the document
message bar. Form fields appear with a colored background (grey by default).
Choose FORM > Form Recognition > Run Form Field Recognition. Then
Click on the first form field you want to fill in, either to select that option or to place an
I-beam pointer in the field so that you can start typing.
Right-click the text fields, and choose Paste or Select All to do other operations.
After making a selection or entering text, do any of the following:
A. Press Tab or Shift + Tab to accept the form field change and go to the next or previous
field.
B. Right-click form field and press the Up arrow key to select the previous option in an item
of list, or press the Down arrow key to select the next option.
After you fill in the form fields, do one of the following:
A. Click the submit button if one exists. Clicking this button sends the form data to a
database across the web or over your company intranet.
B. Click Save icon on toolbar, or choose FILE > Save.
C. Choose FILE > Save As, and specify a location for the copy.
Note: If the form author gave Reader users extended rights, the saved copy will include the
entries you made in the forms. Otherwise, the saved copy will be blank.
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Clear a form entry
Click one of the form fields, and use the Backspace key or Delete key.
Reset unsaved form entries
Choose FORM >Form Data> Reset Form
Clear a form in a browser
Do either of the following:
Select the reset form button if one exists. You can’t undo this action.
Quit the browser, and start again.
Note: Clicking the web browsers Reload for Refresh button, the Back or Go Back button, or
following a link to another page may not complete clearing the form.
Fill lengthy entries in forms
Some PDF forms can contain dynamic text fields, which changes the text you input in size to
accommodate the text fields. The text appears smaller and smaller when the words you type
exceed the current size of the field. When you’re finished typing and the field is deactivated, the
text field displays all of the typed text in smaller size.
Spell-checking form entries
You can spell- check the text you typed in form fields after purchasing Foxit PhantomPDF if the
security settings allow.
If you have installed the Spell Checker, when you insert any English text in the form fields, the
spelling errors will be highlighted and underlined with squiggly lines.
To spell-check entries, do the following:
Right-click on the misspelled words and you will see a list of five suggested words.
Choose one of the suggested words to correct your input or ignore the squiggly line.
If all the suggested words are not the exact words you want to input, try to correct them
with other words.
Fill Non-interactive Forms
If a PDF form contains non-interactive form fields, you can fill in the form with the Typewriter .
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When you place the pointer over a non-interactive form field, the basic pointer icon doesn’t
change.
Non-interactive PDF forms can be printed and filled in by hand. Or choose REIVIEW ribbon>
Typewriter tab> Typewriter Tool to type information over the blank form fields and then save
or print a copy of the completed form.
To use the Typewriter Tool to fill the non-interactive forms and spell-check the entries, please
refer to Typewriter Tool” .
Comment on Forms
You can comment on PDF forms, just as on any other PDF. You can add comments only when the
form creator has extended rights to the users.
Whether or not these comments are included when the form is submitted depends on how it is
submitted. For example, if you use Foxit PhantomPDF to print the form for mailing or faxing, the
comments do not appear. But if you attach the filled-in form to email as a complete PDF, the
comments are included. Also, you can send the comments separately as an email attachment.
See also Chapter 7 - Comments”.
Import/Export Form Data
To import and export form data is similar to the way of importing and exporting comment data.
However, this function is only for PDF interactive forms. All the options for importing and
exporting form data will be unavailable when you open other ordinary PDFs or non-interactive
forms.
To learn how to import and export form data, please view “Import/Export Comments Data”.
Tip: The users of Foxit PhantomPDF can import the form data from txt, xml, CSV, dbf or Excel
format files or export the data of PDFs and save in FDF formats file, and it also can import and
export the form data of PDFs and save as txt, xml, CSV, dbf or Excel format files.
Form Fields
Form Fields are a group of buttons in Foxit PhantomPDF that can be used to create interactive
forms. You are able to add push buttons, text fields, check boxes, combo boxes, list boxes or radio
buttons to create an interactive PDF form and specify their properties.
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Create Interactive Forms
You can either create an entirely new interactive form from a blank page or add form fields to an
existing electronic form.
To start from a blank page, please do the following:
Create a blank PDF from FILE > Create > Blank.
Open the blank page with Foxit PhantomPDF, and then add form fields.
To edit an existing form, please open it with Foxit PhantomPDF, and then add form fields from
FORM > Form Fields > click a type of form field button. The Designer Assistant will be
selected automatically and the cursor will change to crosshair , which will recognize and mark
the type of form field you just clicked with a rectangle. You can just click the rectangle and then
sets the button.
If you need to add text fields or check box buttons in a PDF form, choose FORM > Form
Recognition > Run Form Field Recognition . Then all the fillable text fields or check box
button will be recognized and highlighted. You just click the place where you want to put the
button.
Note: To add text before or after the form fields, you can either choose to use Foxit PhantomPDF
Advanced Editor or refer to the Typewriter Tool.
Buttons
There are seven basic buttons to add form fields for you to create an interactive PDF form:
Button
Tool Name
Description
Push
Button
Creates an interactive form element to initiate certain predefined
actions, such as opening a file, submitting data to a web server, or
resetting a form. This button can also be customized with images and
text.
Check Box
Presents yes-or-no choices for individual items. If the form contains
multiple check boxes, users can select what they want.
Radio
Button
Presents a group of choices from which the user can select only one
item.
Combo
Box
Lets the user either choose an item from a pop-up menu or type in a
value.
List Box
Displays a list of options the user can select.
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Text Field
Lets the user type in text, such as name, address, phone number, etc.
Signature
Field
Creates a blank digital signature field for reviewers to sign the document
A PDF Form
Push Button
Create a new push button
Choose FORM > Form Fields > Push Button , your cursor changes into and do the
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following:
Drag an area in the desired place to create a push button.
A box appears under the button for you to input the name and the name of label.
You can also click the All Properties to do more settings.
Move and resize a push button
To move a push button, select Annotation Selection Tool or push button , click
and drag the button to move it to a new location.
To resize a push button, select Annotation Selection Tool or push button , click to
select the button, and then drag a border handle.
Delete a push button
Select Annotation Selection Tool or push button , click the push button you want
to delete.
Press Delete, or right-click the push button > Delete.
Create multiple copies of a push button
You can create multiple copies of a push button. The new push button names are based on the
original push buttons and appended with a number. However, you are able to create them with
the same names. In addition, all the new push buttons are created sequentially, using standard
array format.
With the Annotation Selection Tool or push button , select one or more push
buttons that you want to copy (press Shift or Ctrl when clicking to select more buttons).
Right-click one of the buttons > Create Multiple Copies…
In the Create Multiple Copies of Fields dialog box, do the following:
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The Create Multiple Copies of Fields dialog box
A. To specify the rows to be created, enter or select a number in Copy Selected fields
across (times). The default number is set to 2.
B. To specify the columns to be created, enter or select a number in Copy Selected fields
across (times). The default number is set to 2.
C. To specify the width of the area in which the columns of fields appear, enter or select a
number in Change Width (in). The default number is set to 0.06.
D. To specify the height of the area in which the columns of fields appear, enter or select a
number in Change Height (in). The default number is set to 0.06.
Note: The width and height values don’t change the dimensions of individual fields but
designate the size of the entire area for all the selected and newly created fields.
E. To change the position of buttons, use the Up, Down, Left, and Right buttons in the
dialog box.
F. Click Preview to apply the results.
G. Click Same Name to apply the names of original buttons to the newly created buttons,
and click OK.
Note: Copies of push buttons function independently of each other. You can use a different
procedure to duplicate push buttons, creating an information- sharing relationship among
these buttons.
Duplicate a push button across multiple pages
Select the push button that you want to duplicate.
Right-click the button > Duplicate…
Note: The Duplicate command isn’t available for forms with only one page.
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Do one of the following:
A. To duplicate the push button on every page in the form, select All, and click OK.
B. To duplicate the push button on odd/even page in the form, select Odd pages or Even
pages, and click OK.
C. To duplicate the push button on a limited range of pages, type the starting and ending
page on which you want the button to appear. Click OK.
Note: Enter the page number including or not including the page on which the button originally
appears doesn’t affect the duplication process. Including that page won’t create a second
copy on top of the original one, and not including it won’t remove the original button.
Set tab order
You can set the tab order of the buttons you created. The order number will show on the top left
corner.
Choose the Annotation Selection Tool , select the buttons you want to order and move
the cursor to one of the buttons you selected.
Right click the button and choose Set Tab Order on the context menu.
Set push button properties
You can set properties that apply formatting, determine the appearance and actions, and so
forth.
The push button has a General tab, Appearance tab, an Options tab, and an Actions tab. Besides,
there are two items on every tab:
Locked When selected, prevents any further changes to any push button properties.
Close Applies and saves the current button properties, and closes the button properties
dialog box.
Note: If you select Locked on any tab, it will lock all options for the button, but not just the options
on that tab.
1. General tab for the button properties
The General tab in push button properties contains the following options:
Name Specifies the unique name of the selected push button.
Tooltip Displays text that the hesitant user may find helpful in clicking the button. Tooltips
appear when the pointer hovers over the push button.
Form Field Specifies whether the push button can be seen, either on screen or in print.
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There are four choices for you: Visible, Hidden, Visible but doesn’t print, and Hidden but
printable.
Orientation Rotates the push button by 0, 90, 180, or 270 Degrees.
Read Only Prevents the user from clicking the push button.
Required This option is not available for the push button.
2. Appearance tab for the button properties
The Appearance properties determine how the push button looks on the page. The Appearance
tab in push button properties contains the following options:
Line Style Alters the appearance of the frame. Select Solid, Dashed, Beveled, Inset or
Underline.
Solid Dashed Beveled Inset Underline
The appearances of Push Button with different line styles
Note: You may not see the difference if no color is chosen as the border color.
Thickness Specifies the width of the frame surrounding the push button: Thin, Medium, or
Thick.
Border Color Opens a color picker in which you can select a color for the frame
surrounding the button. To leave the button without a frame, select No color.
Fill Color Opens a color picker in which you can select a color for the button. To leave the
button uncolored, select No color.
Note: A Fill Color choice other than No color will block any images on the PDF page that are
behind the button.
Font Size Sets the size of the label for the button. You can either choose Auto, various
preset values, or type in a different value.
Text Color Opens a color picker in which you can select a color for the label.
Font Lists the fonts available on your computer.
Push Button
Font Size: 30
Text Color: Green
Font: Times New Roman
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3. Options tab for the button properties
The Options properties determine how labels and icons appear on the button. A button can
have a label, an icon, or both. The Options tab in push button properties enables you to add any
labels you like. The Options tab in push button properties contains the following options:
Layout Specifies the layout of label and icon of the button. There are seven choices:
A B C D E F G
A. Label only B. Icon only C. Icon top, label bottom D. Label top, icon bottom E. Icon left, label right F.
Label left, icon right G. Label over icon
Button Layouts
Advanced Does the details settings to the icon.
A. When to scale choose when to scale the icon you insert. There are four options:
Always: scale the icon to fit the button you draw.
Never: never scale the icon. Show the icon with its original size all the time.
Icon is too Big: zoom out the icon to fit the button if the former one is bigger than the
latter one, or show the icon with its original size.
Icon is too Small: zoom in the icon to fit the button if the former one is smaller than
the latter one, or show the icon with its original size.
B. Scale choose to scale the icon non-proportionally or proportionally. This option will
be disabled when you select Never in the field of When to scale.
Proportionally: scale the icon in its proportion.
Non-proportionally: scale the icon to fit the button when the magnification is changed.
C. Fit to bounds check this option to scale the icon to fit fully within the bounds of the
button without taking into consideration the line width of the border.
D. Border drag and move the scroll bar to change icon’s position in the button. The
coordinates change when you move the scroll bar.
Behavior Specifies the display of the button when clicked. The button behavior options
include:
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None: Keeps the appearance of the button the same.
Push: Specifies appearances for the Up, Down, and Rollover states of the mouse. Select an
option under State, and then specify a label or icon option:
Up: Determines what the button looks like when the mouse button is not clicked.
Down: Determines what the button looks like when the mouse is clicked on the button, but
before it is released.
Rollover: Determines what the button looks like when the pointer is held over the button.
Outline: Highlights the button border.
Invert: Reverses the dark and light shades of the button.
The Button Behaviors
To define the label or icon that appears on the button, do the following:
A. State - sets the display of the button when clicking the button.
Up: Determines what the button looks like when the button is not clicked.
Down: Determines what the button looks like when clicking on the button, but before
the mouse is released.
Rollover: Determines what the button looks like when the pointer is held over the
button.
B. If a label option is selected form the Layout menu, type the text in the Label box.
C. If an icon option is selected from the Layout menu, click Choose icon… > click Browse… >
Select the file type from the Objects of Type menu, double-click the file name, and click
OK. (To remove the selected icon, click Clear button.)
Click Close to accept these display properties.
4. Actions tab for the button properties
Push
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The Actions properties specify any actions that you want to associate with the push button,
such as jumping to a specific page or going to a web site. The Actions tab in push button
properties contains the following options:
Select Trigger Specifies the user action that initiates an action: Mouse Up, Mouse Down,
Mouse Enter, Mouse Exit, On Receive Focus, or On Lose Focus.
Select Action Specifies the event that occurs when the user triggers the action: Go to a
page view, Open/execute a file, Open a web link, Show/hide a field, Execute a menu item,
Submit a form, Reset a form, Import form data, and Run a JavaScript.
A. Go to a page view designate to a specific page view. You can not only designate to a
page in the current PDF, but also to the page in another PDF. Also, you may change the
current zoom setting and then set the position.
To go to a page view, choose this option, click Add button and do one of the following:
a) Set the position in current document scroll the current document, go to a new
position where you want to set and click Set this position.
b) Set the position in another PDF document click the Open button on the toolbar >
select the PDF you want to set position > scroll this document and go to a position
where you want to set > click Set this position.
Note: The new PDF document should be opened in the existing window but not a new
window.
a) Change the view magnification -- scroll in the current document or another document >
go to a new position where you want to set > change the magnification of the position >
click Set this position.
b) Click Cancel to revoke your operation.
B. Open/execute a file designate to open another file. To do this, choose Open/execute a
file > click Add button > select the destination file and click Select.
C. Open a web link designate to open a web link. To do this, choose Open a web link >
click Add button > enter the URL of the destination web page.
D. To show/hide a field, select the option > click Add… > choose to show or hide the
selected button when the user triggers the action, and click OK.
E. To execute a menu item, select the option > click Add… > select one of the items in
Menu Item Selection dialog box, and click OK.
F. To submit a form, select the option > click Add… > choose the submission method,
decide which fields should be submitted, and click OK.
G. To reset a form, select the option > click Add… > select the fields that will be reset, and
click OK.
H. To import form data, select the option > click Add… > choose the FDF file that contains
the form data you want to import, and click Open.
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I. To run a JavaScript, select the option > click Add… > Enter JavaScript, and click Save and
Close.
Actions Displays the list of triggers and actions that you have defined.
Up and down buttons Change the order in which the selected action appears listed under
the trigger. (Available only when you have defined multiple actions for the same trigger.)
Edit Opens a dialog box with specific options for the selected action. You can also
double-click the actions to open a dialog box.
Delete Removes the selected action.
Set push button properties as default
After setting button properties for a new push button, you can set your settings as the new
default for all the push buttons you create in future. To set the current properties as default,
right-click the push button > select Use Current Properties as New Defaults.
Check Box Button
A check box button is a button to present yes-or-no choices for individual items. For creating,
moving, resizing, deleting, creating multiple copies, duplicating a check box button and setting
tab order, please refer to Push button”.
Set Check Box Button Properties
There are also four tabs a General tab, Appearance tab, an Options tab, and an Actions tab for
you to set check box buttons properties.
For General tab, Appearance tab and an Actions tab, please refer to Set Push Button Properties.
Options tab
Check Box Style - Specifies the style of the check box button. There are six choices:
A B C D E F
Check Box Style
A. Check B. Circle C. Cross D. Diamond E. Square F. Star
Export Value - Identifies the check box button and differentiates it from other check box buttons
that share the same Name value.
Checked by default Sets the selection state of the button when the user first opens the form.
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Radio Button
A radio button is a type of graphical user interface widget that allows you to choose one of a
predefined set of options. For creating, moving, resizing, deleting, duplicating the buttons and
setting tab order, please refer to Push button.
Tip: How to toggle radio buttons
Related radio buttons must have exactly the same form field name but different export values.
This ensures that the radio buttons toggle and that the correct values will be collected in the
database.
1. Please use copy-paste to create multiple copies if having more than one form field with the
same name. After this, to make the value usable, you have to change the value of the radio
buttons to make sure all radio buttons have the same field name but different export value.
2. Please note you cannot use Create Multiple Copiesoption if there is more than one radio
button with the same name. A warning message will pop up if you right click and choosing
Create Multiple Copies.
Set radio button properties
How a radio button behaves is determined by settings in the Radio Button Properties dialog box.
You can set properties that apply formatting, determine the appearance and actions, and so
forth.
The radio button has a General tab, Appearance tab, Actions tab, and an Options tab as push
button. Also, there are two items on every tab:
Locked When selected, prevents any further changes to any radio button properties.
Close Applies and saves the current button properties, and closes the button properties
dialog box.
Note: If you select Locked on any tab, it will lock all options for the button, but not just the options
on that tab.
1. General tab for the radio button properties
The General tab in radio button properties contains the following options:
Name Specifies the unique name of the selected radio button.
Tooltip Displays text that the hesitant user may find helpful in clicking the button. Tooltips
appear when the pointer hovers over the radio button.
Form Field Specifies whether the radio button can be seen, either on screen or in print.
There are four choices for you: Visible, Hidden, Visible but does not print, and Hidden but
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printable.
Orientation Rotates the radio button by 0, 90, 180, or 270 Degrees.
Read Only Prevents the user from clicking the radio button.
Required Forces the user to click the radio button. If the user attempts to submit the form
while a required radio button is not chosen, an error message appears.
2. Appearance tab for the radio button properties
The Appearance properties determine how the radio button looks on the page. The Appearance
tab in push button properties contains the following options:
Line Style Alters the appearance of the frame. Select Solid, Dashed, Beveled, Inset or
Underline.
Solid Dashed Beveled Inset Underline
The appearances of Radio Button with different line styles
Note: You may not see the difference if no color is chosen as the border color.
Thickness Specifies the width of the frame surrounding the radio button: Thin, Medium, or
Thick.
Border Color Opens a color picker in which you can select a color for the frame
surrounding the button. To leave the button without a frame, select No color.
Fill Color Opens a color picker in which you can select a color for the background behind
the button. To leave the background uncolored, select No color.
Note: A Fill Color choice other than No color will block any images on the PDF page that are
behind the button.
Text Color Opens a color picker in which you can select a color for the button.
Radio Button
3. Actions tab for the radio button properties
Border color
Text color
Fill color
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Please refer to Actions tab for the button properties .
4. Options tab for the radio button properties
The Options tab in radio button properties enables you to change the button style and do other
additional settings. The Options tab in radio button properties contains the following options:
Button style Specifies the shape of the maker that appears inside the button when the
user selects it. There’re six choices in total: Check, Circle (the default), Cross, Diamond,
Square, or Star. This property does not alter the shape of the radio button itself.
Export Value Identifies the radio button and differentiates it from other radio buttons that
share the same Name value. The status of a radio button is on” and off. You can give
them other names with this box.
Checked by default Sets the selection state of the button when the user first opens the
form.
Radio buttons with the same name and value are selected in unison Allows single-click
selection of multiple related radio buttons. If the user selects a radio button that has the
same field name and export value as another, both radio buttons are selected.
Click Close to accept these display properties.
Set radio button properties as default
After setting radio button properties for a new radio button, you can you’re your settings as the
new default for all the radio buttons you create in future.
To set the current properties as default, right-click the radio button, select Use Current Properties
as New Defaults.
Combo Box Button
A combo box is a commonly-used GUI widget. It is a combination of a drop-down list or list box
and a single-line textbox, allowing the user either to type a value directly into the control or
choose from the list of existing options.
For creating, moving, resizing, deleting, duplicating the combo box and setting tab order, please
refer to “Push button”.
Note: If you create multiple copies of the combo box button, please make sure both the form filed
names and the export value are all different in related check boxes.
Set combo box properties
How a combo box behaves is determined by settings in the Combo Box Properties dialog box. You
can set properties that apply formatting, determine the appearance and actions, perform
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mathematical operations, and so forth.
The combo box has a General tab, an Appearance tab, an Options tab, a Format tab, a Validate
tab, a Calculate tab and an Actions tab,. There are two items on every tab:
Locked When selected, prevents any further changes to any combo box properties.
Close Applies and saves the current properties, and closes the combo box properties
dialog box.
Note: If you select Locked on any tab, it will lock all options for this combo box, but not just the
options on that tab.
1. General tab for the combo box properties
Please refer to “General tab for the radio button properties” .
2. Appearance tab for the combo box properties
Please refer to Appearance tab for the button properties” .
3. Actions tab for the combo box properties
Please refer to Actions tab for the button properties” .
4. Options tab for the combo box properties
You can create a list of items from which the user selects with the Options tab.
Item Accepts the text and space character that you type for options that you want to
appear in the menu for the field.
Add Moves the current entry in Item to Item List.
Export value Where you type in a value to represent the item if the data will be exported.
If left blank, the entry for Name in the General tab is used as the export value.
Item list Displays the choices that will be available in the list.
Note: The highlighted item in the Item List box appears as the default selected item in the combo
box field. To change the default item, highlight another item from the list.
Delete Removes the selected item from the list.
Up/Down Change the order in which the items are listed in the combo box list. These
buttons are not available if Sort Items is selected.
Sort items Arranges the listed items numerically and alphabetically. A numerical sort (if
applicable) is performed before an alphabetical sort.
Allow user to enter custom text Enable users to enter a value other than the ones in the
list.
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Commit selected value immediately Saves the value as soon as the user selects it. If this
option is not selected, the value is saved only when the user tabs out of the current field or
clicks another form field.
5. Format tab for the combo box properties
The Format tab in the combo box properties dialog box enables you to format the field values.
Select one of the categories listed below:
None No additional options are available. The input in a combo box with this property
does not require any specific formatting.
Number Automatically imposes the selected formatting options on numeric data entries.
A. Decimal places Sets the number of digits that appear to the right of the decimal point.
B. Separator style Sets the placement of commas and periods.
C. Currency symbol Sets the type of currency, such as Dollars, Euros, or Pounds.
D. Negative Number Style Sets how negative numbers are displayed. You can choose
Show parentheses, Use red text, neither, or both.
Percentage Automatically imposes the selected formatting options on numeric data
expressed as a percentage.
A. Decimal places Sets the number of digits that appear to the right of the decimal point.
B. Separator style Sets the placement of commas and periods.
Date The list includes one-, two-, and four-digit variations where d stands for the day, m
stands for the month, and y stands for the year. Also, you can choose Custom option and
type your format.
Time The list includes display variations where h stands for the hour on a 12-hour clock, H
stands for the hour on a 24-hour clock, MM stands for minutes, ss stands for the seconds,
and tt stands for AM or PM. Also, you can choose the Custom option and type your format.
Special There are five options for you:
A. Zip Code For a five-digit postal code.
B. Zip Code + 4 For a nine-digit postal code.
C. Phone Number For a ten-digit telephone number.
D. Social Security Number For a nine-digit US Social Security Number.
E. Arbitrary Mask -- Changes the format category to Custom and makes another text box
available, in which you can type a custom format. Use this option to specify which types
of characters the user can enter in any given position, and how the data displays in the
field.
a. A -- Accepts only letters (AZ, az).
b. X -- Accepts spaces and most printable characters, including all characters available
on a standard keyboard and ANSI characters in the ranges of 32126 and 128255.
c. O -- The letter “O” accepts alphanumeric characters (A–Z, az, and 09).
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d. 9 -- Accepts only numeric characters (09).
For example, a mask setting of AAA--p#999 accepts the input BDF--p#367. A mask
setting of OOOOO@XXX accepts the input vad12@3Up.
Example of an Arbitrary Mask entry
Custom -- Makes additional options available to form designers who want to write their own
JavaScripts for formatting and keystrokes. For example, a custom script could define a new
currency format or limit the user entry to specific keystroke characters.
A. Custom Format Script Displays any custom scripts you have added for formats. The
Edit button opens a JavaScript Edition dialog box in which you can write and add new
scripts.
B. Custom Keystroke Script Displays any custom scripts you have added to validate
keystrokes. The Edit button opens a JavaScript Edition dialog box in which you can write
and add new scripts.
6. Validate tab for the combo box properties
The Validate properties restrict entries to specified ranges, values, or characters, ensuring that
users enter the appropriate data for a combo box.
Field value is not validated Turns off validation.
Field value is in range Sets a numeric range for a combo box using values you enter in
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either as a number or a percentage. It is available only when Number or Percentage is
selected in Format tab.
Run custom validation script Validates by a JavaScript that you create or provide. The Edit
button opens a JavaScript Edition dialog box in which you can write and add new scripts.
7. Calculate tab for the combo box properties
With this option, you can perform mathematical operations on existing form field entries and
display the result.
Value is not calculated Select this option if you want the users to type.
Value is the Select this to make further options available:
A. The List includes the mathematical functions to apply to the selected fields. Choose
Sum to add the values entered in the selected fields, Product to multiply them, Average,
Minimum, or Maximum.
B. Pick Opens a Field Selection dialog box with a list of the available fields in the form
that you select to add or deselect to remove from the calculation.
Simplified field notation -- Uses JavaScript with field names and simple arithmetic signs. The
Edit button opens a JavaScript Edition dialog box in which you can write, edit, and add
scripts.
Custom calculation script -- Displays any custom scripts you have added for calculations. The
Edit button opens a JavaScript Edition dialog box in which you can write and add new
JavaScripts.
Set combo box properties as default
After setting combo box properties for a new combo box, you can set your settings as the new
default for all the combo boxes you create in future.
To set the current properties as default, right-click the combo box > select Use Current Properties
as New Defaults.
List Box and Text Field Button
A list box is a GUI widget that allows the user to select one or more items from a list contained
within a static, multiple line text box. Also, you can set a list box property that enables the user to
Shift-click or Ctrl-click/Control-click to select multiple items on the list.
A text field is a common element of graphical user interface of computer programs, as well as the
corresponding type of widget used when programming GUIs, which let the user type in text, such
as name, address, phone number, etc.
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For creating, moving, resizing, deleting, duplicating the list box and text filed and setting tab
order, please refer to Push button”.
Set list box properties
Please refer to Set combo box properties.
Set text field properties
Although most of the properties are common to those of combo boxes, the Options tab is
exclusive.
1. For all the other properties of a text field, please refer to “Set combo box properties”.
2. Options tab for the text field properties
Alignment Aligns the text left, right, or center within the field.
Default Value Specifies the text that appears until the user overwrites it by typing in the
field. Enter the default value by typing in this option.
Multi-line Allows more than a single-line entry in the text field.
Scroll long text Compensates for text that extends beyond the boundaries of the text field.
Allow Rich Text Formatting Allows users to apply styling information to the text, such as
bold or italic. This might be useful in certain text fields where such styling information is
important to the meaning of the text, such as an essay.
Limit of Characters Allows entries of up to the number of characters you specify.
Note: If you entered a default value, that value is clipped to this limit.
Password Displays the user-entered text as a series of asterisks (*). This option is available
only if Check Spelling is deselected.
Field is used for file selection Allows the user to enter a file path as the field’s value when a
file is submitted along with the form. This option is available only when Scroll long text is the
only selected option in the Options tab.
Check spelling Checks the spelling of user-entered text.
Comb of Characters -- Spreads the user-entered text evenly across the width of the text field.
If a border color is specified, Solid or Dashed Line is selected in the Appearance tab, each
character entered in the field is separated by lines of that color. This option is available only
when no other check box is selected.
A B
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Text fields with and without the Comb property
A. Text field with a border color, using the Comb property
B. Text field without the Comb property
Set text field properties as default
To set the current properties as default, right-click the text field > select Use Current Properties as
New Defaults.
Signature Field Button
The signature field is specially designed by to create blank digital signature fields for reviewers to
sign. You can place the field anywhere you want the reviewers to sign.
Create a new Signature field
Choose FORM > Form Fields > Signature Field button , your cursor will change into and
do the following:
Drag an area in the desired place to create a signature field button.
A box appears under the button for you to input the name.
You can also click the All Properties to do more settings. Or double-click the button to open
the signature Properties dialog box.
For moving, resizing, deleting, duplicating the signature field and setting tab order, please refer to
Push button”.
To set signature field’s General, Appearance and Actions tab properties, please refer to Set push
button properties”.
Signed tab for the signature field properties
Nothing Happens When Signed it is set as default.
Mark As Read-Only - Prevents other readers to change the digitally signed form.
All Fields - Prevents any changes to any form field.
All Fields Except These - Allows changing the selected form fields. Click the Pick
button and select check boxes for the fields that you want the reviewers to edit
after signing.
Just These Fields Prevent to change the form fields you pick.
This Script Executes When Field is Signed
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Activate a custom JavaScript when the user digitally signs the form. Click the Edit button to
change or create a new JavaScript action.
Arrange form fields
You can arrange form fields in a page, such as aligning, centering and distributing form fields.
Before arranging form fields, select multiple form fields.
Select multiple form fields
To arrange the form fields, you have to select multiple form fields that you want to arrange first.
To select multiple form fields, do one of the following:
Choose the Annotation Selection tool > Shift-click or Ctrl-click each form field.
Choose the Annotation Selection tool > drag a selection marquee around the area to
select them.
To deselect an individual form field, Ctrl-click the specific field.
Note: The form field highlighted in red is the anchor. When you select multiple form fields by
clicking, the last field selected is the anchor.
Align multiple form fields
You can align the selected form fields left, right, top, bottom, vertically or horizontally. Select one
of the form fields as the anchor, the rest of the form fields will be placed respectively to the left
edge, right edge, top edge, bottom edge, vertical axis or horizontal axis of the anchor form field.
Select two or more form fields that you want to align and do one of the following:
Right-click the anchor, choose FORM > Edit > Arrange, and in the Alignment category select
one to align the form fields.
Right-click the anchor, and then choose a command as follows:
A. To align a column of form fields, choose Left, Right, or Vertically to align them
respectively to the left edge, right edge, or vertical axis of the anchor form field.
B. To align a row of form fields, choose Top, Bottom, or Horizontally to align them
respectively to the top edge, bottom edge, or horizontal axis of the anchor form field.
Note: When you right-click or Ctrl-click one of the selected form fields, it will be highlighted in red,
indicating that its the anchor form field. The align menu commands move the other selected
form fields to line up with the edges of the anchor form fields.
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Center multiple form fields
This function enables you to center the rectangle enclosed by form. Select form fields. You can
imagine that these form fields consist of an area with the shape of rectangle. Then do one of the
following:
Choose FORM > Edit > Arrange, in the Page Center category select one as the anchor to
center the form fields.
Right-click one of the form fields > Center > Vertically/Horizontally/Both. You will find that
the rectangle is centered respectively vertically, horizontally or both in the page.
Distribute multiple form fields
This function will be available when selecting three or more form fields. Select the form fields to
be distributed, and do one of following:
Choose FORM > Edit > Arrange, in the Distribute category select one as the anchor to
distribute the form fields.
To distribute the form fields evenly between the topmost and bottommost form fields,
choose Distribute >Vertically. To distribute the form fields evenly between the leftmost and
rightmost form fields, choose Distribute > Horizontally.
Resize multiple form fields
Select one of the form fields as the anchor, and the rest of the form fields will be resized with the
same height or width as that of the anchor form field. For example,
Select form field A and B. Suppose that you want to set A as the anchor form field.
Right-click A > Size > Height/Width/Both. And you’ll see that the height/width/height and
width of B is resized to be the same as that of A.
Set Form-field Tab Order
After you create the form fields, you can set the tab order with ease. If you deselect to set the tab
order, it will be automatically determined in a normal order. Do the following:
With the Annotation Selection Tool selected, right-click a form field, and choose Set
Tab Order.
Click anywhere in the field that you want to be first in the tabbing order. The number in the
upper left corner is set as 1.
Click each of the other fields in the order that you want tabbing to occur.
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Note: If you decide not to change the tabbing order, click a blank area of the page or a part of the
page that is not part of a field. This hides the tabbing order numbers so that clicking a field no
longer changes the tabbing order.
Set the field calculation order
When you define two or more calculations in a form, the order in which they are carried out is
the order in which you defined the calculations. In some cases, you may need to modify the
calculation order to obtain correct results.
For example, if you wanted to use the result obtained from calculating two form fields to
calculate the value of a third form field, the first two form fields must be calculated together first
to obtain the correct final results.
Choose Forms > Edit > Calculation Order
The Calculate Order dialog box displays all calculable fields in your form and the order in which
the calculations are performed.
To change the field calculation order, select the field from the list, and then click the Up or
Down button as needed.
Click OK.
Set properties of multiple form fields
Select multiple form fields > right-click one of them > Properties….
There pops up a dialog with a General tab and an Appearance tab, and then follow the steps
specified above.
JavaScript
JavaScript is a dynamic, prototype-based language with first-class functions, which serves as a
means to easily create interactive web pages. In Foxit PhantomPDF, you can easily integrate this
level of interactivity into your PDF documents.
With Foxit PhantomPDF, you can invoke JavaScript code using actions associated with documents,
bookmarks, links, and pages. Foxit PhantomPDF provides three options for you to do it
Document JavaScript, Document Action and JavaScript Console. The Document JavaScript lets
you create or access document level scripts in Foxit PhantomPDF. The Document Action lets you
create document-level JavaScript actions that apply to the entire document. The JavaScript
Console provides an interactive and convenient interface for testing portions of JavaScript code
and experimenting with object properties and methods.
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Document JavaScript
Document JavaScripts are variable and function definitions that are generally useful to a given
document, but are not applicable outside the document.
Variable definitions: Define variables at the document level to make them visible to any
executing script.
Function definitions: Define functions at the document level that support the user
interaction with the document. These functions may be utility functions for handling
common tasks for string or number manipulation, or functions that execute lengthy scripts
called by actions initiated by a user interacting with form fields, bookmarks, page changes,
etc.
To create or access document level scripts in Foxit PhantomPDF, select FORM > JavaScript >
Document JavaScript. The pop-up Java Script Functions dialog box enables you to add, edit, or
delete document level scripts. All the document level scripts are stored within the PDF document.
In Java Script Functions dialog box, you will see the following buttons:
Close Closes the dialog box.
Add After typing a new Script Name, a JavaScript Editor dialog box pops up. You can create
and edit document level scripts here. To change the font of JavaScripts, click the Font
button.
Edit The JavaScript Editor dialog box pops up, enabling you to modify the JavaScripts you
create.
Delete Delete the JavaScript you selected.
Document Action
You can create the document-level JavaScript actions that apply to the entire document. For
example, selecting Document Did Save runs the JavaScript after a document is saved.
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JavaScript Console
JavaScript Console is a control panel for the execution and debugging of JavaScript code. Serving
as a debugging aid, it is quite useful for displaying debug messages and executing JavaScript. To
active the JavaScript console, select FORM> JavaScript > JavaScript Console, and do the following:
You can click Save to save a copy of your JavaScript code, or click Cancel to revoke your
operation.
Optional Database connectivity to Windows ODBC
The Optional Database Connectivity plug-in is a JavaScript object inside Foxit PhantomPDF PDF
Suite, allowing you to connect to Windows ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) data sources. It
provides some basic JavaScript properties and methods to gain increased customization options
and data accuracy to access to information databases. More importantly, JavaScript can be used
to execute SQL commands and retrieve data, which can, in turn, be used to populate a PDF file.
Also, developers can create document level-scripts to connect to a database for the purposes of
inserting new data, updating information, and deleting database entries.
Currently, ADBC is a Windows only feature and requires Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
provided by Microsoft.
A. In the pop-up Javascript Console
dialog box, type your JavaScript
code, or click Open and select one
of the file with JS format.
B. Click Run button to run your
JavaScript code. You will be
prompted that the code has run
successfully. When the code goes
wrong, it gives you an error
message.
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Chapter 9 Security
The security feature of PDF gives you an exceptional control over the PDF files you create. To
provide adequate protection for PDF’s contents, you can encrypt and secure PDF files to prevent
unauthorized access, restrict sensitive operations, etc.
Check PDF Security
Some PDF files may contain restrictions preventing actions such as printing, editing, copying, etc.
To check if you have these permissions, please do the following:
Choose FILE > Properties, or Protect > Secure Document > Security Properties.
In the popup Document Properties dialog box, you can view the restriction information from
Security tab.
Password Protection & Certificate Protection
In Foxit PhantomPDF, you can add password protection, certificate protection, MS AD RMS
protection, and security restrictions to PDF files, limiting who can open the file, can copy, edit or
print the file, etc.
Password Protection
You can add a password to a PDF document to limit access and restrict certain features, such as
printing, copying and editing.
There are two kinds of passwords that could be applied to a PDF file: a Document Open
password and a Permissions password. When you set a Document Open password, anyone who
tries to open the PDF file must type in the password that you specified. When you set a
Permissions password, anyone who wants to change the restrictions must type the Permissions
password. Please note that if a PDF is secured with both types of passwords, it can be opened
with either password, but only the Permissions password allows you to change the restrictions.
Tip: There’s no way out to recover password from the PDF if you forgot it. To keep a backup copy
of the PDF that isn’t password-protected is a good choice.
Add a password security
1. Choose Protect > Secure Document > Password Protect.
2. In the Password Protection dialog box, do the following:
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Document Open Settings:
Require a password to open the document selects to require users to type the password you
specify to open the document.
Password Input: specifies a password that users must type to open the document.
Password Confirm: type the password again to confirm the password.
Document Restriction Settings:
Add Document Restriction restricts actions to PDF files, such as printing, editing, etc.
Password Input: specifies a password that is required to change the permissions settings. If the
file is opened in Foxit PhantomPDF, the user can view the file but must enter the permissions
password to change the files security and permissions settings.
Password Confirm: type the password again to confirm the password.
Permission Specification:
The security details you specified are shown on the left. Click Permission to set the restriction
settings. In the PDF Permission dialog box:
Permission setting you can check options to specify file’s permission setting. Click any of
options to view the detail information in Permission Item Specification field below.
Print Permission specifies the level of printing which users are allowed for the PDF
document.
A. Print with low resolution allows users to print at no higher than 150-dpi resolution.
B. Print with high resolution allows users to print at any resolution.
Change Permission defines which editing actions are allowed in the document.
A. Fill in a form lets users fill in forms. The option doesn’t mean that users can create
form fields.
B. Comment in the document lets users add comment to the PDF document.
C. Manage pages and bookmarks lets users insert, rotate, delete pages, as well as add
bookmarks.
D. Modify document - lets users modify the PDF document, but not add comments. If you
check the option, both Fill in a form and Management pages and bookmarks options
are automatically selected.
Content Extraction Permission - defines the contents that are allowed to be extracted in the
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PDF document.
A. Enable text access for screen reader devices for the visually impaired.
B. Extract the contents of the document lets users extract text and graphics, copy text,
take snapshot, and play media clip, etc.
Encrypt Settings:
Encryption Algorithm- defines data transformations that cannot be easily reversed by
unauthorized users. Foxit PhantomPDF supports 128-bit AES, 256-bit AES and 128-bit ARC-FOUR.
Dont encrypt metadata encrypts the contents of a PDF file but still allow search engines access
to the document metadata.
Save the setting as a new policy save the current security settings as a policy so that you can
apply it to other documents.
3. Click Ok and save the document to make setting take effect.
Modify password and security settings
1. Choose Protect > Secure Document > Security Properties.
2. In the Security tab of the Document Properties dialog box, choose Document Security >
Password Protection, and then click Change Settings
3. Do the settings as Add a password security and then click OK.
4. The details of document restrictions are displayed in the Document Restrictions Summary.
Click OK.
Remove password and security settings
To remove password and security settings from a PDF file, you must have the permissions to do
so.
1. In an open a PDF file, please choose one of way to remove password and security settings.
Choose Protect > Secure Document > Remove Security.
Choose Protect > Secure Document > Security Properties. In the Security tab of the
Document Properties dialog box, choose No Encryption from Security Method menu.
2. A Foxit Security dialog box will prompt to ask whether you are sure to remove security from
this document.
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Certification Protection
The advantage of securing documents with certificates is that authors can specify unique
permissions for each person. For example, authors can permit a person to fill in forms and
comment in document, and permit another person to edit text or delete pages. You can choose
certificates from files on disk, or from the Windows certificate store. Only a specific set of users
whose identities can be verified and managed can have access to the document. A certificate that
contains public key and other identifying information is used to encrypt documents, or verified a
digital signature. Only corresponding private key decrypts the document that was encrypting
using the certificate.
Generally, if possible, encrypt documents using certificates from third-party provider. If the
certificate is lost or stolen, the issuing authority can replace it, if a self-signed certificate is
deleted, all PDF encrypted using the certificate is forever in accessible.
Add a certificate security
1. Choose PROTECT > Secure Document > Certificate Protect.
2. In Certificate Protection dialog box, create intended recipient list for the encrypt document.
You can set restrictions for a recipient by selecting the recipient and clicking Permission.
Click New ID to create and store your self-signed digital ID.
New PKCS#12 digital ID file Stores the digital ID information to a file with the
extension .pfx on Windows and .p12 on Mac OS. You can use the files interchangeably
across different operating systems.
Windows Certificate Store Stores the digital ID to a common location. Other Windows
applications can also retrieve it.
Click Import to import certificate from Windows Certificate store.
Click Browse to import certificate from disk.
Click Remove to delete a recipient from recipient list.
Click Permission to set document restriction for the selected recipient. About
Permission options, please refer to Add document restrictionsof Password security
options.
3. Select Encryption Algorithm (support 128-bit AES, 256-bit AES and128 bit ARC-FOUR.
4. Select encryption components to determine whether encrypt all documents contents except
metadata or not.
5. (Optional) Check Save as a new policy to save the current security settings as a policy so that
you can apply it to other documents.
6. Click OK and save the document.
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See also About digital ID
Change or remove certificate protection
To change or remove security settings, you must have permission to do so. If you want to change
or remove security encrypted with certificate, you must have all access to the document, or you
can’t do changes or remove security settings.
To change certificate protection, please do the following:
1. Choose PROTECT > Secure Document > Security Properties.
2. In the Security tab of the Document Properties dialog box, choose Document Security >
Certificate Protection, and then click Change Settings
3. In Certificate Protection dialog box, refer to Add a certificate security.
4. Click OK and save the document to apply your changes.
To remove certificate protection, please do one of the following:
1. Choose PROTECT > Secure Document > Remove Security.
2. Choose PROTECT > Secure Document > Security Properties, in the Security tab of the
Document Properties dialog box, choose No Encryption from Security Method menu.
AD RMS Protection (Available in Business Only)
Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services is an information technology that works with
AD RMS enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use. Foxit
PhantomPDF RMS protector provides seamless integration with Microsoft Windows Server
environment to protect PDF documents and manage policy templates. If you are authorized you
can use Foxit PhantomPDF to open an RMS-Protected document to improve information security
and meet compliance requirements. To meet more users need, Foxit PhpantomPDF is also
compliant with Microsoft® AD RMS 2.1.
Once installed, Foxit PhantomPDF will extend all Microsoft AD RMS service to all PDF files.
As for using Windows Azure AD Right Management (AAD RMS), please refer to the Quick Start
for Using Windows Azure AD Right Management .
RMS Encryption
1. Click PROTECT > AD RMS Protect > Restricted Access.
2. Choose the template you want. If you have more than one server, please firstly move the
cursor to the name of the server, and then the templates on this server will be shown on the
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submenu. Click Refresh Templates to get the latest official templates from the server. You also can
create custom templates. For more detailed information, please refer to Template Creation.
3. If you do not want to use the template, please click Restricted Access.
Type your account name and password when you login to the RMS server for the first time.
Click the icon to add the users who you want to authorize the reading
permission. To authorize anyone to read this file, select the icon on the right side.
(If you have an Outlook Email Client, the contact list of Outlook will pop up when you click
the icon . You can choose the email address directly. You can also just type
certain letters included in the email address, and then click icon , the system will help
you enter the complete address according to the contact list. Then you can go to the More
Options Step.)
Choose the object types (users or group) and the server. Then type the e-mail addresses of
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the authorized users into the text box or click Advanced to open the e-mail address list on
the server to choose an address directly.
Click OK to exit Select Users or Groups dialog.
Click More Options in Permission Dialog. The users you selected now will be shown on the
text box. You can also add or delete users as needed here.
Additional permissions for users:
This document expires on: check it to set the expiration date. The document cannot be
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opened after the specified date.
Print Content: check this option to allow the users above to print the PDF files.
Allow users with access to read to copy content: enable the users who only have read
permission to copy content.
Access content programmatically: enable users to run the JavaScript in the document.
Additional settings:
User can request additional permissions from: if users want to apply for any permission, the
application will open the email client and list the email address you typed into the text in the
Recipient's Address automatically. You can type a URL as well.
Require a connection to verify a users permission: check option to let users verify their
license every time they open the encrypted file.
Security Watermark: add a security watermark to the PDF files. For the detailed instructions,
please refer to Security Watermark.
Set Defaults: set the additional settings as default.
Save as a template: the security setting set above can be saved as a template for further use.
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Note: If you want to set the encryption algorithm, please go to FILE > Preferences > RMS
Setting > choose the desired encryption algorithm. A file encrypted by SHA-1/RSA 1024 can be
opened with Foxit PhantomPDF and Foxit Reader. A file encrypted by SHA-2/RSA 2048 can
only be opened with Foxit Reader 5.4, Foxit PhantomPDF 5.5 and the latter versions.
Template Creation and Editing
To create a custom template, please see the following steps:
1. Choose PROTECT > Settings >Template Management.
2. Click Create to open Create Right Policy Template.
3. (Optional) If you want to edit the existed template, please click Edit.
4. Choose the language and edit template name and description. Click OK. The template name
and description will be shown in the Template Identification list. You can type the name and
description with different languages for the template you want to create via clicking Add.
5. Click Next to add user rights. Click Add in Users and Rights.
6. In the pop-up Add User or Group dialog box, choose The e-mail addresses of users or groups,
click browse to simply add a user who you would like to assign the rights. Selecting Anyone
allows every user to work with the encrypted PDF files. You can type multiple e-mail addresses as
well.
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7. Check PDF permissions for the above users. You can set the permissions for all of the users or
set different permissions for different users.
8. User can request additional permissions from: if users want to apply for any permission, the
application will launch the email client and list the email addresses you typed into the text in the
Recipient's Address automatically. You can type a URL as well.
9. Click Next to specify the expiration policy.
Content expiration
Never expires: the PDF content can be viewed indefinitely.
Expires on the following date: the PDF content will expire on a given date.
Expires after the following duration (days): the PDF content will expire after the desired days
selected.
Use license expiration
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Requires users to re-verify permissions with the server after the following duration (days): users
need to apply for a new license to open the encrypted PDFs several days (the number you type
into) later.
10. Click Next to add security watermark. You can refer to the Security Watermark.
11. Click Finish to complete creating the template.
Security Watermark Management
1. Creating Profile
Before adding a watermark, you should create a profile first. The application will apply all of the
watermarks in the profile to a PDF.
Note: you can only choose a profile but not a certain watermark to use. Please create the
watermarks you want to add to one PDF in the same profile.
Choose PROTECT > Settings > Security Watermark Management.
Click New Profile to create a profile and name it.
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2. Add Watermark
To add a new watermark, please do the followings:
Open the Security Watermark Management and select a profile you created and click Add to
add watermarks in the profile.
Type the watermark’s name.
Type the watermark’s content in the text box and set the font, size, color, underline, and
alignment.
Note: you can only set text as watermark.
Choose the Dynamic Text. When any PDF reader opens the file, the watermark will show the
current document information dynamically and you can use multiple text at the same time.
Document Title: show the current document title.
Author: show the author of current document.
Current User: show the current user who is reading the document.
Date: show the current system date when opening the document.
Day: show the current system day when opening the document.
Month: show the current system month when opening the document.
Year: show the current system year when opening the document.
Time: show the current system time when opening the document.
Hour: show the current system hours when opening the document.
Minute: show the current system minutes when opening the document.
Second: show the current system seconds when opening the document.
Set the appearance by choosing the rotation degree and the opacity. You also have the
option to make the scale relative to target page.
Set the vertical and horizontal distance between the target page and the watermark.
Choose the page range to play the watermark. You can select the different page range
options via clicking the right items in the subset list.
Preview the watermark in the right pane.
Click OK to finish it.
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3. Edit or Delete Watermark
Edit a Watermark
Open the Security Watermark Management and select a watermark you want to edit.
Click Edit to open the Edit Security Watermark dialog box.
Begin editing the watermark, please refer to Add Watermark.
Click OK to finish the operation.
Delete a Watermark
Open the Security Watermark Management and select a watermark you want to delete.
Click Delete to remove the selected watermark.
4. Import or Export Watermark
Import a Watermark
Open the Security Watermark Management and click Import.
Choose a watermark with .xml format.
Click Open.
Export a Watermark
Open the Security Watermark Management and select a watermark you want to export.
Click Export and choose a file type and location to save.
The watermark will be exported as an .xml file or encoded file according to your choice. It
can be integrated into AD RMS policy template and applied to the PDF files by Foxit
PhantomPDF.
Note:
1. If you want to integrate the watermark to a common policy template, please export it as
an .xml file and add it to the template by PhantomPDF directly.
2. If you want to integrate the watermark to an official policy template, please export it as an
encoded file (.txt format) and integrate it into the template by AD RMS Scripting API Architecture.
Then you can import the template and apply it to PDFs by PhantomPDF. (Please click here to see
the example and use the value of appData.Name” and “appData.Value” in the exported encoded
file.)
Auditing Logs
Foxit PhantomPDF enables you to track on the usage of RMS protected files to record the
actions on the files during workflow and save to SQL server, including who accessed the
document, what document was accessed, when it was accessed, how it was accessed and
the success of that access, and more.
To audit logs you should first download a configuration tool from
http://cdn04.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/rms/configtool/RMSConfigTool110.exe. Run the tool
and do the following:
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1. In the Config Tool dialog box, choose Foxit PhantomPDF, and check Audit Log Setting function.
2. Follow the codes below to create the database table on the server.
USE [Database]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[Table_Name] ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table_Name](
[User] [nvarchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
[Action] [nvarchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
[FileName] [nvarchar](max) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
[DateTime] [datetime] NOT NULL,
[PrinterName] [nvarchar](max) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[Copies] [numeric](18, 0) NULL,
[Result] [nchar](10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
3. Enter all SQL Server information shown as below, including SQL Server Name, the name of
Database and Table, User Name and Password. Then click on Test Connection button to test if
the connection works well. A message box will pop up to tell you if the test connection is
successful.
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4. Click on the Export button to generate a .reg file for the administrators configuration.
5. The administrator can distribute the .reg file to client-end computers.
Restrict Local Printing
You can also set the printing permissions by specifying certain network printers to protect
the sensitive information from being printed arbitrarily.
Network Printers Configuration
To avoid unauthorized printing of sensitive documents, you can limit the printing permissions to
certain network printers. To configure network printers, please download the configuration toll
from http://cdn04.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/rms/configtool/RMSConfigTool110.exe and
check Valid Network Printer Setting in the Config Tool dialog box and then do the following:
1. You should get the Printer Port first. Please go to Start > Devices and Printers > right-click a
network printer > Printer Properties. In the printer properties dialog box, choose Ports tab and
get the information, e.g. the IP_192.168.3.239 is the printer port.
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2. Click Add button to add the Printer Port.
Note: About how to add a network printer, please see Add a Network Printer.
3. Click on Export button to generate a .reg file for the administrators configuration.
4. The administrator can distribute the .reg file to client-end computers.
Add a Network Printer
There are two devices to add a network printer as below:
Go to Start > Devices and Printers > Click Add a printer. In the Add Printer dialog box, click
The printer that I want isn’t listed to go to the next step.
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Follow the instructions shown in the Add Printer dialog box as below and complete adding a
printer.
Open the Run box by pressing shortcut keys Win + R, enter the printer URL you want to add
and click OK.
In the pop-up dialog box, right-click the printer and choose connect on the context menu.
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SharePoint Service
Users can open PDF files located on SharePoint Server and seamlessly checkout and check in PDF
files.
Before using the SharePoint service in
PhantomPDF, please double click the attached
SharePoint
Configuration to configure your server.
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Login to the SharePoint Server, and select document library.
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Click a PDF to open it with Foxit
PhantomPDF. If you choose Check out and Open, other users
cannot edit the PDF at the same time. If you only choose
Open, others are able to modify
the PDF as well when you are editing.
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(Optional) If you want to cancel the Check out status, please go to SharePoint > Discard
Check Out.
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Edit the PDF according to your requirements.
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Set the PDF properties.
1.
Please go to SharePoint > Prepare Document Properties.
2.
In the Document Properties dialogue, select the column name to edit the value in the
Edit textbox. For example, select Title, the Edit textbox will pop up, type the content you
want and click OK to finish the editing.
Note: now the columns which can be edited are Single Line of Text, Multiple Lines of Text,
Yes/No and Date and Time.
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- Go to SharePoint > Check In.
In the Check In dialogue box, select a version number for the modified document along with
the appropriate the version comments. To not allow other people to modify the document,
you can check Keep the document checked out after check in this version.
- Click OK, the modified PDF will be loaded to the server automatically.
Set Security Policies
If you often apply the same security settings to multiple PDFs, you can save your settings as a
policy that you can apply to other PDFs. Security policies include the security method, encryption
password, permission settings, etc.
Create a security policy
1. Choose PROTECT > Secure Document > Security Policies.
2. Click New.
3. Choose security method from menu and specify the policy name and description.
4. Click Edit Details to set restriction settings or passwords.
5. Review the policy details, and then click Close.
Secure PDFs using policies
You can apply any security policy to a PDF file. To secure a PDF with a security policy that you
specified, do the following:
1. Open a PDF document.
2. Choose PROTECT >Secure Document> Security Policies.
3. In the Manage Security Policies dialog box, select a policy which you want to apply to the
PDF file.
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4. Click Apply to this Document.
5. Save the document to apply the security policy.
Manage security policies
After you create security policies, you can manage them by copying, editing, and deleting.
1. Choose PROTECT >Secure Document> Security Policies.
2. In the Manage Security Policies dialog box, select a policy from left panel and do one or
more of the following:
Click New to create a new policy.
Click Copy to copy a policy. This option is useful when you create a new policy that’s
based on the settings of the selected policy.
Click Edit Details to edit a policy.
Click Delete to delete a policy.
Click Close.
Digital Signature
A digital signature acts as a traditional handwritten signature that can be used to authenticate
the identity of a user as well as the document content. It stores information about the signer
along with the date, time, and state of the document when it was signed.
About Digital ID
Digital ID is the identity of a person/organization, which contains your name, Email address, a
serial number, an expiration date, and the name of the company. A digital ID contains two keys,
one is a public key (certificate) that is used to encrypt or lock data, and the other is a private key
that is used to decrypt or unlock data that is encrypted.
You can distribute your certificate that contains the public key and other identifying information
to those people who need to use it to verify your identity, validate your signature, or encrypt a
document for you. Only your private key can unlock information that was encrypted using your
certificate, so make sure to store your digital ID in a safe place.
You can not only obtain a digital ID from a trusted third-party provider called a Certificate
Authority (CA) but also create a self-signed digital ID with Foxit PhantomPDF. Digital IDs are
usually protected by password; you can store it on computer in PKCS#12 file format, or in the
Windows Certificate Store.
Place a signature
Before you sign a document, you need to draw a signature field where the signature is placed,
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get a digital ID, and create the signature.
1. Choose PROTECT >Signature> Sign & Certify > Place Signature.
2. Press and hold the mouse button down, and drag to draw a signature filed for your
signature.
3. In Sign Document dialog box, choose a digital ID from drop-down menu. If you can’t find the
specified digital ID, you will need to get a certificate from the third-party provider or create
a self-signed digital ID.
4. (Optional)To create a self-designed digital ID, choose New ID from drop-down menu. In the
Add Digital ID dialog box, select a location to store the digital ID. Click Next to type your
identity information such as name, organization unit, e-mail address, etc. to be used when
generating the self-signed certificate. In Use Digital ID for, choose one option as needed.
Click Next to enter a file name, storage location and password for your new digital ID file.
Confirm your password and click Finish.
5. Choose an appearance type from menu. There are two types to choose, one is Standard
Style, and the other is to Create New Style for your signature. Please refer to Creating
signature appearance. You can view your signature in Signature Preview panel.
6. Click OK.
Note: You cant move or resize a signature after placing it on document, so be sure to the
signature location and size before signing document.
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Create signature appearance
You can set the appearance of your digital signature by selecting different options in Sign
Document dialog box. For example, a signature can include an image of your handwritten
signature, a company logo, or a photo, date and so on. Furthermore you can create dynamic
signature appearance to user for different purpose. A signature appearance also includes
information that helps others verify your signature, such as reason for signing, contact
information, and more.
Different appearance of signatures
Choose PROTECT >Signature> Sign & Certify > Place Signature.
Press and hold the mouse button down, and drag to draw a signature filed for your
signature.
In Sign Document dialog box, choose Create New Style from Appearance Type menu.
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Check the options that you want to appear in digital signature. A signature appearance can
include lots of information showing the users attributes, including name, organization,
country, logo, location, etc.
Configure Signature Style Dialog Box
Move and resize an image
You can move and resize signatures before signing the document, but you aren’t allowed to
change certificate and appearance of certificate.
1. To move the signature
Select the Annotation Selection Tool or the corresponding tool, put the pointer over the
signature, click and drag the signature to another place you like.
2. To resize the signature
Select the Annotation Selection Tool or the corresponding Tool, click the signature.
Place the cursor on any corner point. Pointer changes into the cursor showing the direction at
which the rectangle will be resized.
Note: Only when you uncheck the Sign the document immediately after signature is placed
option in FILE > Preferences > Signature.
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Sign a PDF
A PDF is signed to indicate your approval. The signature isn’t resized and moved when you sign
the document. A PDF can be signed more than once by more than one person. When you sign a
document, your digital signature appears in the signature filed. The appearance of the signature
depends on options you select.
1. Sign a PDF, please choose one of the followings:
Choose PROTECT >Secure > Sign Document.
Right-click the signature, choose Sign Document.
Select Hand Tool, and click the signature.
Set your signature preferences in Preferences dialog box. Choose FILE > Preferences>
Signature, check the option of “Sign the document immediately after the signature is
placed” to sign the document immediately when the signature is placed.
2. Type file name and specify location in pop-up Save As dialog box.
Validate Signatures
Check the validity of a signature
If you want to automatically validate all signatures in a PDF when you open the document, please
check Verify signatures when the document is opened option in FILE > Preferences > Signature.
An icon appears on the left top of signature field to indicate the signature status. The signature
state appears in the Signature Panel.
The question mark icon indicates the signature is not validated.
The check mark icon indicates that the signature is valid.
The icon indicates that the signature is invalid. The document has been altered or
corrupted since the signature was applied.
The caution triangle icon indicates the document was modified after signature was
added; however, the signature is valid.
The icon indicates the signature validity is unknown because the signer’s certificate
isn’t in your list of trusted identities. The document has not been modified since the
signature was applied.
Validate a signature
1. Open the PDF containing the signature, do one of the followings.
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Choose PROTECT >Signature> Validate.
Right-click the signature, choose Validate Signature from context menu.
Select Hand tool on toolbar, click the signature.
2. Pop-up a Signature Status message box which describes the validity of signature. The icons
that appear in signature fields become the corresponding icons which indicate different
signature status.
Tip:
1. You can validate signatures by setting your signature preferences. Choose FILE >
Preferences > Preferences > Signature.
2. Check the Verify signatures when the document is opened option to automatically validate
signatures in a PDF when you open the document.
Delete an unsigned signature
Select the Annotation Selection Tool .
Right-click the signature and choose Delete from context menu, or press Delete key.
Note: If you have checked the Locked option in Signature Properties dialog box, you will not be
able to remove the signature from the document.
Certify a PDF (Available in Business only)
Only the author can certify his/her own PDF documents. The author can specify what changes
can be made to the file after certifying. Whenever approved changes are made, the certificate
remains valid. If a reader tries to make changes you haven't allowed, the certificate is invalidated
and any subsequent users will be notified that the document was tampered with.
To certify your PDF, please do the following:
1. Open your PDF document you want to certify.
2. Select PROTECT > Signature > Sign & Certify > Certify with visible signature/Certify without
visible signature.
3. Press and hold mouse button down, drag to select an area on the document where you want
the signature to appear.
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Certify Document Dialog Box
4. In the pop-up Certify Document dialog box, choose a digital ID. If you don’t find the specified
digital ID, you need to get a digital ID from a third-party provider or create a self-signed
digital ID.
5. Set authorized actions for your document from the drop-down menu in the Permitted
Actions after certifying item.
6. Set the signing reason and choose an appearance type from the menu.
7. Click OK.
View Signature Properties
Signature Properties dialog box provides basic information about the signature, including the
signer, reason, date, location validity summary and details of certificate, etc.
1. Select the Annotation Selection Tool .
2. Right-click the signature, and choose Show Signature Properties from context menu.
3. In Signature Properties dialog box, you can get the information as follows:
Signed by shows the signers that sign the document.
Reason displays the reason that you create the signature.
Date shows the date time when you signed the document.
Location - shows which page the signature is located on.
Validity Summary - checks whether the document was modified after it was signed, and
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other information.
Signature Properties Dialog Box
Note: If the status is unknown, click the Show Certificate to view the details of the certificate.
Check whether the certificate has been included in your list of trusted identities, if your
certificate is not trusted, Click Install Certificate to install it to the trusted Windows Certificate
Store. If you use a self-signed digital ID, confirm that the certificate details are valid. If the
certificate isn’t valid, request a valid certificate from signer.
Uses Windows Certificate Store to Manage Trust List
Windows Certificate Store in Foxit PhantomPDF helps you manage certificates which are trusted
when you validate the digital signature. However, Adobe Acrobat has its own Trusted Identities
Manager and use Windows Certificate Store to save a self-signed digital ID. To use this feature, do
the following:
1. Open a signed PDF document, click the digital signature or right click the signature to select
Validate Signature.
2. A warning message pops up to show the signature validation status.
3. If the signature validity is unknown, click Signature Properties > Show Certificate > Install the
Certificate if you trust it.
4. The certificate will be successfully imported.
5. Click the digital signature again and a message will show you the Signature is Valid.
6. If you don’t trust the certificate any more, you can delete it from Windows Certification
Store.
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Signature Panels
The signature panel shows information about each signature in the document as well as the
change history of the document since the first signature.
Signature Panel
Open the signature panel
Click Signature button on the left of Navigation Panel.
Sign PDFs on DocuSign®
Allows users to easily send, sign and save PDF documents and forms using the industry's most
widely used eSignature solution.
Sign a PDF File
Sign a PDF on DocuSign, please refer to the following steps:
- Click the DocuSign button on toolbar.
- Choose Login to DocuSign. Type your Email account and password of DocuSign and click login.
If you do not have an account, please sign up first.
- Click the button and choose Sign with DocuSign. The application will upload your
PDF to DocuSign and you will enter into the DocuSign user interface.
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- Sign the Document
On DocuSign user interface, click More Options, you can view history, certificate, and choose
Finish Later or Sign on Paper.
- Drag the button can zoom in/out the file.
- Type the page number in Page Number textbox or click the page
number listed on the right to jump to the target page you want to place the signature.
- Click the button to choose the signature or other items from the list and drag it
to the desired location. You can place several items at the same time.
- Click the button at the top right corner of the textbox to delete the signature.
- Click Finish to complete signing. You can preview the signed PDF.
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- Select the download or printing button to get the PDF with signature.
- Select the DocuSign button and choose Logout from DocuSign.
Send a PDF via DocuSign
- Open a PDF you want to send with PhantomPDF.
- Click DocuSign button and choose Send via DocuSign.
- Login to the website.
- Click to choose the signature or other items from list and drag it to the location
where you want to sign. You can place several items at the same time.
- Click the button to add the recipients address.
- Click the button to edit the email subject line and content.
- Click Send to send the PDF.
Quick PDF Signature
Quick PDF Sign enables you to create your self-signed signatures and add the signature to the
page directly. You dont need to create different signatures for different roles or other
complicated settings.
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To create your own handwriting signature and sign a PDF, follow these steps.
1. Choose PROTECT > Signature > PDF Sign > Create Signature.
2. In the Create Signature dialog box, you can choose to draw now, import an image or from
clipboard to create a signature.
3. (Optional) If you choose Draw Signature, click Draw to draw your signature in Draw
Signature box, and click OK.
4. If you choose Import Image, then click Browse. And choose the image and click Open. You
can preview the image in the Preview tab.
TIP: You can sign your signature on a clean white sheet of paper using a black pen, scan it to an
image file. To create the best signature you had better scan your signature in monochrome at 600
DPI.
5. You can set your name as your signature. Then click Save. The cursor will be changed into a
rectangle.
6. Put the cursor to the place you want to sign. You can resize it by clicking it and dragging the
handle. You can also move it by dragging it to other places. To remove it, select the signature
and press Delete.
7. To apply the signature to the document, double-click the signature or right-click the
signature and select Apply signature. Select Place on Multiple Pages, and then you can
specify the page(s) you want to place.
Note: Once applied, the signature can no longer be edited or deleted.
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To manage the signature, do the following:
Choose PROTECT > Signature > PDF Sign > Manage Signature. In the Manage Signature dialog box,
click Create to create a signature. Select a signature you created, click Edit and you can change
your signature. You can preview the signature after you edit it. To delete a signature, select the
signature and click Delete.
Redaction (Available in Business Only)
Redaction feature allows you to remove sensitive information from your document prior to
making it available to the others. You are able to mark the text or graphics for Redaction first,
and then apply the redaction.
Mark for Redaction
To mark the text or graphics for redaction, do the following:
Select PROTECT > Redaction > Mark for Redaction, and the hand tool changes into a Cross
automatically.
(Optional)Double-click an image to mark an entire image which will be in a red rectangle.
(Optional)Hold the pointer over the text you want to redact and drag a rectangle around it.
The rectangle will be filled with black color once moving close the pointer to the selected
area.
Apply Redactions
You need to apply the redactions after marking the text or graphics you want to redact. To
apply the redaction, do the following:
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Select PROTECT > Redaction > Apply Redactions.
A dialog box pops up to give a warning message and asks if you are sure to apply the
redaction or not.
Select Apply after you have marked all content that you want to redact.
Search and Remove Text
Select PROTECT > Redaction > Search and Redact.
Type the text you wish to redact into the search dialogue box and select search.
Check the results you want to redact.
Click the button Mark Checked Results for Redaction at the bottom of the search dialogue
box.
Choose PROTECT> Redaction > Apply Redactions.
To use the Full Search, please refer to “advanced search”.
Note: This operation cannot be undone and the selected content will be removed permanently
when you select Apply. It is recommended that you save a backup copy of this document before
you apply redaction.
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Chapter 10 Print
Printing is a process for reproducing text and images. When you have finished reading a helpful
article or designing a PDF form, you may need to send it to an inkjet or laser printer and print it
out with custom page sizes. With this section, you can get the help to set options in the Print
dialog box to ensure that the finished document appears as intended.
Print a PDF document
1. Make sure you have installed the printer successfully.
2. Choose Print from the File menu.
3. Specify the printer or plotter, page range, number of copies, and other options.
4. Click to Print.
Print a portion of a page
To print a portion of a page, you need to refer to the Snapshot tool .
- Select the Snapshot tool by choosing HOME >Tools > Snapshot.
- Drag around the area you want to print.
- Right-click in the selected area > choose Print, and then refer to the Print Dialog.
Print a portion of a page
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Print multiple pages with page thumbnails
To perform a quick print, you can select multiple pages from a document from the thumbnail list.
Open the document that you want to print, and then click Pages button on the left
navigation panel.
Shift-click / Ctrl-click/ drag the mouse to select a range of page thumbnails from the
document.
Select Print Pages from the right-click menu, and then click OK.
Print tabs
You can print one tab you are opening from the tab bar or print out all documents opened in the
tab bar at a time.
1. Move the pointer to the tab bar
2. Right click > Choose Print Current Tab/Print All Tabs.
Print Dialog
The print dialog is the final step before printing. You can modify the printer in this dialog as well.
Be aware that changing the printer may affect the page setup if the new selected printer has a
different paper size, for instance.
To open the Print dialog box, choose FILE > Print.
The Print Dialog Box
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Subset Provides options for setting noncontiguous page range.
All Pages in Range Prints all the pages within the specified range.
Odd pages only Prints only pages with odd numbers within the specified range.
Even pages only Prints only pages with even numbers within the specified range.
Note: This option is especially helpful for two-side printing.
Reverse pages Prints pages in reverse order. If page ranges are entered, the pages print
opposite of the order in which they were entered. For example, if you select to print the
document from page 5 to page 30, selecting Reverse pages option will print page 30 to page
5.
Collate Assembles the printouts in a proper numerical or logical order when printing
several copies. This option will be disabled when printing just one copy.
Scaling Type None, Fit to Printer Margins, Reduce to Printer Margins, Multiple Pages per
Sheet, Custom Scale and Tile Large Pages.
Tile Large Pages means to tile the pages that are larger than the selected paper size at a
specified scale.
Choose Paper Source by PDF Page Size Automatically selects the paper type according to
the page size of the PDFs when printing.
Auto-Rotate Adjusts the PDF documents orientation to match the orientation specified in
the printer properties.
Auto-Center Places the PDF pages in the center.
Print as image Prints pages as bitmap images. If normal printing doesnt work or doesnt
produce well, check this option and specify a resolution next to it.
Print as Grayscale Converts color images in the file to shades of gray.
Print What Specifies to print documents only, annotations only or both.
Document Prints the document contents without annotations.
Document and Annotations Prints document contents and annotations.
Annotations Prints annotations only.
Preview Foxit PhantomPDF provides an instant preview in the Print dialog box.
Set Foxit PhantomPDF Printer Properties
Before you create a PDF file, you may wish to access PDF Printing Preferences to set up options
for your PDF files, there are two ways to access PDF Preferences.
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1. Accessing the PDF printing Preferences from Control Panel
Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes.
Right-click on the Foxit PhantomPDF Printer and then select Printing Preferences.
2. Accessing the PDF Printing Preferences from the Print dialog box.
When you print a file and open the Print dialog box, simply click on the Properties button,
you can bring up the PDF Printing Preferences.
General tab
Default Folder for Generated PDF File - allows you to assign a destination folder to place
the PDF files after generations.
Overwrite existing PDF file without confirmation - By default, this option is checked. If you
don’t hope your file is overwritten without any prompt, you should uncheck this option.
Use default filename and save to default folder If you don’t want to change the original
filename, just check this option and the generated PDF file will be automatically saved to
the default folder you have assigned.
Open the file after converting By default, this option is checked; the generated PDF file
will automatically open after conversion.
Compress images using lossy algorithm - allows you to reduce the image size but with
lower quality during generating PDF files. By default, it’s checked.
Compressibility allows you to specify the compressibility.
Gray Prints color images in the file to shades of gray.
Image Resolution - allows you to input a DPI (dot per inch) level for image resolution. The
valid level value is between 72 -300.
Support PDF/A 1b Standard allows you to archive PDF files.
Save As Default - If you hope all your settings can be applied to all documents, you must
keep the option checked. If you uncheck it, your settings will be effective for the current
document only.
PDF Specification Version - With Foxit PhantomPDF, you can choose PDF reference version
from 1.3 to 1.7 when creating PDFs. Choosing the right PDF reference version can help the
PDFs you created better compatible with different PDF viewers.
Layout tab
Page Form - This option is for you to click one of paper types, or click Custom-size form and
then enter the Paper Size dimensions in the Width and Height boxes.
Layout Preview - You can see how your document layout will look with the selected options
from Page Form.
Paper Size - When you click Custom-size Form from the Page Form, this option is activated,
and you can enter dimensions in the Width and Height boxes.
Unit of Metrics - Allows you to change the unit of measurement, including inches,
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centimeter and millimeters.
Orientation - Allows you to change the page orientation.
Fonts tab
Embed Fonts
Embed all fonts All fonts in the Font Source list will be embedded into your PDF document
when you choose this option. To ensure that the PDF file you create is fully portable and
readable on computers that may not have the same fonts installed, you should embed all
fonts to guarantee that none are missed.
Embed non-standard fonts This option allows you to embed nonstandard fonts installed
in your computer to your PDF document.
Note: This will increase the size of your document considerably, particularly if you are using
Unicode languages like Asian languages. The font embedding list will be disabled when this
option is selected.
Use the font embedding list below Font embedding list will be available when you select this
option. You can check and uncheck the fonts in the list to choose the fonts you want to embed
into PDF files.
Don’t embed any fonts All fonts in the embedding list will be unchecked when this option
is selected. And when you read the created PDF files, fonts installed on your computer will
be used.
Show warning message when the document contains fonts that are not allowed to be
embedded If you check this, when you open a document which contains fonts that are not
allowed to be embedded, a warning message will prompt.
DocumentInfo tab
Add information to the document This option allows you to set PDF document properties, such
as Title, Subject, Author, etc. You can add information when it is checked.
PDF Information You can enter the title, subject, author, keywords and creator of the document.
Producer is the Foxit PhantomPDF.
About tab
This tab shows the information of Foxit PhantomPDF and the related copyrights and information.
Watermarks tab
Add watermarks to the document If you want to add watermarks to your document, you can
select this option and choose to add Image Watermarks or Text Watermarks.
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Image watermarksYou can browse your computer for an image and change the Opacity,
Rotation and Offsets of the image which will be added into your document as a watermark.
Text Watermarks
Font
This option is activated only when Text Watermarks is selected and you can choose the font name,
font size and font color from the drop-down menus.
Text
You can enter text in the Content box and change the Opacity and Rotation of the text which will
be added into your document as a watermark.
Offset
This option allows you to change the unit of measurement and specify the width, height of the
image/text, etc.
Scale
A. To resize the watermark in relation to the original image size, check Absolute Scale and enter a
number in the percentage box.
B. To resize the watermark in relation to the PDF page dimensions, check Relative Scale and enter
a number in the percentage box.
Preview
You can see how the watermark will look like with the selected options.
Headers/Footers tab
Add Headers/Footers to the Document
This option allows you to add headers/footers to your PDF document. By checking this option,
the following options will be activated.
Font
You can choose the font name, font size and font color from the boxes.
Edit
This option allows you to edit headers/footers and you can specify their styles.
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Click Insert Date to insert date to the PDF document.
Click Insert Page Num to insert page number to the PDF document.
You can enter text in the columns (Left Column, Center Column and Right Column) if needed.
Offsets
This option allows you to change the unit of measurement and specify the margins for all 4 sides.
Preview
You can see how the headers/footers will look with the selected options.
Security tab
The security feature of PDF gives you exceptional control over PDF files. Choose an encrypt type.
1. Password Encryption
Password
Require a password to open the document selects to require users to type the password
you specify to open the document.
Document Open Password specifies a password that users must type to open the
document.
Permission
Require to add document restriction restricts actions to PDF files, such as printing, editing,
etc.
Permission Specification
Printing Allowed specifies the level of printing users are allowed for the PDF document.
A. Print with low resolution allows users to print at no higher than 150-dpi resolution.
B. Print with high resolution allows users to print at any resolution.
Changes Allowed defines which editing actions are allowed in the document.
A. Fill in a form lets users fill in forms. The option doesn’t mean that users can create
form fields.
B. Comments in the document lets users add comment to the PDF document.
C. Manage pages and bookmarks lets users insert, rotate, delete pages, as well as add
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bookmarks.
D. Any except extracting pages let users do all editing actions listed above except
extracting pages.
Enable copying of text, image and other context - defines the contents that are allowed to be
extracted in the PDF document.
Enable text access for screen reader device for visually impaired - Facilitates the visually
impaired users to use voice recognition software in screen reader devices to read the generated
PDF files.
Encrypt Setting
Encryption Algorithm - defines data transformations that cannot be easily reversed by
unauthorized users. Foxit Creator supports 128-bit AES and 128-bit ARC-FOUR.
Don’t encrypt metadata encrypts the contents of a PDF file but allow search engines
access to the document metadata when it is checked.
2. Certificate Encryption
Recipient List
- Click Import to import certificate from Windows Certificate store.
- Click Browse to import certificate from disk.
- Click Remove to delete a recipient from recipient list.
- Click Details to view the detail of the certificate.
Permission Specification
Printing Allowed specifies the level of printing users are allowed for the PDF document.
A. Print with low resolution allows users to print at no higher than 150-dpi resolution.
B. Print with high resolution allows users to print at any resolution.
Changes Allowed defines which editing actions are allowed in the document.
A. Fill in a form lets users fill in forms. The option doesn’t mean that users can create
form fields.
B. Comments in the document lets users add comment to the PDF document.
C. Manage pages and bookmarks lets users insert, rotate, delete pages, as well as add
bookmarks.
D. Any except extracting pages let users do all editing actions listed above except
extracting pages.
Enable copying of text, image and other context - defines the contents that are allowed to be
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extracted in the PDF document.
Enable text access for screen reader device for visually impaired - Facilitates the visually
impaired users to use voice recognition software in screen reader devices to read the generated
PDF files.
Encrypt Setting
Encryption Algorithm - defines data transformations that cannot be easily reversed by
unauthorized users. Foxit Creator supports 128-bit AES and 128-bit ARC-FOUR.
Don’t encrypt metadata encrypts the contents of a PDF file but allow search engines
access to the document metadata when it is checked.
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Chapter 11 Appendices
This section is a collection of supplementary materials for this user manual, including Keyboard
Shortcuts, List of Supported UI Languages, and Command Lines.
Shortcut Keys
There are number of keyboard shortcuts that you can use to speed up your navigation within the
Foxit PhantomPDF. You can both use the default keyboard shortcuts and customize your own
shortcuts.
To customize the keyboard shortcuts, please go to Tools > Customize Toolbars > Keyboards or
right click on the toolbar to choose Customize.
Some particularly important ones are listed here.
File Keys
Action
Shortcut
Open File
Ctrl + O
Close File
Ctrl + W, or Ctrl + F4
Save As
Ctrl + Shift + S
Close All
Ctrl + Shift + W
Print a Document
Ctrl + P
Exit Foxit PhantomPDF
Ctrl + Q, or Alt+F4
Save
Ctrl + S
Create PDF from file
Ctrl + N
Document Properties
Ctrl + D
View Keys
Action
Shortcut
Full Screen
F11
Exit Full Screen Mode
ESC, or F11
Switch to Text Viewer
Ctrl + 6
Zoom In
Ctrl + Num +
Zoom Out
Ctrl + Num -
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Zoom To
Ctrl + M
Actual Size
Ctrl + 1
Fit to Page
Ctrl + 0
Fit Width
Ctrl + 2
Fit Visible
Ctrl + 3
Rotate Clockwise
Ctrl + Shift + Plus
Rotate Counterclockwise
Ctrl + Shift + Minus
Reset Toolbars
Alt + F8
Show/Hide Toolbars
F8
AutoScroll
Ctrl + Shift + H
Stop AutoScroll
ESC
Reverse View
F11
Show or hide Menu Bar
F9
Switch between tabs
Ctrl + Tab
View file in read mode
Ctrl + H
Bold the text
Ctrl + B
Italic the text
Ctrl + I
Preview page by page in Print Preview
Page Up/Down
Move to the first preview page in Print Preview
Ctrl + Home
Move to the last preview page in Print Preview
Ctrl + End
Go to Page
Ctrl + G
First Page
Ctrl + Home
Previous Page
Ctrl + Page Up
Next Page
Ctrl + Page Down
Last Page
Ctrl + End
Previous View
Alt + Left
Next View
Alt + Right
Marquee Zoom
Alt + 5
Read Current Page
Ctrl + Shift + V
Read from Current Page
Ctrl + Shift + B
Stop
Ctrl + Shift + E
Rulers
Ctrl + R
Show or hide Navigation pane
F4
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Start Page
Ctrl + Alt + S
Edit Keys
Action
Shortcut
Copy
Ctrl + C, or Ctrl + Insert
Cut
Ctrl + X
Paste
Ctrl + V
Undo (Undo an action)
Ctrl + Z
Redo (Redo or repeat an action)
Ctrl + Shift + Z
Select All (Select all items in a document or
window)
Ctrl + A
Add Bookmark
Ctrl + B
Preferences
Ctrl + K
Go to fillable field by tab order
Tab
Go to fillable field by tab in reversed order
Shift + Tab
Commenting Text Tool Keys
Action
Shortcut
Copy
Ctrl + C
Highlight
Ctrl + Shift + L
StrikeOut
Ctrl + Shift + T
Underline
Ctrl + Shift + U
Squiggly
Ctrl + Shift + Q
Replace
Ctrl + Shift + R
Note: These shortcuts are only available when you have selected text with Commenting Text Tool.
Tool Keys
Action
Shortcut
Hand Tool
Alt + 3
Zoom Out Tool
Alt + 4
Zoom In Tool
Alt + 5
Select Text
Alt + 6
Snapshot
Alt + 7
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Typewriter
Alt + 8
Find Text (Open the Navigation task pane to
search document.)
Ctrl + F
Find Next
F3
Find Previous
Shift + F3
Search
Ctrl + Shift + F
Document Keys
Action
Shortcut
Page Down
Space
Page Up
Shift + Space
Expand the selected area to the next character on
the right
Shift + Right
Expand the selected area to the next character on
the left
Shift + Left
Expand the selected area to the end of a word
Ctrl + Shift + Right
Expand the selected area to the beginning of a
word
Ctrl + Shift + Left
Expand the selected area to the end of a row
Shift + End
Expand the selected area to the beginning of a
row
Shift + Home
Expand the selected area next Row
Shift + Down
Expand the selected area previous Row
Shift + Up
Expand the selected area to the beginning of a
document
Ctrl + Shift + Home
Expand the selected area to the end of a
document
Ctrl + Shift + End
Move left by a character
Left
Move right by a character
Right
Move left by a word
Ctrl + Left
Move right by a word
Ctrl + Right
Move up by a row
Up
Move down by a row
Down
Move to the end
End
Move to the beginning
Home
Move to the top of next page
Ctrl + Page Down
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Move to the top of previous page
Ctrl + Page Up
Move to the end of the document
Ctrl + End
Move to the beginning of the document
Ctrl + Home
Help Keys
Help
F1
Command Lines
Here are some command lines that can be used to Foxit PhantomPDF:
Command
Result
-Register
Set Foxit PhantomPDF as default reader.
-pwd<password>
Input the password of the protected PDF documents.
/p <PDF path>
Print the document with default printer
/t <PDF Path> [Printer]
Print the document with designated printer
<PDF Path> /A [][]..
Open a PDF document with a command to exactly specify what to
display and how to display
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Contact Us
Feel free to contact us should you need any information or have any problems with our products.
We are always here, ready to serve you better.
Office Address:
Foxit Corporation
42840 Christy Street. Suite 201
Fremont CA 94538
USA
Mailing Address:
Foxit Corporation
42840 Christy Street. Suite 201
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USA
Sales:
1-866-680-3668 (24/7)
Support:
1-866-MYFOXIT or 1-866-693-6948(24/7)
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Website:
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E-mail:
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