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Contents ............................................................................................................... 3

Chapter 1 – Introduction ....................................................................................... 6

PhantomPDF Overview ..................................................................................................................... 6

What’s New? ..................................................................................................................................... 7

About the User Manual ..................................................................................................................... 9

Quick Installation Guide .................................................................................................................... 9

Online Help ....................................................................................................................................... 9

Foxit Plug-In Platform ...................................................................................................................... 10

GPO ................................................................................................................................................. 11

Using Foxit Setup Customization Tool ............................................................................................. 12

Chapter 2 – Get Started ........................................................................................ 13

Workspace Basics ............................................................................................................................ 13

Customize the Skin .......................................................................................................................... 18

Set Preferences ............................................................................................................................... 18

Chapter 3 – Read .................................................................................................. 37

Open PDFs ....................................................................................................................................... 37

Save PDFs ........................................................................................................................................ 38

Close a PDF ...................................................................................................................................... 39

Export PDFs ..................................................................................................................................... 40

View PDFs ........................................................................................................................................ 41

View 3D Content in PDFs ................................................................................................................. 59

Select & Copy .................................................................................................................................. 60

Word Count ..................................................................................................................................... 62

Chapter 4 – Create ............................................................................................... 63

Create a PDF in Different Ways ....................................................................................................... 63

Create and Customize a PDF Portfolio ............................................................................................ 81

OCR PDFs and PDF Portfolios .......................................................................................................... 81

Create a table of contents from bookmarks ................................................................................... 84

Industry Standard Validation and Creation ..................................................................................... 84

Chapter 5 – Edit ................................................................................................... 85

Undo and Redo ............................................................................................................................... 85

Links ................................................................................................................................................ 85

Bookmarks ...................................................................................................................................... 91

Destinations .................................................................................................................................... 93

File Attachments ............................................................................................................................. 94

Images ............................................................................................................................................. 97

PDF Optimizer ............................................................................................................................... 103

Action Wizard (Business Edition Only) .......................................................................................... 104

Work with Video & Audio ............................................................................................................. 106

Search and Replace Text ................................................................................................................ 109

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Paragraph Editing .......................................................................................................................... 110

Objects .......................................................................................................................................... 111

Articles .......................................................................................................................................... 134

Spelling Check ............................................................................................................................... 137

Working with Layers ...................................................................................................................... 137

PDF Properties .............................................................................................................................. 141

Chapter 6 – Organize .......................................................................................... 144

Insert Pages ................................................................................................................................... 144

Rotate, Move, Swap and Delete Pages .......................................................................................... 147

Extract, Duplicate and Replace Pages ........................................................................................... 149

Split PDFs into multiple files .......................................................................................................... 151

Crop Pages ..................................................................................................................................... 151

Flatten Pages ................................................................................................................................. 153

Header & Footer, Watermark & Background to PDFs ................................................................... 153

Bates Numbering (Business Edition Only) ..................................................................................... 155

Adding Format Page Numbers ...................................................................................................... 156

Chapter 7 – Comments ....................................................................................... 157

Commenting Commands............................................................................................................... 157

Change the Appearance of Comments ......................................................................................... 171

Managing Comments .................................................................................................................... 172

Chapter 8 – Share PDFs ...................................................................................... 182

Email Documents .......................................................................................................................... 182

Send to Evernote ........................................................................................................................... 182

Send to OneNote ........................................................................................................................... 183

SharePoint Integration .................................................................................................................. 183

Shared Review and Email Review .................................................................................................. 185

NetDocuments Integration ........................................................................................................... 188

iManage Work Integration ............................................................................................................ 190

OpenText eDOCS Integration ........................................................................................................ 192

OpenText Documentum Integration ............................................................................................. 193

OpenText Content Suite Integration.............................................................................................. 194

Worldox Integration ...................................................................................................................... 195

Epona DMSforLegal Integration .................................................................................................... 196

Chapter 9 – Forms .............................................................................................. 198

Interactive Form and Non-interactive form .................................................................................. 198

Fill in PDF Forms ............................................................................................................................ 199

Comment on Forms....................................................................................................................... 201

Manage Form Data ........................................................................................................................ 201

Form Fields .................................................................................................................................... 203

JavaScript ...................................................................................................................................... 226

Chapter 10 – Security ......................................................................................... 229

Check PDF Security ........................................................................................................................ 229

Password Protection & Certificate Protection .............................................................................. 229

AD RMS Protection (Business Edition Only) .................................................................................. 234

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Remove Hidden Data .................................................................................................................... 247

Redaction (Business Edition Only) ................................................................................................. 247

Windows Information Protection (WIP) ........................................................................................ 251

FIPS mode ..................................................................................................................................... 254

Chapter 11 – ConnectedPDF ............................................................................... 256

Chapter 12 – Signature ....................................................................................... 257

Digital Signature ............................................................................................................................ 257

Sign PDFs with DocuSign® .............................................................................................................. 268

Quick PDF Signature ...................................................................................................................... 269

Chapter 13 – Accessibility ................................................................................... 272

Accessibility Check and Fixes ........................................................................................................ 272

Accessible reading and navigation through accessibility preference setting and shortcut keys ... 281

Create accessible PDFs (Business only) ......................................................................................... 282

Chapter 14 – Print .............................................................................................. 294

Print PDF documents..................................................................................................................... 294

The Print dialog box ...................................................................................................................... 295

Set Foxit PhantomPDF Printer Properties ..................................................................................... 298

Chapter 15 – Appendices .................................................................................... 303

Quick Installation Guide ................................................................................................................ 303

GPO Manual .................................................................................................................................. 312

SharePoint Configuration .............................................................................................................. 326

Web Service Configuration ............................................................................................................ 328

Work with PhantomPDF via VBA scripts in Excel .......................................................................... 339

Keyboard Shortcuts ....................................................................................................................... 342

Single-key Accelerators ................................................................................................................. 346

Command Lines ............................................................................................................................. 351

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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 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 Integration  DocuSign  Participate in a Shared Review

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.

 Redaction  Document Certification  XFA Form Filling  Bates Number

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 Read out Loud  Microsoft  High Compression  SharePoint Integration  DocuSign  Send for Shared Review

Active Directory® Rights Management Service Protector and Policy Manager

What’s New?

What’s new in Foxit PhantomPDF 9.5?

New features:

 Epona DMSforLegal Integration

Use PhantomPDF to directly open/check out PDF files from Epona DMSforLegal and after

making changes save/check them in to Epona DMSforLegal.

 Accessibility Features

Offer a visual and more efficient way to change reading order directly in the document view

by drawing areas around the desired content and setting the reading order for the areas.

Tag content as note, reference, and background/artifact with the Reading Order command.

Create a link tag automatically when creating link annotation from the context menu of the

selected text in a tagged PDF.

 Viewing Article in PDF

Define a navigational path (or an article thread) for articles that arrange text content in

multiple columns and pages, so that users can skim through the PDF like in a print newspaper

or magazine, focusing on a specific article and ignoring the rest.

 Smooth Line Art

Provide an option to smooth lines when viewing a PDF that include CAD drawings, which also

makes it faster to open the PDF.

 The Whiteout Tool

Allow user to simply and securely erase any content permanently to white background from a

PDF with one click like an eraser, leaving no trace behind.

 Add pen and touch support to PhantomPDF for Microsoft Surface Pro.

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Enhancements in Foxit PhantomPDF 9.5:

 Find & Search optimization

Search and replace all the results instantly with the replacement text.

Add additional criteria (document properties) in Advanced Search for searches across multiple

PDFs and PDF indexes.

Sort instances in the search results by date modified, filename, or location when searching files

in a folder.

 Signatures and stamps enhancements

Customize the appearance of digital signatures by drawing or importing a PDF file of your

handwritten signature.

Add an option to set the current size of the signature as default when placing a signature with

the PDF Sign feature and the ability to place a signature or stamp by simply dragging a

rectangle and filling in with the selected signature or stamp proportionally.

 Improvements in comparing files

Provide a much more clear and accurate compare result after comparison.

 For a PDF digitally signed several times, with the capability to view each signed version of

the PDF, you can also view the changes made to each signed version, and compare a signed

version to the current version you have.

 Enhance the HTML to PDF feature to directly create tagged PDF files by carrying over

tags and other accessible information such as alt-text for images from the HTML file.

 Add shortcut keys for switching quickly between files in the multi-tab reading mode.

 Move and resize redaction markups before applying redactions.

 Insert entire PDF files including the file attachments to a document.

 Add an option to auto-detect portrait/landscape when printing PDFs.

 Remember last settings when organizing pages including rotating, extracting, and splitting.

 Add JavaScript APIs in more usage scenarios including modifying the user interface,

creating/modifying PDFs, and printing.

 Some other user-friendly enhancements.

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About the User Manual

This user manual covers all features included in Foxit PhantomPDF.

Quick Installation Guide

To get installation, registration, uninstallation and update instructions step by step, please refer

to Foxit PhantomPDF Quick Installation Guide.

Online Help

You can get online help about how to read and work with PDF files from within Foxit PhantomPDF

using the Help Center and Content-sensitive Help features. (The online help is only available in

English version.)

Help Center

Help Center helps you navigate top help topics and get help online. To access the Help Center,

please click Help tab > Help > Help Center. In the Help Center, you can input a keyword in the

Search box to search for any desired topic. While reading the help contents, you can click

to move back to the previous view, or click to return to the Home Page of the Help Center.

Content-sensitive Help

Content-sensitive Help assists users by providing help based on a specific task they perform. This

enables users to get specific information about whatever feature of the application they are using

at the given moment.

To access Content-sensitive Help:

Hover your mouse over a button, and you will see the tip which gives you the basic instruction of

the feature. If Foxit PhantomPDF contains additional help about the feature, you can click Tell me

more to learn more about it in Help Center.

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Foxit Plug-In Platform

For flexible and convenient management of plugins, Foxit PhantomPDF offers a Plug-in Platform,

in which you can view the plug-in status, learn the information about the plugins installed, as well

as manage the plug-ins as needed.

To open Foxit Plug-in Platform, please choose Help > Product > Foxit Plug-Ins.

Plug-in Status

Certified: Shows whether the signature of the plug-in is valid or not. Loaded: Shows whether the plug-in has been loaded successfully or not.

Note: Some plug-ins are not loaded immediately (i.e. the Certified and Loaded items are

unchecked). These plug-ins will be loaded and certified after you use the related features.

Plug-in Information

In addition to plug-in status, you can learn more information about the plug-in installed,

including the name, date, description and legal copyright.

To learn the details of a plug-in, please click More… under the general description of the plug-in

in the Foxit Plug-in Platform.

Plug-in Management

Within Foxit Plug-in Platform, you can manage the plug-ins as needed, including installing,

enabling, disabling and uninstalling plug-ins.

Installing a Plug-in

To install a plug-in, please follow the steps below:

Select Help > Product > Foxit Plug-Ins to open Foxit Plug-In Platform; Click Install Plugin > choose the plug-in file (in .xml format) > click Open.

Then Foxit PhantomPDF will verify whether the signature of the plug-in to be installed is valid or

not. If it is valid, Foxit PhantomPDF will load the plug-in directly; if not, a prompt message will

pop up (as shown below), and the installation will be terminated.

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Note: The .xml and .fpi files of a plug-in to be installed should be placed in the same folder,

otherwise, installation will fail.

Disabling a Plug-in

To disable a plug-in, please follow the steps below:

Select Help > Product > About Foxit Plug-Ins to open Foxit Plug-in Platform. Select the plug-in you want to disable, and click the Disable button to disable it.

Enabling a plug-in

To enable a plug-in, please follow the steps below:

Select Help > Product > About Foxit Plug-Ins to open Foxit Plug-in Platform. Select the plug-in to be enabled, and click the Undo Disable button to enable it.

Uninstalling a custom plug-in

To uninstall a custom plug-in (not built by Foxit), please follow the steps below:

Select Help > Product > About Foxit Plug-Ins to open Foxit Plug-in Platform. Select the plug-in to be uninstalled, and click the Uninstall button to uninstall it.

Note:

1. All the operations to the plug-ins will take effect after you restart Foxit PhantomPDF.

2. Foxit PhantomPDF includes plug-ins that are necessary for the realization of its functionalities or

are necessarily required for maintenance. To ensure normal operation, you are not allowed to

disable or uninstall these plug-ins (such as Foxit Updater plugin, Foxit Plug-in Platform plugin, etc.)

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 and computer accounts. It offers the centralized

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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 refer to Foxit PhantomPDF GPO

Manual.

Using Foxit Setup Customization Tool

You can use the Foxit Setup Customization Tool to configure the installer prior to deployment for

organizations or businesses. For example, you can license the product on a volume scale with the

Foxit Setup Customization Tool to prevent the need to register and personalize each copy of the

installation. Foxit PhantomPDF will retain all your configuration settings when you upgrade it to a

new version.

To configure Foxit PhantomPDF with the Foxit Setup Customization Tool, please follow the steps

below:

 Open the Foxit Setup Customization Tool.  Click File > Open to open the application (MSI file) that you want to customize.  Open the following panels to customize the related settings in Foxit PhantomPDF.

 General: Customize the default location and other common settings.  Features: Specify which features will be installed by default.  Shortcuts: Choose whether to create a specific shortcut.  Add File: Add your own files into the MSI package.

 Click File > Save to save the customization. The customized package will be saved as an MST

file.

 Use the following command to apply the MST file during deployment:

msiexec /i Setup.msi TRANSFORMS=xxx.mst

Note:

1. The customized MST file needs to be deployed with the original MSI file.

2. Foxit Setup Customization Tool is only available for Foxit PhantomPDF & Reader 7.3 and

newer versions. To ensure successful customization, the version of the Foxit Setup

Customization Tool should be the same as that of Foxit Reader & PhantomPDF.

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Chapter 2 – Get Started

The Foxit PhantomPDF workspace is packed with commands 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

Foxit PhantomPDF provides an intuitive user interface with a menu bar, a toolbar, a navigation pane,

work area and status bar.

About Start Page

The Start Page appears when you first start Foxit PhantomPDF and shows the recent documents

opened, helpful product tutorials, and more. You can click any document you recently opened from

the recent document list or choose one tutorial for any feature to learn about our product.

The Start Page will continue to appear every time you start the program until you uncheck the

Show Start Page at File > Preferences > General > Application Startup.

Toolbar

The toolbar displays the File page (the backstage view like Office 2013) and other tabs with

different commands. You can easily and quickly find the command you need by clicking in the Tell

me what you want to do… box (or press Alt +Q) near a bubble on the menu bar and typing

the name or description of the command you need. Then Foxit PhantomPDF will display a list of

matching commands from which you can select and activate the desired feature.

Toolbar under the Home Tab

Note: Position the pointer over a command to see a description of the command.

Click File to create, open, save to manage your PDF files.

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File Page

Show/Hide Toolbar

To show/hide all toolbars, please do the following:

To hide the toolbar, please click the arrow located on the lower-right corner of the ribbon.

To show the toolbar, choose a tab and click the pushpin icon located on the lower-right corner of the ribbon.

Right-click toolbar and check Minimize the Ribbon option to hide the ribbon toolbar and

uncheck the option to have the ribbon displayed.

Set Favorite Toolbar

The Ribbon is designed to help you find the commands in an easy and convenient way. Foxit

PhantomPDF gives you the capability to personalize and fine-tune the Ribbon in the way you want.

With this feature, you can customize the default Ribbon, and create custom tabs or groups with

your favorite commands.

To customize the Ribbon, you can right click the Ribbon, choose Customize the Ribbon from the

context menu to bring out the Customize Tools dialog box first, and then follow the steps below.

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Create a new tab

To create a new tab, please do one of the following:

 Select the tab after which you want to add the new tab, and then click New Tab.  (Alternatively) Right-click the tab after which you want to add the new tab, and then choose

New Tab from the context menu.

Add a new group to a tab

To add a new group to a tab, please do one of the following:

 Select the tab to which you want to add the group, and then click New Group.  (Alternatively) Right-click the tab to which you want to add the group, and then choose New

Group from the context menu.

Rename a tab or group

 Select the tab or group to be renamed, and click Rename.  (Alternatively) Right-click the tab or group to be renamed, and choose Rename from the

context menu.

 In the Rename dialog box, input the new name and click OK.  For a custom group, you can also choose the display symbol from the Rename dialog box.

Add commands to a group

 Select the group under which you want to add a command.  Choose the command category and the desired command from the Choose command from

list.

 Click Add to add the selected command to the desired group.

Remove a tab, group or command

To remove a tab, group or command, please do one of the following:

 Select the tab, group or command to be removed, and click Remove.  (Alternatively) Right-click the tab, group or command to be removed, and choose Delete from

the context menu.

Reorder the tabs or groups

To reorder the tabs or groups, please do one of the following:

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 Select the tab or group you want to reorder, then click the Up or Down arrow

to move accordingly.

 (Alternatively) Right-click the tab or group you want to reorder, and then select Move Item

Up or Move Item Down to move accordingly.

Reset the Ribbon

 Click Reset in the Customize Tools dialog box to reset the Ribbon to the default settings.

Import a customized Ribbon

 Click Import.  In the Open dialog box, select the Ribbon customization file (.xml file), and click Open.

Note: After importing a Ribbon customization file, you will lose all the arrangements you have

customized previously. If you want to revert to the customization you currently have, it is easier to

export the customized Ribbon before importing any customization.

Export a customized Ribbon

 Click Export.  In the Save As dialog box, specify the file name and path and click Save.

Note:

1. After customization, you need to click OK in the Customize Ribbon tab to save and apply your

customizations to the Ribbon.

2. To help you distinguish a default tab or group from the customized ones, the custom tabs or

groups in the Customize the Ribbon list are tabbed with “(Custom)” after the name (like this:

), but the word “(Custom)” will not appear in the Ribbon.

3. The commands in the default group under a default tab are displayed in grey, and they cannot

be renamed, reordered, or removed.

4. You cannot remove default tabs in Foxit PhantomPDF.

Mouse/Touch Mode

Foxit PhantomPDF adds a Mouse/Touch Mode button on the Quick Access toolbar. In Touch Mode,

the buttons within the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar will appear with more space surrounding

them onscreen, making it easier to work on touch devices. To toggle between Mouse Mode and

Touch Mode, please click the button on the Quick Access toolbar.

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Navigation Panels

Show or hide the navigation panels

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 . After right-clicking the

navigation pane, you can select and open more panels.

To show the navigation panels, use keyboard shortcut F4, or click View > View Setting >

Navigation Panels > Show Navigation Panels, or right-click on the page and choose

Show Navigation Panels.

To hide the navigation panels, use keyboard shortcut F4, or click View > View Setting >

Navigation Panels > Hide Navigation Panels, or right-click on the page and choose Hide

Navigation Panels.

To open a navigation panel, click its button on the left side of the navigation pane. To close a navigation panel, click its button on the left side of the navigation pane.

Adjust the navigation pane

Like the toolbars, the navigation pane 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 pane

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.

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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 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 Skin

There are five kinds of skin, Classic, Black, Blue, Orange and Purple that allow the user to change

the look of the software.

To change the skin of the workspace, please do the following:

Go to File > Change Skin. Check the skin you like and click OK.

Set Preferences

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, Security, Signature, and Trust Manager. Once you set preferences, they

remain in effect until you change them.

1. Choose File > Preferences.

2. Select the type of preference you want to change under the list of categories.

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Accessibility

Document Colors Options

 Replace document colors: Check to activate other options to change the document colors. A. Use Windows color scheme: Sets document colors according to the color scheme of your

Windows preferences.

B. Use High-Contrast colors: Choose the high-contrast color combination for page

background and document text to improve readability.

C. Custom color: Changes the color of Page Background and Document Text. D. Only change the color of black text: Change only the black text and leave the colored text

unchanged when you replace document colors.

E. Change the color of text or black line art: Change the color of text or black line arts when

you replace document colors.

Override Page Display

A. Always use Page Layout Style: Set a page layout as default for all PDF documents and

override other page display settings.

B. Always use Zoom Setting: Specify a default zoom setting for all PDF documents and

override other page display settings.

Other Accessibility Options

A. Use document structure for tab order when no explicit tab order is specified: Improve the

navigation of form fields and links in documents that don’t specify a tab order.

B. Always display the keyboard selection cursor: Select this option and the Select Text and

Image command will be selected automatically when you open a PDF. If you are using a

screen magnifier, it’s recommended to select this option.

C. Always use the system selection color: Override the default selection color (blue) with a

color that the system specified.

D. Show Portfolios in Files mode: Display PDF Portfolio component files and file details in a

list. Please note that if you set the default view for PDF portfolios in Portfolio > View >

Default view setting, that default view setting will prevail over this accessibility setting.

Accessibility Checker Option

Show accessibility checker options dialog when the checker start: check this option to show

the Accessibility Checker Options dialog box when you run Full Check.

Commenting

Viewing Comments

A. Pop-up opacity: Sets the opacity of popup notes for annotation commands. B. Print notes and pop-ups: Specify whether or not to print sticky notes and pop-up notes

associated with comments in PDF as they appear on the page. Please note that if you

want to print the pop-up notes associated with comments, you should open the pop-up

notes that you want to print in the PDF file, and adjust their placement on the page before

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printing to ensure that they don’t overlap or spill off the page. While printing, make sure

that you select the Document and markups option in Print What group in the Print dialog

box.

C. Ensure that pop-ups are visible as the document is scrolled: Ensure that the pop-up boxes

float along with the page as the document is scrolled. This option is checked by default.

Making Comments

A. Always use User Name of the log-in account for Author name: Use the user name of the

log-in account as the author name while making comments. If a user does not set the

user name for the Foxit log-in account, the prefix of the email address will be used as the

author name instead.

B. Copy selected text into Highlight, Squiggly Underline, Underline, and Strikeout comment

pop-ups: Check this option to copy and paste the selected text to comment pop-up notes

automatically when you highlight, squiggly underline, underline, or strikeout annotation

in PDF documents.

Pencil Setting:

A. Enable to select pencil annotation when drawing: when the Pencil command is selected,

the cursor changes into a pencil . If this option is selected, the pencil changes into an

arrow when you put it over a pencil annotation, and you can click the annotation to

select it. If the option is not selected, the pencil will not change into an arrow.

B. Click to create annotations: if selected, you start to draw with the pencil when you click

on the page, and in other words, only one click creates a pencil annotation; if not selected,

you do not start to draw until you click and drag the pencil.

C. Set Timeout: specifies a period of time within which all of the drawings/plans completed

is one pencil annotation, after which what you draw is another pencil annotation.

Editing: Sets the text direction for text comments, including left to right and right to left.

ConnectedPDF

Data Collection

Allow usage data to be used in ConnectedPDF features: If this option is checked, the document

usage data will be shared with Foxit servers when you are using ConnectedPDF features. This data

will be used for development purposes and enhancing user experience only. You can click here to

learn about the privacy policy.

Use ConnectedPDF Format

1. Automatically save PDF files in ConnectedPDF format (including those created from plugins)

only when signed in: If this option is checked, Foxit PhantomPDF will automatically convert the

files into ConnectedPDF format when creating or saving PDF files.

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2. Automatically convert Office files to Connected when converting to PDF via Office add-in: If

this option is checked, after converting the Office document to ConnectedPDF format, the

Office document will become connected, and you will then be able to view the document

homepage of the converted ConnectedPDF by clicking the Document Homepage button under

the FOXIT PDF tab in Microsoft Office.

How to show web pages

When using ConnectedPDF, Foxit PhantomPDF will display ConnectedPDF-related information

(such as the Document Homepage and Personal Homepage) in web pages. You can choose to

display the web pages in the tabs within the application, or in your default browser.

Default Permissions

Document owners can restrict some features, including Register New Version and Start Connected

Review, to better control documents by adding default permission settings. By default, Started

Connected Review is restricted and other users who want to start a Connected Review session will

need to apply to the document owner.

Create PDF

Create PDF feature allows users to set the Page Size of PDF to be created.

A. Fixed size: Sets the size and direction of PDF through drop-down list. B. Custom: Customizes the Page Size of PDF to be created. You can select the units first and then

set the width and height of page as needed.

C. Insert printed PDFs into previously generated documents, except those created by Foxit

PhantomPDF: Check it to append newly generated PDF files to a previously generated one

which are created by Print command in other application using Foxit PhantomPDF Printer.

D. Allow pop up alert when creating PDF: Check this option to show message when converting

PDFs in Microsoft Office by the Foxit PDF add-in.

Documents

The Document of the Preferences dialog provides several ways to browse PDF documents.

Open Settings

1. Allow multiple instances: Creates a new Foxit PhantomPDF window when double-clicked to

open a PDF file.

2. Alert user when documents request Full Screen: A message box will pop up to confirm the

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operation when opening a PDF which has been defined to be opened in full screen mode.

3. In Web Browser, display PDF in Read Mode by default: Opens a PDF in Read Mode

automatically in web browser.

4. In Foxit PhantomPDF, please choose the mode for Display PDF Mode: Display the PDFs in Read

Mode or Full Screen Mode or normal way automatically when opening PDFs with Foxit

PhantomPDF.

Prompt Messages

1. Display a prompt before closing all tabs: When you close a window with multiple tabs, Foxit

PhantomPDF will ask you to confirm your choice. This prevents you from accidentally closing

the whole window when you intend to close only the current tab.

2. Automatically save document as e-mail attachment: Automatically save the changes you

made to a document and attach the modified document to your email system for sending.

3. Allow to choose the page range when attaching the tab to a new email message: If this

option is selected, you can specify the page range you want to send when emailing the

current PDF file to others.

PDF/A View mode

Sets to view documents in PDF/A view mode (i.e. read-only mode) to prevent modifications

to the documents.

1. Never: Never open documents in PDF/A view mode.

2. Only for PDF/A documents: Switch to read-only mode automatically when a PDF/A

document is opened.

Save Setting

Configure the time intervals for when the document will be automatically saved. Check Save

As optimizes for Fast Web View to save documents as linearized PDFs that can be opened and

viewed from web browsers even before the whole file is downloaded.

Preferred Save As Location

If you have configured a preferred save as location, when prompted to specify a location to

save a document, the configured location will be automatically chosen in the Save As dialog

box. To add a preferred save as location, click Browse to select the location, or input the

location in the Preferred Save As Location field. If you need to remove the configured output

location, just delete the directory path in the Preferred Save As Location field.

Redaction

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After applying redaction, you can save the redacted file as a new file with the preconfigured

name automatically. To configure the name, select Adjust filename when saving applied

redaction marks, and input text in the Prefix and Suffix boxes to configure the name.

ECM Integration

NetDocuments

Users who open PDFs on NetDocuments through a browser instead of ndOffice, can return to the

legacy NetDocuments integration by checking the option Use NetDocuments integration through

browser instead of ndOffice.

SharePoint

Choose a method to open a document when you try to open a document on SharePoint. You can

choose just to open the document, check it out when opening, or ask you when opening a

document.

iManage

By default, a document is checked out when you open it from PhantomPDF. You can change the

setting as needed.

Editing

Show changed text in: Select a color the modified text will appear in when using the Edit Text

command.

Alert when there’s no editable text when using ‘Edit Text’ tool: An alert will pop up notifying the

user when there’s no editable text while using the Edit Text command.

File Associations

This option allows you to set the default PDF Viewer.

 Make Foxit PhantomPDF the default PDF viewer:

 Advanced

1. Include browser when setting default PDF viewer: check this option to set Foxit PhantomPDF

as the default PDF viewer in browser.

2. Include preview when setting default PDF viewer: check this option to set Foxit PhantomPDF

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as the default PDF viewer in preview.

3. Include thumbnail when setting default PDF viewer: check this option to set Foxit

PhantomPDF as the default PDF viewer in thumbnail view.

4. Use Foxit PhantomPDF to open embedded Acrobat files and embedded Foxit Reader PDF files

in Microsoft Office if Acrobat and Foxit Reader is not installed: check this option to set Foxit

PhantomPDF as the default PDF viewer in Microsoft Office for opening embedded Acrobat files

and Foxit Reader PDF files.

 Restore file associations: Restores settings in File Associations.

 Always perform check when starting Foxit PhantomPDF: If the default PDF viewer is not Foxit

PhantomPDF, a message box will appear for the options to set it as your default viewer every

time you run Foxit PhantomPDF.

Forms

The form tab enables you to set the preferences of the interactive form display.

Always hide document message bar: You can decide whether to show or hide the document

message bar that appears below the toolbar area when opening an interactive PDF form.

Highlight all fields: Checking this option allows you to highlight all form fields in the PDF

document. You can click the color palette to change the highlight color for ordinary fields as

well as required fields.

Enable autocomplete: If you enable the autocomplete feature, the entries you type into an

interactive form field will be stored. When filling an interactive PDF form, this feature will

suggest keywords that match your typing in the field.

Open Properties box after creating field: The properties box appears when creating a form

field.

Run form recognition when creating PDF in Foxit PhantomPDF: Foxit PhantomPDF will run

form recognition automatically when a PDF is created and opened in Foxit PhantomPDF.

Email: You can edit the default subject and contents which will be sent with the PDF form.

Full Screen

Full Screen Navigation

A. Select to show Scroll bar, Status bar, Tab bar or Navigation Panels in Full Screen mode. B. Show Exit button – Check or uncheck this option to show or hide Exit button in Full Screen

mode.

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C. One page at a time – Displays a single page at a time in Full Screen mode. D. Left click to go forward one page; right click to go back one page -- Lets you page through

a PDF document by clicking the mouse. You can also page through a document by pressing

Space, Shift + Space, or the arrow keys.

Full Screen Appearance

Background – Click the color pane and choose the color you like to be the background color

in Full Screen mode.

Full Screen Transitions

Foxit PhantomPDF supports page transition in Full Screen mode. There are 11 transition types:

Split, Blinds, Box, Wipe, Dissolve, Glitter, Fly, Push, Cover, Uncover and Fade. Also, you could set the direction for the transition.

A. Ignore all transitions: Check to ignore page transition in Full Screen mode. B. Default transition –Choose page transition for one document in the drop-down window.

C. Direction - Set the direction for the transition. D. Navigation control direction: If selected, the direction of page transition will be based on

your navigation direction in the document. For instance, if you turn to the next page, the

page will transition from top to bottom; to the previous page, the page will transition

from bottom to top. For some transitions without directions, the option is not available.

General

The General Preferences setting provides options on Basic Tools, Tab Bar, Status Bar, and

Application Startup, etc.

Basic Tools

A. Use single-key accelerators to access tools: Enable single-key accelerators to select some

commands and perform some actions with single-key shortcuts. Please refer to Single-

Key Accelerators for more details.

B. Use fixed resolution for snapshots - Sets the resolution used to copy the image captured

with the Snapshot command. Automatically uses 72 pixels as default resolution.

C. Create links from URLs - Detects the text links in PDF documents and change the non-

clickable links into clickable ones.

D. Minimize to system tray - You can save space on your task bar by minimizing Foxit

PhantomPDF to the system tray. Check this selection to minimize Foxit PhantomPDF to

the system tray when clicking the Minimize button.

E. Screen word-capturing - Check it to turn on this function that enables you to use your

mouse to capture words inside a PDF file and have it translated if you are using dictionary

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software.

F. Make Hand Tool select text - Check it to enable the Hand command to become text

selection tool when moving it to the selectable content.

G. Make Hand Tool read articles – Check it to enable the navigation of an article with the

help of the pointer. After you start the article viewing mode, with the Hand tool selected,

the pointer will automatically change to a Hand tool with an arrow in it when over an

article thread. Then the clicks with the pointer will follow the article thread, making the

article navigation effective. See also View articles. The option is checked by default.

Tab Bar

A. Max tab size: Allows you to specify a maximum tab size. B. Double-click to close Tab: Checking this option allows you to close tabs by double-clicking. C. Use recent order when switching tabs with Ctrl + Tab: In multi-tab reading, use Ctrl + Tab

to switch through open tabs in recent order you viewed them. With the option unselected,

using Ctrl + Tab to switch the tabs in the order they appear in the application window.

D. Quickly switch between tabs by using mouse wheel: In multi-tab reading, switch through

open tabs by scrolling the mouse in the tab bar. Scroll up to the previous tab, and down

to the next tab.

Status Bar

A. Auto-hide Status Bar – Hides the status bar when opening a PDF, and enables it to float at

the bottom of the page only when the cursor is moved to the bottom.

B. Show scroll lock button: Displays the scroll lock icons in the status bar.

Notification Messages

Notification messages appear at the top right corner of the document pane when you work

with interactive PDF forms, PDF/A files, or PDF files under shared review or email review, etc.

You can configure the notification message settings as required:

A. Show the message which affects the next step, such as: “OCR”: Specify whether or not to

show the procedure-related notification messages which usually contain action buttons

for you to move forward to the next step. This option is checked by default. And it is

recommended to keep the option checked so that you can work on documents during

OCR, Shared Review, or Email Review normally.

B. Show the notification related message: Specify whether or not to show the notification

related messages which inform you that a PDF file contains such elements as interactive

form fields, 3D contents, etc.

C. Show PDF/A message again: Specify whether or not to show the message when opening

a PDF/A document.

Tip: You can also change the notification message settings by clicking the gear icon on

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the message shown on the document pane. The changes of settings you made in the

notification message will be applied accordingly in the Notification Message preferences.

User Experience Improvement

Turn on or off data collection. The collected data will be used to improve the user experience

only.

Features which Require Internet Connection

Specify whether to disable all features that require Internet connection. The setting will take

effect after you restart the application.

Application Startup

A. Show Start Page: Check this option to show the start page when running Foxit

PhantomPDF.

B. Disable ConnectedPDF features: If checked, all of the ConnectedPDF features will be

unavailable and all related commands will disappear in the ribbon.

C. Show floating promotion page: Check this option to show the latest promotion offering

from Foxit if you have not activated Foxit PhantomPDF.

D. Launch in debug mode: This option is unchecked by default. Checking this option will

enable Foxit PhantomPDF to be launched in debug mode and log file will be generated

during your operation. Log file will be saved in “%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Foxit

PhantomPDF\glog”. When you encounter issues while using Foxit PhantomPDF, you can

send the log file to Foxit and the log file will be used for checking and solving your issues

only.

History

A. Restore last section when application starts: Determines whether documents start

automatically with the last viewed section.

B. Restore last view settings when reopening: Determines whether documents open

automatically with the last viewed settings.

C. Maximum number of documents in history list: Sets the maximum number of PDF

documents you read in history list. The default is 50 PDF documents.

D. Maximum number of documents in Recent Documents list: Sets the maximum number of

PDF documents you have viewed recently in the File page. The default setting is 10 PDF

documents.

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E. Show this number of unpinned Recent Folders: Set the number of unpinned recent folders

listed in File > Open > Computer or SharePoint/OneDrive for Personal or Business/Google

Drive/Dropbox. The default setting is 10 folders.

Note: Foxit PhantomPDF allows users to set “maximum number of documents in history

list”, “maximum number of documents in Recent Documents list”, and the “number of

unpinned Recent Folders” to 0.

Identity

Shows the identity of your application, including Login Name, Name, Title, Organization Name,

Organization Unit, and Email Address. The identify information is quite useful in PDF reviews. It will

help other review participants recognize your comments easily. The Login Name is set by default

(using the username of the current operation system) and cannot be changed. Except for Login

Name, you can change or complete your identity information in Identify Preferences.

Languages

Foxit PhantomPDF provides the commonly used languages to meet customers’ needs to the

upmost. Usually, Foxit PhantomPDF will automatically choose the language applied to your OS as

its default during your installation. But changing languages after installation is supportable.

To change language after installation, please follow the steps below:

Choose File > Preferences > Languages. Select Choose custom language. Select the language in either Official Language or Translated by Community. Click the website in the pop-up window to download the language package and Foxit

PhantomPDF will automatically install the language.

Click OK in the Preferences dialog box, and then choose Restart in the pop-up window to

apply the language.

Default Reading Direction: Choose a default reading direction when you’re reading a document in

Facing or Continuous Facing mode. Select Infer direction from document option from the

dropdown list to apply the binding direction specified in document’s property settings when

reading the document. Please note that if you set the default reading direction in the application’s

preferences and the binding direction in file’s properties at the same time, the binding direction

for the document specified in File > Properties > Advanced will prevail.

Layout Grid

You can also customize the grid appearance.

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Width/Height between lines: sets the spacing between grid lines. Grid offset from left/top edge: sets the origin of the grid. Subdivisions: sets the number of subdivisions within each grid square. Subdivision lines

are lighter than grid lines.

Grid line color: sets the color of grid lines.

Measuring

Measurement Units

Sets unit of page dimensions given in the status bar and print dialog.

Measurement Label

Choose to use the default measurement label or specify your own label.

Measurement Markup

Use Default Leader for Distance Measurement: Specify whether to show the line leader on

both sides of the measurement points or not while measuring the distance.

Multimedia (Legacy)

Do not use QuickTime Player for multimedia items: This option is checked by default. As Apple does

not provide security updates for its legacy QuickTime for Windows software any more, it is

recommended to keep this option checked for security purpose. When checked, Foxit PhantomPDF

will invoke a multimedia player other than QuickTime Player in your Windows system to run the

multimedia inserted in PDF files, but will not play the video if it has been specified to use QuickTime

as the required player.

Page Display

The Page Display panel of the Preferences dialog box includes the following options:

Default Layout and Zoom

A. Navigation tab: specifies the panel to be displayed in the opening view.

a) Use Initial View: minimizes the Navigation panel and hides all panels. b) Page Only: displays Pages panel by default in opening view. c) Bookmarks Panel and Page: displays Bookmarks panel by default in opening view.

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d) Pages Panel and Page: displays Pages panel by default in opening view. e) Attachments Panel and Page: displays Attachments panel by default in opening view. f) Layers Panel and Page: displays Layers panel by default in opening view.

B. Default page layout: You can view PDFs in following layouts:

a) Automatic: With this option selected, in a multi-page document, displays pages in

Continuous mode, or in Single mode if the page width is larger than the page height.

If you change the page display in the View tab, the document will display in the page

layout the last time you set.

b) Single Page -- Displays one page at a time, with no portion on other pages visible. c) Continuous -- Displays pages in a continuous vertical column that is one page wide. d) Facing -- Displays each two-page spread with no portion of other pages visible. e) Continuous Facing -- Displays facing pages side by side in a continuous vertical

column.

See also “Changing the Page layout”.

C. Zoom: Sets the magnification level for PDF documents when they are first opened. This

value overrides document settings. The default uses the settings of the PDF document.

D. Custom facing: The Default Facing for page layout is 2 pages. You can check the Custom

Facing box and set the facing layout to your own preference.

E. Custom margin: Sets the margins between different pages with Facing or Continuous

Facing page layout. The default is a margin of 8 pixels.

Rendering

A. Smooth text: Optimally adjusts text display that best suits your monitor. B. Smooth line art: Removes the abrupt angles in lines to make them smoother.

Page Content

A. Display transparency grid: Displays a grid behind transparent objects. B. Use logical page numbers: Open PDFs with the logical page numbers.

Forbid the change of the current Zoom factor during execution of ‘Go to Destination’ actions

(these actions can be launched from bookmarks): Check to forbid user to change the current

Zoom factor during execution of ‘Go to Destination’.

See also “Adjust Page Magnification”.

PDF Sign

Flatten the document when applying all signatures: Flattening the document when applying all

signatures will make all the signatures, forms, and annotations become one whole object of the

PDF page.

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Print

Printer

Print text as graphics (ignore font substitution) – Sets the text font as graphics and printout

fonts are exactly the same as the text fonts. Automatically allows quick print where Printer

Font is substituted.

Use GDI + Output for all types of printer: Specify whether to use GDI + output or not for PS

driver printers (excluding PCL driver printer) during printing.

Batch Print

A. Show print settings before printing document: Check it to show the Print dialog box

before printing a document.

B. Require confirmation when printing multiple documents: Check it to show the

confirmation message before starting batch printing.

Prompt Foxit PhantomPDF when printing in silent print mode

Specify whether to close Foxit PhantomPDF instance or not when finishing silent printing using

the command line.

Reading

Page vs Document

This preference determines how much of a document is delivered to a screen reader at a time.

If a PDF isn’t tagged, Foxit PhantomPDF may analyze the document and attempt to infer its

structure, which can take a long time for a long document. You may want to set Foxit

PhantomPDF to deliver only the currently visible page so that it analyzes only a small piece of

the document at a time. This consideration will vary depending on the size and complexity of

the document and on the features of the screen reader.

A. Only read the currently visible pages - This option is usually best when using a screen

magnifier. It improves performance by eliminating the need for the software to process

parts of the document that aren’t visible. When Foxit PhantomPDF sends only the

currently visible pages of a PDF to the memory buffer, the assistive technology has access

to those pages only. It cannot go to another page until the next page is visible and Foxit

PhantomPDF has sent the page information to the memory buffer. Therefore, if this

option is selected, you must use the navigation features of Foxit PhantomPDF, not those

of the assistive technology, to navigate from page to page in the document. You should

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also set the Default Page Display option in preferences to Single Page if you choose to

have PhantomPDF send only the currently visible pages to the assistive technology.

B. Read the entire document - This option can be best if you use a screen reader that has

its own navigation and search tools and that is more familiar to you than the commands

in Foxit PhantomPDF.

C. For large documents, only read the currently visible pages - This option is selected by

default and is usually best if you use a screen reader with long or complex PDFs. It allows

Foxit PhantomPDF to deliver an entire small document but revert to page-by-page

delivery for large documents.

Minimum number of pages in a large document

When the “For large documents, only read the currently visible pages” option is selected, it

allows you to set this minimum value.

Enable assistive technology support: Check this option to allow assistive technology products,

such as screen readers, to provide information about the UI and document to end users.

Confirm before preparing untagged PDF for reading with assistive technology: Select the

option, and if any assistive technology is detected in your system, a dialog box pops up when

you open an untagged PDF to ask you whether to set the reading order options for the PDF

for reading with assistive technology.

Reading Order

Set reading order as appropriate for your assistive software and devices.

A. Infer reading order from document (recommended): Interpret the reading order of

untagged documents by using an advanced method of structure-inference layout

analysis.

B. Left-to-right, top-to-bottom reading order: Deliver the text according to its placement

on the page, reading from left to right and then top to bottom. This method is faster than

“Infer reading order from document”. This method analyzes text only; form fields are

ignored and tables aren’t recognized as such.

C. Use reading order in raw print stream: Deliver text in the order in which it was recorded

in the print stream. This method is faster than “Infer reading order from document”. This

method analyzes text only; form fields are ignored and tables aren’t recognized as such.

Override the reading order in tagged documents: Use the reading order specified in the

Reading preferences instead of what the tag structure of the document specifies. Use this

preference only when you encounter problems in poorly tagged PDFs.

Reviewing

Automatically check for new comments:

Set the time interval to automatically check for new comments during shared review. By

default, Foxit PhantomPDF will check for new comments every five minutes during shared

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review.

Shared Review Options

A. Show welcome dialog when opening file: Check it to show the welcome dialog when opening

a shared review. In the welcome dialog, you can view the general information for the shared

review, including the initiator, deadline, review server and so on.

B. Show server connection warning when opening file: Check it to show the server connection

warning when opening a shared review.

C. Remind before review expiration: If you check this option, a prompt message will pop up

before the shared review expires.

Review Options

A. Show prompt messages for Shared Review: Determines whether to show prompt message for

Shared Review when publishing comments in a shared review that contains several comments

from other reviewers that have not yet been published to the command server. You can take

ownership of these comments and publish them on behalf of the reviewers.

B. Show prompt messages for Email Review: Check this option to show prompt messages during

email review.

Send Messages

A. Use Auto-Complete List to suggest names when typing in the “To” and “Cc” fields: Checking

this option will enable Auto-Complete feature, which recognizes and suggests contacts based

on the previously entered email addresses when you send back your comments during a

shared review by email.

B. Empty auto-complete list: Click this option to remove all the email address entries from the

Auto-Complete memory.

Remove Custom Server Locations

Select a custom server location (i.e. the shared network folder you specified) and click

Remove Server Profile to remove it from Foxit PhantomPDF.

RMS Settings (Business Edition Only)

RMS Settings

Save encrypted file as a copy named ‘filename(protected)’ – saves an encrypted PDF file

automatically as a copy named “filename(protected).pdf” after adding RMS encryption to the

file.

Encrypt metadata – encrypts the metadata when encrypting PDF documents.

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Open Settings

If an RMS-protected PDF contains a link that opens another RMS-protected PDF, you can select

where to open the link.

Security

Protected View

To protect your computer from files originating from the Internet or other potentially unsafe

locations, turn on Protected View to open these files to reduce risks. In Protected View, files

are read only and most editing actions are not allowed.

Privileged Locations

Some professional documents contain complex elements like interactive form fields,

multimedia content, attachments, and layering. These elements may leave PDFs vulnerable

to malicious actions and threaten data security. Foxit PhantomPDF enables users to specify

privileged locations to selectively trust files, folders and hosts in order to bypass security

restrictions.

Signature

Appearance Styles: Manage the signature appearance templates. Signing & Verifications

A. Verify signatures when the document is opened: If this option is checked, Foxit

PhantomPDF will verify the signatures when the document is opened, and will display

the signature verification results in the Digital Signatures panel. By default, the option is

checked.

B. Sign the document immediately after the signature is placed: Check this option to sign

the document immediately when you place the signature on the document. By default,

this option is checked. When it is unchecked, you will need to click Sign Document to

apply the signature after placing it on the document. You can still modify the document

before applying the signature.

C. Require certificate revocation checking to succeed whenever possible during signature

verification: Specify whether or not to check the revocation status of certificates while

verifying signatures.

Windows Integration

Specify whether to trust all root certificates in the Windows Certificate Store when validating

signatures and certified documents. Checking these options may compromise security. Please

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make sure that you trust all the root certificates before enabling these features.

Saving Settings

Save signed file as a copy named ‘filename_signed.pdf’: Check this option to save the signed

file as a copy named ‘filename_signed.pdf’ after applying the digital signature.

Speech

Volume: Sets the reading volume of Read out Loud. Use default voice: Check it to read content with default language, or you can select the

required one from the combo box.

Use default speech attribute: Check it to read with default pitch and rate, or you can uncheck

it and then set pitch and rate in the combo box as needed.

Read comments: Check it to enable the application to read out the comments when executing

Read out Loud.

Read form fields: Check it to enable the application to read out the form fields when executing

Read out Loud. Please refer to Read PDF Form Fields Out Loud for details.

Spelling

Enable check spelling: Check Enable check spelling to avoid spelling error. Dictionaries for Spell Check: Add, remove, or reorder the dictionaries for spell check.

Tablet

Enable pressure sensitive: Enable pressure sensitive so that you can add free-form

annotations with PSI in PDFs by supported touchscreen devices.

Time Stamp Servers

Configure the default Time Stamp Server to embed a trusted time stamp while signing.

Trust Manager

You can enable or disable JavaScript Actions, Safe Reading Mode, Internet access, as well as other

relevant settings as needed. Foxit PhantomPDF will show a warning message when applications

without valid digital signatures open Foxit PhantomPDF. You can add safe applications to the

trusted application list to not show the warnings.

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Updater

Automatically install updates: The system will automatically download and replace the

original files in the installation folder when there is a new version.

Automatically download updates, but let me choose when to install them (recommended):

The system will automatically download and display a message informing you of the upgrade

and allow you to choose to upgrade to the new version. This option is checked by default.

Do not download or install updates automatically: Never download or install updates

automatically.

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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 the text viewer tool, view documents while listening to them, and more. Foxit PhantomPDF

also provides a new feature to view PDF portfolios.

Open PDFs

Open PDFs in Foxit PhantomPDF

You can open PDFs within Foxit Phantom in many different ways. The easiest method is to drag and

drop a PDF file into the Foxit PhantomPDF window. You can also use Foxit PhantomPDF’s Open

command to open a recent document, local document, or PDFs in ECM systems (including eDOCS

DM, SharePoint, Documentum, NetDocuments, iManage Work, Enterprise Connect, Worldox,

ShareFile, and Epona DMSforLegal) and cloud services (including OneDrive for Personal or Business,

Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and Egnyte).

To open PDFs with the Open command, do one of the following:

 Click the Open button on the Quick Access toolbar. In the Open dialog box, select the

file name, and click Open. PDF documents are usually identified with a .pdf extension.

 (Optional) You are also allowed to preview non-PDF files on the above-mentioned cloud

services in PhantomPDF. The non-PDF files will be converted to PDF temporarily when you try

to open them.

 Click File > Open. To open a recent document or a document stored in the local drive, click

Recent Documents/Computer. To open PDFs in ECM systems and cloud services like

SharePoint, OpenText, NetDocuments, iManage Work, Egnyte, OneDrive for Personal or

Business, Google Drive, Dropbox, or Box (See also the ECM Integration in the Share PDFs

chapter), please select Add a place, sign into your account, and then you can open your PDF

file. The connected Cloud account will be listed in the Open history and the PDF file will be in

the Recent Documents list, which will help you open files quickly in the future. To remove an

account, just click the Delete icon that appears when you place your cursor over the account name.

Tip:

1. In Recent Documents tab, Computer tab, or cloud service tab (like Google Drive tab), you

can right-click any file or folder, and then choose the corresponding option from the context

menu to open the file/folder, pin the file/folder to list, remove the file/folder from the list,

or copy the path of the file/folder to clipboard. To pin or unpin a file or folder, you can also

hover the cursor over a file or folder and click the Pin icon or Unpin icon

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alternatively.

2. To customize the number of documents or folders in the recently used list, please navigate

to File > Preferences > History.

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. For security purposes,

if you try to open an RMS-protected PDF file in your web browser, the file will be opened in

the stand-alone Foxit PhantomPDF (desktop application) outside the browser.

 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.

 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 notified that you are prohibited to do

it without the owner’s permission.

 If you open a PDF that is encrypted by AD RMS feature of PhantomPDF, please refer to AD

RMS Protection.

Save PDFs

After modifying your PDF, you can save the changes to the original PDF or save as a new copy of a

PDF. You can also save PDFs as HTML, RTF, TXT and Microsoft Office files. Foxit PhantomPDF enables

you to save your PDFs in ECM systems (including eDOCS DM, SharePoint, Documentum,

NetDocuments, iManage Work, Enterprise Connect, Worldox, ShareFile, and Epona DMSforLegal)

and cloud services (including OneDrive for Personal or Business, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and

Egnyte), as well as to local drives. When saving or saving as PDFs, Foxit PhantomPDF will optimize

PDFs by removing redundant data including deleted pages, objects, and annotations.

Tip: By default, Foxit PhantomPDF saves the changes to a file every 5 minutes automatically in case

of system crash or power failure. If the application closes abnormally before you can save changes

to a file, PhantomPDF opens the recovery file automatically the next time you open it. The recovery

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file contains your changes up until the last time PhantomPDF saved the document. You can change

the time interval settings in Preferences > Documents > Save Setting > Automatically save file

every x minutes.

Save a copy of a PDF

1. Select File > Save As.

2. In the Save As dialog box, enter the filename and location, and click Save.

Save a PDF as a HTML, RTF, TXT, or Microsoft Office File

1. Select File > Save As.

2. Specify the filename and location in the Save As dialog box.

3. Choose a format from the Save as type list and click Save.

Save PDFs in ECM systems or cloud services

Click File > Save As > Add a place > eDOCS DM/ Documentum/ NetDocuments/ iManage Work/

SharePoint/ Egnyte/ OneDrive for Personal or Business/ Google Drive/ Dropbox/ Box/ Enterprise

Connect/ Worldox/ ShareFile/ DMSforLegal then sign in your account and choose a folder to save

to. (See also the ECM Integration in the Share PDFs chapter) The account will be listed in the Save-

as history for your convenience. Click the Delete icon near the account name to remove the account from the list.

Tip:

1. You can also pin the frequently-used folder under local drives, OneDrive for Personal or

Business, Google Drive, SharePoint, Dropbox, or Box to the Recent Folders list or unpin it,

which allows you to save your documents with just one click.

2. To customize the number of documents or folders in the recently used list, please navigate

to File > Preferences > History.

Close a PDF

Close the current PDF file by doing any of the following:

 Click the file’s Close button in the tab bar.  Double-click the tab. (Tip: You can also disable this option in File > Preferences > General.)  Click File > Close.  Click the Close button on the Foxit PhantomPDF application window if you are in single

document interface mode.

To close all PDF files in multi-tab browsing, click the Close button on the Foxit PhantomPDF

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application window.

Tip: Right-click a file tab in the tab bar, and choose Open Containing Folder to open the directory

of the file, or choose Copy Path to Clipboard to copy the file path to the clipboard.

Export PDFs

Export PDF to Office, plain text, or HTML files

1. Click File/Convert > Export. (Tip: You can also export it through File > Save As.)

2. Select the format you want to convert the PDF to, and specify the file name and location.

3. (Optional) You can select more options from “Settings” in the Save As dialog box before

saving the file. Take exporting PDF to Word files for instance. In the Save as docx setting

dialog box, select the exporting options including the page range, whether to include the

comments in the output, and the engine settings. If you choose Image-based document in

Export Engine Settings, the Options button appears in the lower left corner. Click it, and

select options for layout and languages. In the Layout Settings, which is only available when

you export PDF to Word and RTF files, specify whether to retain the text flow or page layout

in the output.

4. Click Save.

Note: To convert a PDF to Word, you can directly right-click the file and choose Convert to Microsoft

Office with Foxit PhantomPDF.

Export PDF to accessible text

If the document is an accessible PDF, you can save it as accessible text which can contain assistive

information (such as alternate text descriptions) for images or multimedia objects in the PDF.

Accessible text is often used for a braille printer by which accessible text can be imported and

printed out as a form that vision-impaired people can use.

To export PDF to accessible text,

1. Click File/Convert > Export > To Other > To Accessible Text. (Tip: You can also export it through

File > Save As.)

2. Specify the file name and location.

3. Click Save.

Export a PDF as an image

1. Click File/Convert > Export > To Image > Select a file type of images. (Tip: You can also export

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it through File > Save As.)

2. Specify the page range (all pages, current page, a range of pages), and click OK.

3. You can set the quality, color space, and resolution from “Settings” in the Save As dialog box

before you save the file. Click OK to continue.

4. Specify the location, and click Save.

Export all images in the PDFs

With one click of “Export All Images”, Foxit PhantomPDF enables you to export all images in your

document to separate image files. Please click Convert > Export > Export All Images, choose an

image format, and configure the settings before exporting via the Export to Images dialog box.

See also the tutorial on Export PDF to Word & Other Formats.

Export Selected Area to Other Formats

You can also select an area with the Select Text and Image command in PDF and export the content

in the area to formats including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

1. Choose the Select Text and Image command.

2. Click and drag an area in your PDF you want export. Then right-click the selected area and

choose Export Selection As….

3. In the pop-up Save As dialog box, choose the file format you want to export to, and specify the

filename and location.

4. (Optional) To export the comments in the selected area, check Include Comments. The option

is not available when you export the area to an Excel file.

5. Click Save.

View PDFs

Foxit PhantomPDF enables you to retrieve recently opened documents, as well as read PDF

documents in different view settings: multi-tab reading and single document reading.

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 by default.

In multi-tab reading mode, you can drag and drop a file tab outside of the existing window to

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create a new instance and view the PDF file in that individual window. To recombine the file tab

to the main interface, click on the file tab and then drag and drop it in reverse to the main interface.

To switch between open tabs in multi-tab reading, do one of the following:

 Switch between open tabs in the most recently viewed order by using Ctrl + Tab. Before

this, make sure you have selected the option Use recent order when switching tabs with

Ctrl + Tab in File > Preferences > General.

 Scroll the mouse in the tab bar up to the previous tab and down to the next tab. Before

this, make sure you have selected the option Quickly switch between tabs by using mouse

wheel in File > Preferences > General.

 By default, use Ctrl + Shift + Page Up to switch to the previous tab and Ctrl + Shift + Page

Down to the next tab. You can also change the shortcut keys. See also Customize the

keyboard shortcuts.

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 > check Allow Multiple Instances.

Page through a document

Open a PDF document with Foxit PhantomPDF, and you can then start viewing PDFs by scrolling

throughout the entire document with your mouse vertically, or by holding Shift to scroll

horizontally. You can also page through a document by the following methods.

Scroll through Documents

Do either of the following:

Using mouse actions or keystrokes

 To navigate around the documents vertically, scroll the mouse wheel or press the Down

or Up Arrows on the keyboard.

 To navigate around the document horizontally, press Shift and scroll the mouse wheel.

While scrolling in a document, you can lock the scroll direction to prevent the document from

being scrolled out of place, especially when the document is zoomed in and scrolled within

tablets. The steps are as follows:

 Choose File > Preferences > General, and check the Show scroll lock button option under

the Status Bar to enable scroll lock. Once enabled, the scroll lock icons will be displayed

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in the Status Bar.

 Click on the Status Bar to lock the scroll horizontally.

 Click on the Status Bar to lock the scroll vertically.

 Click both and on the Status Bar to freeze the screen so that you can read the

current view of the document.

Scroll automatically

Automatic scrolling allows users to view documents without using mouse actions or

keystrokes. Foxit PhantomPDF also enables you to change the scrolling speed with ease.

A. Choose View > Assistant > AutoScroll .

B. Do one of the following:

 To increase or decrease the scrolling speed, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key,

depending on the direction of scrolling. To change the scrolling speed to a specific

speed, press a number key (9 for the fastest, 0 for the slowest).

 To reverse the direction of scrolling, press the minus sign (-) key.  To jump to the next or previous page, press the Right Arrow key or Left Arrow key

respectively.

 To stop automatic scrolling and go back to Hand Command mode, click

AutoScroll again or press the Esc key.

 To pause automatic scrolling, press the Space key.

Tip: To perform auto-scrolling, you can also click the Hand Command , hold the middle

mouse button/wheel mouse button down, and then move the mouse to scroll the pages. You

can press the middle mouse button/wheel mouse button again to exit AutoScroll mode.

Go to Specified Page

Click the First Page, Last Page, Previous Page and Next Page buttons in the Go To group under the

View tab, which is also located in the status bar. You can also input the page number to go to that

specific page. Previous View lets you return to the previous viewed instance and Next View goes

to the next viewed instance.

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Read with Bookmark

To jump to a topic using bookmarks, click the Bookmark button on the left Navigation pane.

And then click the bookmark or right-click the bookmark and choose “Go to Bookmark”. Click the

plus (+) or minus (-) signs 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 the thumbnail. To resize a page thumbnail, right-click on the thumbnail and

choose “Enlarge Page Thumbnails” or “Reduce Page Thumbnails”.

Read with Article Thread

Article threads are defined for navigating articles in PDF files as skimming through a traditional

print newspaper or magazine, allowing you to focus on a specific article and ignore the rest. To

navigate an article in the document, open the Articles panel, and double-click the article you want

to view. More information about viewing articles, please refer to View articles in the Articles

section.

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, as well

as searching keywords in PDFs in the portfolio.

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A Sample PDF Portfolio

 Open a PDF portfolio in Foxit PhantomPDF by right-clicking it and choosing “Open with

Foxit PhantomPDF”.

 You can view the coversheet, details and layout of the portfolio. To open and read the

files in the portfolio, please do any of the following:

 Double-click a file.

 Select a file and click button in the upper right corner of the document area.

 Right-click a file and choose Open File in Native Application.

 Click Portfolio > View > Preview Pane > Right/Bottom, and the document area will be

divided into two parts: the original area that displays the portfolio content, and a

preview pane which allows you to preview the corresponding content when you click

and choose a file.

 Click Portfolio > View > Default View > Retain Original/Layout/Details/Cover Sheet to

set the default view for PDF portfolios.

 Right-click a document in the portfolio and choose Show Information or click the

button in the upper right corner of the document area to view the properties of the

document.

 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 text you are looking for, follow the steps below:

 Select the Find Field on the menu bar. Click to set the search criteria.

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.

E. Highlight All Text – Highlight all the text search results in the document. F. Properties – enables you to specify the color and opacity of the highlighting of the search

results.

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 Type the text in the field and press the Enter button. Foxit PhantomPDF jumps to the first

instance of the search term, which appears highlighted.

 Click and or press shortcut keys Shift+F3 and F3 to find previous or next result, or

press Enter to find the next result.

Foxit PhantomPDF supports the advanced search function, which enables you to do the following:

search a string in a single PDF file, multiple PDF files under a specified folder, or PDFs in a PDF

portfolio. When the search finishes, all occurrences will be listed in a tree view. This will allow you

to quickly preview the context and jump to specific locations. You can also save the search results

as a CSV or PDF file for further reference.

To do the advanced searching, do as below:

1. Click Search command next to Find box.

2. Below “Where would you like to search?” check one of the following to define the search field.

A. To search the text in the current PDF document, select “In the current PDF document”.

This option will be grayed out if no document is open.

B. To search the text in all PDF documents in specific files or disk, select All PDF Documents

in > choose one of the disks or user-selected search paths. Foxit PhantomPDF will show

the path of the currently opened document for easier location.

C. To search the text in selected documents in PDF portfolio, please select Selected PDFs in

portfolio. This option is only available when a PDF portfolio is opened.

D. To search text in the PDF portfolio, please select All PDFs in portfolio. This option is only

available when a PDF portfolio is opened.

3. Select one of the following search criteria from the dropdown list under the file location box:

A. Match exact word or phrase: Search for instances that match the entire word or phrase

(including the spaces) you specified in the text search box.

B. Match any of the words: Search for any instances that match at least one of the words. C. Looks like search pattern: Search for patterns like phone number, social security number,

or email address in the PDF file.

4. For text search, input the word you would like to search in “What word or phrase would you

like to search for” box. For pattern search, select the pattern you want to search from the

Select your pattern dropdown list, and choose the specific county and region from the

Country/Region dropdown list.

5. (Optional) Check any of the following options to specify the additional search criteria, if

needed.

a) To limit the search to match only whole words, check Whole Words Only. For example,

if you search for the word Read, the word Reader will not be found. This criterion is only

available for text search.

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b) To make the search case-sensitive, check Case-Sensitive. For example, if you search for

the word text, the words Text and TEXT will not be found. This criterion is only available

for text search.

c) To search words in comments, please check Include Comments. d) To search words in bookmarks, please check Include Bookmarks. This criterion is only

available for text search.

e) To search words in attachments, please check Include Attachments. f) To highlight all the text search results, please check Highlight All Text. g) To limit search in order to match criteria such as document properties and metadata,

check the option in Use these additional criteria group, and specify the additional criteria,

including Author, Date Created, Subject, etc. These options are only available when you

execute advanced text search in multiple PDF files.

Tip: The additional search criteria options are collapsed by default. You can click More to

show all the options.

6. Click Search button.

7. Each item listed includes a few words of context and an icon that indicates the type of

occurrence. Check the search results with the following steps:

 If necessary, click the plus sign (+) to expand the search results.  (Optional) For advanced search in multiple documents or portfolios, you can select an

option from the Sort By drop-down list near the bottom of the Search panel to sort the

search results by date modified, filename, or location.

 To collapse the file path and have a quick view about the file name, check Collapse File

Path option at the bottom of the Search panel.

 Click a search result directly to view it in the PDF file.

8. (Optional) Click the save button in the Search panel, and choose Save results to PDF

or Save results to CSV to save the search results.

9. (Optional) Click New Search button to start a new search task.

Note:

1. For each search, layers, form fields, and digital signatures in the document will also be

searched automatically. If some of the search results occurs on a hidden layer, when

selecting the results in the Search panel you will be prompted whether to make that layer

visible.

2. To find or edit text in a scanned or image-based PDF, you need to convert the content into

searchable or editable text using the OCR feature. See also OCR PDFs.

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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 on the title bar.

Integrate with IFilter

Foxit PhantomPDF is now integrated and packaged together 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 the desktop system. You can trigger Foxit PDF IFilter in the installation directory of

Foxit PhantomPDF. For more information, please refer to the user manual for Foxit PDF IFilter .

Note:

1. If you are in Safe Reading Mode, a dialog box will pop up when you are trying to open an

attached file. Check Disable Safe Reading Mode and Open file, and then double click the File

Attachment icon to open the attached user manual for Foxit PDF IFilter.

2. If Foxit PDF IFilter didn’t appear in PhantomPDF installation setup, you need to go to Help >

Check for Update to download and install Foxit PDF IFilter; or after downloading the Foxit PDF

IFilter plugin from the Foxit website, click Help > Install Update to install it.

Adjust Page View

Foxit PhantomPDF provides multiple commands 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 command or Zoom Out command in Home > View.

2. Right-click the document pane and select Zoom In or Zoom Out.

3. Select or input a magnification percentage in the Zoom To Area on the same

tab.

4. Adjust a magnification percentage in the Magnification Percentage Area

on the status bar.

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5. Using the Marquee command

 Choose the Marquee command in View > Assistant.

 The cursor changes into , drag a rectangle on the page or just click on the page to increase

the magnification by one preset level, centering on the point where you clicked.

 Choose the Marquee command, the cursor changes to as Ctrl-click on the page. Drag a

rectangle on the page or just click on the page to decrease the magnification

6. Using the Loupe command

 Choose the Loupe command in View > Assistant.  Move the Loupe command 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 command 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.

7. Using the Magnifier command

You can easily magnify areas of the PDF files as you work on Foxit PhantomPDF with this free

command. It is especially useful for visually impaired people with some functional vision.

Magnifier Fisheye Magnifier

 Choose the Magnifier in View > 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 commands.

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Resizing a Page to Fit the Window

There are four types for you to choose:

 To resize the page to fit entirely in the document pane, click the Fit Page button

in Home > View, 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 in

Home > View, 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 in Home > View, or right-click

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 in Home > View.

Adjust the Page Display

To change the Page Orientation, do one of the following:

Click the Rotate View button in View > Page Display.

Click the Rotate Left button or the Rotate Right button in Home > View. Right-click the document pane and choose the Rotate Right command.

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 layout, 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.

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 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 (Vertically/

Horizontally Split command) or four panes (Spreadsheet Split command).

Note: To revert back to single-pane view, choose View > deselect Vertically/ Horizontally/

Spreadsheet Split.

With the Vertically/Horizontally Split view, you can scroll, change the magnification level, or turn

to different pages in the active pane, as it will not change the other panes (above or below it).

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 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 in View > Document Views.

 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 or when

you scroll through the document by dragging the slider. This offers basic commands, 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:

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 Click the Read Mode button in View > Document Views.  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:

 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 in View > Page Display.

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 Ctrl + 6.

 Customizing Text Viewer

As soon as Text Viewer is activated, you can use the Font Setting commands 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….  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.

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 and the background color

 Right-click and choose Font Setting > Color….  Text Viewer Colors dialog box pops up.  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”.

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 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.

Note: The Zoom To box in Home > View is unavailable in Text Viewer mode.

 Finding text in Text Viewer mode

To find text you are looking for, please refer to Find Text.

 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.

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Night Mode

The Night Mode in Foxit PhantomPDF allows you to invert black and white to reduce eye strain in

low light conditions. In the Document Views group under the View tab, click Night Mode to enable or disable the Night Mode.

Read Out Loud

What’s Read Out Loud?

Read Out Loud is a Text-to-Speech (TTS) tool. It reads the text in a PDF aloud, including the text in

comments and alternate text descriptions for images, tables, and fillable fields. Text is read based

on the order of the page content. With this feature, you can obtain information without viewing

the pages, helping to effectively relief eyestrain. It also enables you to view other materials while

listening to the content.

Read Out Loud uses the available voices installed on your system. If you have SAPI 5 voices installed

from text-to-speech or language applications, you can choose them to read your PDFs.

Note: Read Out Loud isn’t a screen reader, it may not be available in some operating systems.

Set Reading and Speech Preferences

Please go to File > Preferences > Reading or Speech. For more information, please refer to Reading

preferences and Speech preferences.

Activate or deactivate Read Out Loud

You need to activate Read Out Loud before using it.

 To activate Read Out Loud: select View > Assistant > Read > Activate Read.  To deactivate Read Out Loud: select View > Assistant > Read > Deactivate Read.

Tip: You can press the shortcut key Ctrl + Shift + Y to activate or deactivate Read Out Loud, based

on the current status of the feature. After activating Read Out Loud, you can read a PDF file and

PDF form field out Loud.

Read a PDF Out Loud

 Navigate to the page that you want to read out.  Choose View > Assistant > Read > Read Current Page or Read from Current Page.

Tips:

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1. If you need to read the text in the comments while reading a PDF out loud, please make sure you

have checked Read comments option in the Speech preferences.

2. When you try to read an image-based PDF document out loud, Foxit PhantomPDF will prompt

you to run text recognition to make it searchable or editable. You can choose Yes and follow the

steps in OCR PDFs to recognize text.

Read PDF Form Fields Out Loud

 Go to File > Preferences > Speech, and check Read form fields option.  In the PDF form, press Tab to select the first form field that you want to read out loud, and

then press Tab to move to the next form field. Foxit PhantomPDF will read out the form field

as well as the state of selected check boxes and radio buttons.

Control Reading

While reading a PDF file or form field, you can interrupt the reading and adjust reading volume and

speed as needed.

 To adjust the reading speed: choose View > Assistant > Rate > drag the slider.

 To adjust the reading volume: choose View > Assistant > Volume > drag the slider.  To pause reading: choose View > Assistant > Pause .

 To stop reading: choose View > Assistant > Read > Stop.

Rulers, Guides, Grids & Line Weights

Using Rulers & Guides

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 the size and margins of your

documents.

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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 below:

 Drag down 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 command, click and hold the guide, and then drag it to a

new location.

To change the 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 the ruler area and choose

Clear Guides on Page.

 To delete all guides, right-click in the ruler area and choose Clear All Guides.

Grids

You can use grids to line up form fields in a PDF document. When you create or move a form field,

Snap to Grid can align the form field with the nearest grid line.

To show or hide the grid, navigate to View > Page Display > and check/uncheck Grid.

To turn on or off the Snap to Grid option, navigate to View > Page Display > and check/uncheck

Snap to Grid.

You can also customize the grid appearance from File > Preferences > Layout Grid.

Line Weights View

In Line Weights View, the lines will be displayed with the weights defined in the PDF file. When Line

Weights View is turned off, the lines will be displayed with the constant stroke width (1 pixel),

regardless of zoom. The following screenshots show the comparison of the PDF file displayed in

Line Weights View and Non-Line Weights View.

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PDF in Line Weights View PDF in Non-Line Weights View

 To enter Line Weights View, please choose View > Page Display, and then check Line Weights

option.

 To exit Line Weights View, please choose View > Page Display, and then uncheck Line Weights

option.

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

1. Choose the View tab > Review> Compare.

2. Specify Old File and New File to be compared. Click Choose… to select the file. You can

preview the pages of both files. Choose the specific page you want to preview by dragging

the slider or clicking the list box to select the page number.

3. Choose the specific pages you want to compare.

4. Compare Text Only: Select it to compare the text content only.

5. Compare Table: Select it to compare tables. This option is recommended for documents that

contain tables.

6. Click OK. And then a PDF document named “The result of Comparison.pdf*” will be

automatically created and opened in a new tab within the application window, and the

Compare Results tab appears in the ribbon.

The result document arranges pages side by side showing Old File and New File with the

changes marked by different icons and colors. The first page shows a summary of the

comparison results including the total number and the marks for different changes. The

second page shows the detailed comparison results including the names and sizes of Old File

and New File, time compared, and the classification of changes, with a color legend in the

upper right corner. You can click Go to the First Change (page *) on the second page to jump

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to the first change.

7. In the Compare Results tab, do any of the following:  Click Next/Previous Change to navigate through the changes in the document pane in

both files.

 Click Filter and select items to show specific changes you need by text, images,

annotations, and formatting. Or click Filter > Everything to show all changes.

 Click Show and select items to show/hide the results and the color legend. Clicking

Show > Show Summary navigates to the summary page.

8. You can also use the Comments panel in the navigation pane to see each change. Click a

change to quickly locate it in both documents. See also View all comments.

9. You can save the results document as needed.

View 3D Content in PDFs

Foxit PhantomPDF lets you view, navigate, and comment on 3D content in PDF documents. Before

using these features, you need to download the plugin from Foxit Server and install it in Foxit

PhantomPDF. The 3D Content Navigation panel, allows you to show/hide parts of a 3D model and

add 3D comments to the 3D model, including text, linear, angular, and radial. You can also

rotate/pan/zoom a 3D model in different views.

Show/hide parts of a 3D model

From the 3D Content Navigation panel, you can view the 3D scene structure and the preset views.

Check/uncheck the appropriate checkbox to show/hide the corresponding part of the 3D content.

Click on the Default view button to go to the initial view. Select the desired view name in the list

to switch between preset named views.

Add a 3D comment/measurement to a 3D model

You can add a 3D comment/measurement to any part of a 3D model with the options on the 3D

Content Navigation panel.

1. Select Add Comment on the 3D Content Navigation panel, and then put the cursor over the

desired position and click to add a note comment. Then you’ll be prompted to enter a

comment string in the pop-up dialog box.

2. (Optional) select Add Linear/Add Angular/Add Radial on the 3D Content Navigation panel,

and then put the cursor over the desired position and click to add a measurement.

3. In the Default View, a new view will be created after you add a 3D comment/measurement,

either called 3DCommentView1 or MeasurementView1, respectively. If added to other

preset views, the 3D comments/measurements will be listed under that view.

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Rotate, pan, and zoom a 3D model

You can directly use the mouse to rotate, pan, and zoom in/out a 3D model.

 Rotate – click the model, hold the left mouse button, and move the mouse.  Pan – click the model, hold the left mouse button, and CTRL button, and move the mouse.  Zoom – click the model, hold the right mouse button, and move the mouse. Or click the model,

hold the left mouse button and SHIFT button, and move the mouse.

Select & Copy

With Foxit PhantomPDF, you can copy texts and images to other applications.

Select and Copy Text and Image

The Select Text and Image command lets you select horizontal and vertical text or columns of text,

and image in a PDF. PhantomPDF sets each ribbon with the Hand command and Select commands

for user’s convenience. To copy text or image, click the Select Text and Image command and

do the following:

Select text and image

To select an image, please click on the image in a PDF file directly. To select text, please do any of

the following:

 Select a word: Double-click the word you want to select.  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 and the cursor changes into . Then

press Alt and drag the cursor toward a column of text you want to select.

 Select text only in a rectangle box without images: Press Alt and drag a rectangle at the desired

position 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 and image

After selecting the text or image, do one of the following:

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 Right-click the selected text, and choose Copy to copy text with content stream order or

choose Copy with Format to copy text with display order.

 Right-click the selected image, and choose Copy.  Press shortcut key Ctrl + C.

Tip: The style (including font, bold, color, etc.) of the text will be copied to the clipboard as well

when you copy text in PDF.

Paste text and image

To paste the selected text on Clipboard to PDF file, please select the Hand command in Foxit

PhantomPDF, use the shortcut key Ctrl + V, or right-click on the document where you want to paste

the text and select Paste.

To paste the selected image on Clipboard to PDF file, please select the Hand command in

Foxit PhantomPDF, use the shortcut key Ctrl + V or right-click on the document and select Paste.

You will see the image preview as you hover your mouse over the document. Then click on the

document where you want to add the image to add it in the PDF file.

To paste the selected text or image on Clipboard to another application, please follow the paste

command of the specific application.

Copy Content Using Snapshot Command

You can use the snapshot command to copy individual images or selected content

(text, images, or both) to the clipboard or other applications. Text and images will be copied as an

image.

To copy an image or a combination of text and images, do the following:

 Select the Snapshot command by choosing Home > Snapshot.  The cursor changes into a Cross automatically.

 Click and drag the mouse to draw a rectangle around the content you want to copy.  You will be prompted that the selected area has been copied to the clipboard. To deselect it,

click anywhere on the page.

 (Optional) Right-click the selected area, and then choose Copy Select Graphic.  Paste the selected image to desired destinations.

Note:

1. The selected area will be highlighted in blue.

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2. With the snapshot command, click anywhere or right-click anywhere in the page and choose

“Select All” to copy the entire page.

3. You can also copy the selected area and paste it to a PDF document as a stamp annotation.

4. To paste images or a combination of text and image on clipboard from another application to

PDF file in Foxit PhantomPDF, please select the Hand command in Foxit PhantomPDF,

use the shortcut key Ctrl + V, or right-click on the document where you want to paste the object

and select Paste.

Word Count

Similar to Microsoft Word, Foxit PhantomPDF counts words, characters, pages, lines and other

information in all or part of your document. With no text selected, click View > Review > Word

Count, and you will see a pop-up Word Count box for the statistics of the entire document. For a

partial word count, just select the text you want to count, and then click View > Review > Word

Count; or right click the selected text and choose Word Count from the context menu.

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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 PDFs from files in other formats.

See also the tutorial on how to Create Industry-Standard PDFs.

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 the 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 Foxit

PhantomPDF. Or you can choose Combine files in Foxit PhantomPDF… to convert multiple

files. See also Create PDFs from multiple files.

Tip: When right-clicking a folder, if you choose Convert to PDF in Foxit PhantomPDF, all files in the

folder and the sub-folders will be converted to PDFs separately; if you choose Combine files in Foxit

PhantomPDF…, you can add more files/folders and convert all of them to PDFs. See also Create

PDFs from multiple files.

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, or choose Convert > Create > From

Files > From File.

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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 the pop-up Save dialog box.

Note: Depending on the type of file being converted, a progress dialog box appears and Foxit

PhantomPDF opens automatically.

Create PDFs from multiple files

You can easily merge files of different types into a single PDF, or you can also convert them into

separate PDFs.

Convert and combine multiple files into a single PDF

1. Choose File > Create > Combine Files, or choose Convert > Create > Combine Files, or right-

click a file you want to convert to PDF and choose Combine files in Foxit PhantomPDF….

2. In the Combine files into a single PDF dialog box, click Add files, and choose Add Files, Add

Folder, or Add Open Files to add files, folders or opened files you want to combine. (Tip: If you

add a PDF portfolio, each file in the PDF portfolio will be extracted and added in the file list. By

default, the files will be listed in an ascending order by the file name.)

3. (Optional) You can right-click any file in the dialog box and choose Edit Bookmark for File (or

just double-click the file) and modify the bookmark title that will be one of the bookmarks in

the combined PDF after conversion. By default, the bookmarks in the combined PDF are the

names of each file.

4. (Optional) You can adjust the order of files to be displayed in the combined PDF by the files’

name, modified time, size, or bates numbering by clicking the corresponding column name.

Click the column name again to reverse the order. (Note: To order by bates numbering, all files

in the dialog box should be PDFs and use the same bates numbering formatting.) Or, adjust the

order of files manually as desired by using Move Up/Down, or drag and drop a file to change

the file order. Select a file and click the Remove button to delete it.

5. (Optional) When you select a Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or PDF file, the button named

“Choose Pages” appears next to the Remove button; if you select an Excel file, the “Choose

Sheets” button appears. You can specify a page range or choose sheets to convert.

6. Check the following option as desired and click Combine:

 Add a new table of contents page converted from bookmarks: creates a table of

contents from the filenames of each file when merging multiple files into a single PDF

file.

 Retain the logic page numbers during combination: selects it, and the combined PDF

file will keep the logic page numbers in the original files.

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Tip: Foxit PhantomPDF uses original filename as a bookmark as default when combining multiple

files into a single PDF.

Convert multiple files into separate PDF files

1. Choose File > Create > From Multiple Files, or choose Convert > Create > From Files > From

Multiple Files.

2. In the Convert Multiple Files dialog box, click Add files, and choose Add Files or Add Folder to

select the files or folder you want to convert.

3. Files will be converted in a sequence as they are ordered in the Convert Multiple Files dialog

box. You can reorder the files by name, modified time, or size by clicking the corresponding

column name. Alternatively, reorder the files manually as desired by clicking the Move

Up/Down button, or by dragging and dropping the file in the list. Select a file and click the

Remove button to delete it, if necessary.

4. (Optional) If you need to save the converted PDF files in the same location as the original file,

check the Keep original file names and locations option.

5. Click Convert.

6. (Optional) If you did not check the Keep original file names and locations option, the Browse

For Folder dialog box will pop up. Choose the folder in which you want to save the converted

PDF files, and click OK.

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, or choose Convert > Create > Blank.

2. Choose Edit > Edit Content > Add Text or Comment > Typewriter > Typewriter.

3. Click on the blank page to start typing the text you want to add to the blank page.

4. As needed, select other commands 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, or choose Convert > Create > From Clipboard.

2. The texts or images in the clipboard will be converted to a new PDF file.

Convert a CAD file to a PDF (Business Only)

Foxit PhantomPDF allows users to convert .dwg and .dxf files to 2D or 3D PDF files.

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1. Choose a type of PDF file you want to export in the Preferences of PhantomPDF.

2. Drag and drop the CAD file into the PhantomPDF application window or the desktop icon

3. Click Save, and specify a name and location for the PDF.

Tip: Before using these features, you need to download the plugin from Foxit Server and install it

in Foxit PhantomPDF.

Create a PDF from Web Page

To create PDF from web pages:

1. Choose File > Create > From Web Page, or choose Convert > Create > From Web Page.

2. Input the URL of the web page in the box in the Create PDF From Web Page dialog box, or

click Browse to choose an HTML file.

3. Click Settings to set more conversion options.

The General tab:

Conversion Level: specify the number of levels of the website to convert to PDF, or check

Convert the entire site.

Convert webpages on the same path: convert the webpages subordinate to the

input URL.

Convert webpages on the same server: convert the webpages stored on the same

server.

PDF Setting: set the timeout to load the whole web page. Loading that takes longer will

be aborted automatically, and only the loaded content will be converted to PDF. The

default value is 120s.

Disable all hyperlinks in the generated PDFs: check this item, and all hyperlinks will

be invalid in the generated PDF.

Convert each web page into a single PDF page: check this item, and all the related

content will be converted to one PDF page.

Create bookmarks: check this item, and bookmarks for converted web pages will be

created automatically after conversion. The created bookmarks are named with the

domain names of the web pages. If the web pages share the same domain name,

sub-bookmarks will be created and named with the page titles. If the page has no

title, the URL is used instead.

Create PDF Tags: check this item to create a tagged PDF that includes tags and other

accessible information such as alt-text for images.

The Page Layout tab: specify the page size, margins and orientation for the generated PDF as

needed.

To create PDF from a linked web page:

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If your PDF document contains linked text which links to a web page, you can also convert the

linked web page to PDF from within Foxit PhantomPDF application.

1. Make sure you have selected the Hand command.

2. Right-click on the linked text, and choose Open Weblink as New Document.

3. Then the linked web page will be converted to PDF and opened in Foxit PhantomPDF. You can

click the save button to save it as desired.

Tip: While creating a PDF from a webpage which requires login, only the login page will be

converted to PDF. For example, when you try to create a PDF from Foxit Support Ticket webpage

(https://tickets.foxitsoftware.com/create.php) which requires you to log in to your Foxit Account,

the contents in the login page will be converted to PDF (as shown below).

Create a PDF form from an existing file

You can create a PDF form directly from an existing file during which Foxit PhantomPDF will

detect and recognize the form fields automatically, with no need to use the Run Form Field

Recognition command.

1. Choose File > Create > Form > From a file, or choose Convert > Create > Form > From a file.

2. Choose a file in the pop-up dialog box.

3. A PDF with form fields if any is created and opened with Foxit PhantomPDF.

4. Specify the file name and save path.

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Create PDFs in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Foxit PhantomPDF enables you to create professional and secure PDF files from Microsoft Office

(Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Outlook), automatically keeping bookmarks, links, hyperlinks,

outline and more of the source files in the created PDF.

In Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013/2016, Foxit PhantomPDF appears as a tab, which allows you

to quickly create PDF files and change your conversion settings in just a few clicks.

Microsoft Word 2013 Foxit PDF Tab in Business Edition

Create PDF

To create a PDF in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, please do as below:

Open a file in Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint, click the Foxit PDF tab and do one of the following:

To create a PDF using the current settings, click the Create PDF button. Then enter the

file name, specify the location and click Save.

To create and email a PDF using the current settings, click Create PDF and Email . Then

enter the file name, specify the location and click Save. The created PDF file will be attached

to your mail system automatically for you to send out.

To create a PDF and save it to SharePoint, click Create to SharePoint . Please refer to

“Save the created PDF to SharePoint” for more information.

To customize your PDF conversion settings before creating a PDF, check the desired options

in the General Settings group.

Compatibility – Selects a PDF version you want to convert to. The most recent version

(Version 1.7) includes latest features and functionality. If you need to distribute the PDF to

others, choose an earlier version to ensure that all users can view and print the document.

The default is PDF 1.7.

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View PDF Results – Once the conversion is finished, the converted PDF will be opened with

PhantomPDF automatically. This option is checked by default.

Prompt for File Name – Before conversion, the PDF file will prompt you with a dialog box to

name the file being created. This option is checked by default.

Preserve Document Properties – Keeps the document properties of the source file in the

converted PDF during the conversion. This option is checked by default.

For more settings, click the Advanced button and the Foxit PhantomPDF Add-in dialog

box pops up. Some options depend on the application in which you are using the add-in.

For the Settings tab:

Support PDF/A-1b Standard – Creates a PDF that is compliant with the PDF/A-1b

standard.

Optimize for fast web view – Creates a linearized PDF that can be opened and viewed

even before the whole file is downloaded.

Create Bookmark – In Word, keeps the bookmarks of the source file in the converted

PDF; In Excel/PPT, the sheet name and the slide title (or the slide page number) will be

converted to bookmarks in the generated PDF. This option is checked by default.

Save the created PDF to iManage – Create and save the PDF to iManage directly. This

option is only available in the Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and

Visio) with Foxit PhamtomPDF add-in, on the condition that users have registered

iManage Server within Foxit PhantomPDF.

Create to SharePoint – Create and save the PDF to SharePoint. If you check this option,

“Create to SharePoint” button will be available in the Create PDF group under the FOXIT

PDF tab.

Tagged PDF – Creates a tagged PDF for accessibility. (Microsoft Office 2010 or a later

version is required.)

Page Range – Specifies a page range that you want to convert.

For the Watermarks, Headers/Footers, and Security tabs, please see Setting Foxit

PhantomPDF Printer Properties. In the Security tab, you can add RMS protection. For

instructions on how to add RMS protection, please refer to AD RMS Protection.

For the Bookmarks tab:

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Convert Word headings to bookmarks in PDF – Check this option to convert all the headings

in the Word document into bookmarks in the PDF document. You can deselect some headings

that you don’t want converted in the heading list below.

Convert Word styles to bookmarks in PDF – Check this option to convert the selected text

styles in the Element list to PDF bookmarks.

Element list – Specify which Word headings and styles are converted to PDF bookmarks. The

Element list includes the following categories:

 Element: List the names of all available Word headings and styles.  Type: Indicate the type of the element in the Word document, Heading or Style.  Level: Specify the level of an element that fits in the hierarchy structure of the PDF

bookmark. For the style elements, you can click on the Level number to change their

levels.

Convert the bookmarks in Word to PDF bookmarks – Check this option to convert all the

bookmarks in the Word document into bookmarks in the PDF document.

For the Document Homepage, Remove ConnectedID, and Sign In buttons, please refer to

ConnectedPDF User Manual.

Create PDFs Using Word’s Mail Merge

Foxit PhantomPDF allows you to convert personalized email messages, letters, or labels created

from Microsoft Word’s Mail Merge function to PDFs all at once. You can also change the settings

to send the PDFs via email attachments to a number of individuals if needed.

1. To create PDFs from Mail Merge, open the Word file and click Mail Merge in the Foxit

PDF tab or click Merge to Foxit PDF in the MAILINGS tab. (Note: The Word file must be a

mail merge document before you merge them to PDFs. For information on how to create a mail

merge document, please refer to Microsoft Word Help.)

2. In the Mail Merge Settings dialog box, you can specify the set by a range of record numbers.

Then specify the name of the PDFs by filling in the field for the file name or by choosing a field

from the list of fields available in your data source. (Note: If you type ReplyLetter in the Name

box, the mail-merged PDFs will be named ReplyLetter1, ReplyLetter2, ReplyLetter3, and so on.)

Click OK to continue.

3. (Optional) If you need to email the created PDFs as attachments, check the Automatically send

PDF files by email option and adjust the relevant settings as needed.

4. Specify a save path for the PDFs and click OK.

5. If you checked the Automatically send PDF files by email option, you will be prompted to

choose an email profile. Click OK to send the PDF files.

6. A message box will pop up to prompt you if the process was successful.

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Create a redacted PDF (Business Edition Only)

The Foxit PhantomPDF plugin in Microsoft Word, PPT and Excel also enables users to quickly create

a redacted PDF, which can be encrypted into an RMS-protected PDF as well. For a redacted and

RMS-protected PDF, authorized users are granted access to view the full document while

unauthorized users are only able to view the redacted document. PDF redaction permanently

removes visible text and images from PDF documents to protect confidential information. This

feature allows for improved sharing of non-sensitive information within a protected document.

To create a redacted PDF or a redacted and RMS-protected PDF, select the text you want to redact

and click Mark for Redaction. Click the Create Redacted button and choose Standard Redaction

to create a redacted PDF document, or choose RMS Redaction to create a redacted and RMS-

protected PDF document. Then enter the file name, specify the location, and click Save.

For more detailed information about redaction and AD RMS integration, please refer to Redaction

and Template Creation and Editing.

Save the created PDF to SharePoint

You can create a PDF and save it in SharePoint using Foxit PhantomPDF add-on in Microsoft Word,

Excel, and PowerPoint 2010 and higher versions.

1. Open a file in Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint, and click the FOXIT PDF tab.

2. Click Advanced to make sure that you have checked the Create to SharePoint option so that

“Create to SharePoint” button will be available in the Create PDF group under the FOXIT PDF

tab.

3. Customize your conversion settings in General Settings group as needed. For more information,

please refer to “Conversion Settings in Microsoft Word”.

4. Click Create to SharePoint, and do one of the following:

 If the Microsoft Office document that you opened is saved in SharePoint, SharePoint

repository will be displayed in the pop-up Save As dialog box. Choose a folder from

current SharePoint repository, or click Add SharePoint Site to open a new SharePoint

repository and select the location. (Tip: You can right-click a folder and choose Pin to list

to pin the folder to the Pin list in the left panel.) Then specify the file name, and click Save.

 If the Microsoft Office document you opened is saved in your local disk, input the

SharePoint URL address and press Enter to open SharePoint repository in the Save As

dialog box. Then specify the folder and file name, and click Save.

5. In the pop-up Document Properties dialog box, specify the document properties, and click

Continue. The document will be converted to PDF and saved in SharePoint. You can choose

the way to open the converted PDF file when it is opened with Foxit PhantomPDF automatically

after conversion. For more information, please refer to “Open PDF in SharePoint”.

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Create PDFs or PDF Portfolios with Microsoft Outlook

You can quickly convert or combine .msg files (emails) into PDFs using the right-click menu with

Foxit PhantomPDF installed. Right-click a message file, and choose Convert to PDF in Foxit

PhantomPDF to convert the file to a new PDF; or choose Combine files in Foxit PhantomPDF… to

convert multiple files. See also One-click PDF Creation from Any File.

Foxit PhantomPDF also adds a plugin in Microsoft Outlook when installed and appears as a tab

entitled FOXIT PDF in the Outlook toolbar. The commands in the tab allow you to create a PDF file

or PDF portfolio from the selected email message(s) or folder(s).

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To create a new PDF or PDF portfolio from the selected message(s), please select the

message(s) you want to convert and click Selected Message > Create New PDF…, or right-click

the selected message(s) and choose Convert to Foxit PDF. Then specify the name and the

location of the created PDF or PDF portfolio to begin the conversion.

Note:

1) To create a new PDF portfolio, the Output PDF Portfolio option should be checked in

General Settings group. Each message will be converted to a single PDF.

2) If the Output PDF Portfolio option is not checked, the selected message(s) will be merged

into one continuous PDF according to the time of each message was sent or received, i.e.

the latest message is on the first page.

3) The default name of the created PDF or PDF portfolio will be the title of the selected

message or the folder name of the selected messages.

To create a new PDF or PDF portfolio from the selected folder(s), please click Selected Folder >

Create New PDF…, or right-click a folder and choose Convert to Foxit PDF. Select folders you

want to convert in the pop-up Convert folder(s) to PDF dialog box. Then specify the name and

the location of the created PDF or PDF portfolio to begin the conversion.

Note:

1) To create a new PDF portfolio, the Output PDF Portfolio option should be checked in

General Settings group. Each message will be converted to a single PDF and then the

created PDF will be put into corresponding folders in the portfolio.

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2) If the Output PDF Portfolio option is not checked, all messages in the selected folders will

be merged into one continuous PDF. If you create a PDF file from one folder, the latest

email message will be arranged on the first pages of the created PDF file. If you create

from multiple folders, the order is based on the order how each folder is displayed on the

Convert folder(s) to PDF dialog box first and then the time each message was sent or

received.

To append to an existing PDF or PDF portfolio from the selected message(s), please select the

message(s) you want to convert and click Selected Message > Append to Existing PDF…, or

right-click the selected message(s) and choose Append to Foxit PDF. Select the existing PDF

or PDF portfolio you want to append to and click Open. The selected message(s) will be

appended to the end of the existing PDF. If the existing PDF is a PDF portfolio, the selected

messages will be created to single PDF files and then put into corresponding folders in the

existing PDF portfolio.

To append to an existing PDF or PDF portfolio from the selected folder(s), please click Selected

Folder > Append to Existing PDF…, or right-click a folder and choose Append to Foxit PDF.

Select folders you want to convert in the pop-up Convert folder(s) to PDF dialog box. Select

the existing PDF or PDF portfolio you want to append to and click Open. All messages of the

selected folder(s) will be appended to the end of the existing PDF. If the existing PDF is a PDF

portfolio, each message of the selected folders will be created to single PDF files and then put

into corresponding folders in the existing PDF portfolio.

To customize your PDF conversion settings before creating PDF, check desired options in

General Settings group.

View PDF Result – Once the conversion finishes, the converted PDF will be opened with

PhantomPDF automatically.

Output PDF Portfolio – Creates a new PDF portfolio from the selected email message(s)

or folder(s) and keeps the folder information of the selected folders in the created PDF

portfolio (i.e., the location path information of the folder in your email system). If you don’t

want to keep the folder information during conversion, please click the Advanced button and

uncheck Convert folder information option in the Settings tab. For instructions on how to

modify a PDF portfolio, please refer to Customize PDF Portfolios.

Include Attachment – Keeps the attachments of the selected email messages or folders

as the created PDF’s attachments, with the file types of the attachments unchanged.

Support PDF/A-1b Standard – Creates a PDF that is compliant with PDF/A-1b standard.

For more settings, click Advanced button and a Foxit PhantomPDF Add-in dialog box

pops up. You can add headers/footers, watermarks, security, etc. See also Setting Foxit

PhantomPDF Printer Properties. In the Security tab, you can also add RMS protection. For

instructions on how to add RMS protection, please refer to AD RMS Protection.

Foxit PhantomPDF supports automatic email archiving based on your settings. Click

Automatic Archival and check Enable Automatic Archival in the pop-up Automatic

Archival dialog box to do archival settings:

Specify the frequency and the time of the day to do the automatic archiving.

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(Optional) Enable “Maintain Log of Archival” to create a record for each archiving. Click

Choose File … to name the log file and specify its storage location.

In Choose Folders for Automatic Archival box, click Add to select email folders you need

to archive and specify the name (Check the box for Append the archive date to the specified

archive file name so that the older archived files will not be overwritten) and location of the

archived email PDF. You can also click Delete to remove folders from the list or click Change

Archive File… to modify the name and location of the archived email PDF.

(Optional) You can start archiving email right after you choose the folders for automatic

archival by clicking Run Archival Now button in the top right corner of the Automatic Archival

dialog box.

Click OK to complete setting.

Note: All archived email PDFs are PDF portfolios.

document. Before creation, you need to go to Preferences > ConnectedPDF > check

Automatically save PDF files in ConnectedPDF format (including those created from plugins)

only when signed in. More information about ConnectedPDF, please refer to ConnectedPDF

User Manual.

With Foxit PhantomPDF installed, you can quickly convert a file to a PDF and send it with Microsoft

Outlook.

1. Create a new email, and click the Foxit PDF tab in the Outlook ribbon.

2. Click Attach as Foxit PDF, a dialog box pops up for you to choose a file, and click Open.

3. Specify a location in the dialog box to save the PDF to be generated and click Save. The

generated PDF will be automatically attached to the email.

4. (Optional) Click Sign In to sign into your Foxit account and then click Protect Attachment to

add ConnectedPDF protection to the generated PDF. The protected PDF can only be viewed

by others. More information about ConnectedPDF, please refer to ConnectedPDF User

Manual.

5. After typing recipients and message, click Send.

Create PDFs in Microsoft Visio (Business Edition Only)

PhantomPDF Creator Plugin in Microsoft Visio provides quick and easy PDF creation from Visio files,

while preserving the document properties in the created PDFs depending on the conversion

settings.

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To create a PDF in Microsoft Visio, please open a file in Microsoft Visio, click the Foxit PDF tab and do one of the following:

To create a PDF using the current settings, click the Create PDF button. Then enter the

file name, specify the location, and then click Save.

To create and email a PDF using the current settings, click the Create and Email . Then

enter the file name, specify the location, and click Save. The created PDF file will be attached

to your mail system automatically for you to send out.

To create a PDF and save it to SharePoint, click Create to SharePoint . Please refer to

“Save the created PDF to SharePoint” for more information.

To customize your PDF conversion settings before creating PDFs, please refer to Conversion

Settings in Microsoft Word. You can retain all layers or flatten all layers in the created PDFs

by choosing Retain All or Flatten All for the Layers setting. If you choose to flatten layers, the

created PDF will seem like the original Visio drawing, but without any layer information.

For the Document Homepage, Remove ConnectedID, and Sign In buttons, please refer to

ConnectedPDF User Manual.

Note:

1. If you check Create Bookmarks, the created bookmarks will be named after the page

name in Visio files.

2. Only shapes and guides that are printable and visible in the Visio drawing will be

converted and will appear in the created PDF.

Create PDFs using the Print command

Foxit PhantomPDF Printer works like a standard printer, so you can use it to print your files from

any windows applications (such as Notepad and Outlook Express) as if you would print to a real

printer.

1. Open the file in its authoring application.

2. Choose File > Print.

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3. Select the printer named Foxit PhantomPDF Printer, and click the Print button. If you need to

deploy print settings, click the Preferences button (See also Setting Foxit PhantomPDF Printer

Properties).

4. Specify the name and the storage location in the pop-up dialog box and click Save to start

printing. After the printing is finished, the generated PDF file will be opened directly.

Foxit PhantomPDF supports to append newly generated PDF files to a previously generated one

which are created by Print command in other application using Foxit PhantomPDF Printer. More

details please refer to the steps below.

1. Change settings in Foxit PhantomPDF. Run and open the application window. Click File >

Preferences > Documents > uncheck Allow Multiple Instances, if it is checked. And click File >

Preferences > Create PDF > check Insert printed PDFs into previously generated documents,

except those created by Foxit PhantomPDF.

2. Open the file you want to convert to PDF and use the Print command to generate a new PDF.

The generated PDF file will be opened automatically with PhantomPDF. A Print Job pane appears

in navigation pane and the name of the file will be displayed on the pane. Do not close or save the

PDF file.

3. Open another file you want to append to the PDF file generated on Step 2. Convert the file with

Print command to PDF.

4. You will see that the name of the file in Step 3 is also added to the Print Job pane. That is to say,

the generated PDF file on Step 3 is appended to the generated PDF file on Step 2.

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5. Click File > Save. In the pop-up Save As dialog box, specify the name and location and click Save.

Create PDFs within web browsers

Foxit PhantomPDF allows you to convert webpages to PDFs using the Foxit Convert commands

in the toolbar within Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox. You can convert the

current webpage to a new PDF or append to an existing PDF, or send the new PDF as an email

attachment with one click.

For more about how to create PDFs within web browsers, see also Create PDFs in Microsoft Word.

Click Preferences for more settings. See also Create a PDF from Web Page and Conversion Settings

in Microsoft Word.

Create PDFs using Print to Evernote

Foxit PhantomPDF adds a new printer “Print to Evernote” after installation. This feature enables

the user to send the PDF file as an attachment to Evernote, as well as the option to create a PDF

the same as Foxit’s PDF printer does.

To create a PDF using Print to Evernote, see below:

1. Install the Evernote application and sign in to an Evernote account.

2. Open the file you want to convert to PDF, and choose File > Print > Print to Evernote.

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3. Set the print properties and then click Print. Name the PDF file and specify the storage location.

4. You will see that the PDF file is created and also attached in Evernote.

Create PDFs using Scanner

Foxit PhantomPDF allows you to create a PDF directly from a paper document using your scanner.

You can scan a document to PDF directly with custom settings or by using preset preferences that

you configured before.

See also the tutorial on Scan Documents into PDF.

Scan with custom settings

To scan a document to PDF with custom settings, please follow as below:

Choose File > Create > From Scanner > the From Scanner… button, or choose Convert >

Create > From Scanner, or choose the Home tab > the Convert group > the Scan button > the

Scan command.

Select a scanner and related options in the Scan dialog box.

Note: You must have the manufacturer’s scanning software installed on your computer.

Advanced Options: clicks to open the Scanner Options dialog box. (Available only after you

select a scanner.)

Transfer Mechanism: Native mode transfers data by default in your scanner. Buffered

memory mode scans in resolutions of over 600DPI.

Configure scanner:

Configure scanner using scanner interface: Checks this option and directly use the

scanner interface to scan. Then the following items (i.e. Source, Color Mode, Paper Size

and Resolution) will not be available and the settings in the scanner interface will not be

able to saved as a preset.

Source: select the input source for scanning, including Auto Detect, Feeder, and Flatbed.

If you select Auto Detect, Foxit PhantomPDF will detect the input source for scanning

automatically. If documents are placed in both feeder and flatbed, both of them will be

scanned, but the one in feeder will be scanned first by default.

Sides: Specify single or double-sided scanning. If you select Both Sides but the settings of

the scanner are for only one side, the scanner setting overrides the Foxit settings.

Color Mode (Windows only): selects a basic color mode (Black and White, Grayscale,

Color or Auto Detect) supported by your scanner.

Paper Size (Windows only): selects a paper size.

Resolution (Windows only): selects a resolution supported by your scanner.

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Output:

New PDF Document: Output the scanning results as a new PDF document.

Append: Append the scanning results to an existing PDF file. After selecting this option,

click Browse to find and select an existing PDF file from your local disk.

Optimize Scanned PDF:

Reduce size and optimize: checks this item and clicks 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.

Color/Gray settings: when scanning color or gray pages, select JPEG,

JPEG2000(Lossless) or JPEG2000(Lossy) to apply JPEG compression to the entire gray

or RGB input page. Select High-Compression to apply image compression in high-

quality with small size (Available in Business Edition Only).

Low/High Quality: drags 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:

 JBIG 2(Lossless)/ JBIG2(Lossy): apply an image compression standard for bi-

level images which is suitable for lossless or lossy compression.

 CCITT Group 4: applies CCITT Group 4 compression to black-and-white input

page images.

 High-Compression: applies to high-quality with small size compression.

(Available in Business Edition Only)

Deskew: chooses On to automatically rotate any page so that the text is vertically

aligned, which is of great use for cleaning up scanned PDFs.

Remove blank pages: removes the blank pages from the scanned PDF after scanning.

Make Searchable(run OCR): checks this item and clicks Options to run OCR in scanned

PDFs. See also “Recognize Text”.

Save as Preset: saves the current scanning settings as a preset with which you can quickly

start a scan next time. In the pop-up Save Preset dialog box, rename the preset as needed

and click Save.

Click Scan. If you checked Configure scanner using scanner interface previously, specify the

scan settings as needed and then scan the document based on your scanner’s settings.

A dialog box pops up, asking you whether to scan more pages, or to scan the reverse sides if

you chose both sides in the Sides option previously. Choose a desired option.

When the scanning is complete, the new scanned PDF or the existing PDF with the scanned

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pages appended at the end will automatically be opened, with a new tab named “POST-SCAN”

in the ribbon.

The Post-Scan Options tab:

Optimize Scanned PDF: optimizes the scanned PDF for a smaller size and better display

effect. See also “Custom Scan”.

OCR Current File: runs OCR in the current scanned PDF after saving the document. See

also “Recognize Text”.

Page Organize: navigates to the Organize tab where you can apply these commands on

the PDF pages.

Grayscale/ Black & White: adjusts the color mode of the scanned PDF. You can change

the mode from Color to Grayscale/ Black & White, or from Grayscale to Black & White;

but not the reverse.

Edit Document Information: modifies the scanned document information including

Author, Title and File name.

Close: closes the Post-Scan Options tab.

Choose File > Save, and specify a name and location for the scanned PDF file.

Scan with a Configured Preset (Windows)

You can configure scan parameters or options and save as presets. When you are ready to scan you

can choose one of them with just one click. To scan a paper document to PDF using a configured

preset, please choose Home tab > Convert group > Scan button > select a preset to scan

documents. See also “Configure presets”.

Configure presets

To configure a new preset, please do the following:

Click Home > Convert > Scan and click Scan. Select a scanner and then complete the settings (See also “Custom Scan”). Click Save as Preset to save the preset. Or click Scan to start a scan with the preset.

To modify presets, click Home > Convert > Scan > Manage presets to edit, delete and move the

existing presets in the Manage Scan Presets dialog box. You can also create a preset by clicking

Create.

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Optimize Scanned PDF

Foxit PhantomPDF supports the size optimization of scanned PDFs during PDF creation from a

scanner or by choosing File > Optimize Scanned PDF in an existing scanned or image-based PDF.

Create and Customize a PDF Portfolio

You can use Foxit PhantomPDF to quickly create a blank PDF portfolio or a new PDF portfolio from

any file. After creation, you can also add more files/folders, create folders, delete files/folders and

more within the PDF portfolio.

To create a blank PDF portfolio, please click Convert > Create > PDF Portfolio > Create a blank PDF

portfolio, or click File > Create > PDF Portfolio > Create a blank PDF Portfolio. In the ribbon appears

the Portfolio tab where you can change the view mode, add files (including open files) or folders,

and create folders. By default, there are two panes in the document area. All the files are displayed

in Layout view in the left pane and the Preview of the selected file is displayed in the right pane.

To create a new PDF portfolio from a file, please click Convert > Create > PDF Portfolio > Create a

new PDF portfolio, or click File > Create > PDF Portfolio > Create a new PDF Portfolio from existing

files. Select the files you want to attach to a PDF portfolio and click Open. You can also add more

files or folders after creation.

Tip: To quickly add files/folders, you can also copy-and-paste or drag-and-drop files/folders to the

portfolio.

To customize a PDF portfolio, you can edit PDF files in the portfolio using the toolbar at the top of

the left pane as needed and do any of the following:

 To delete a file, select it and click button, or right-click it and choose Delete.

 To extract a file from the portfolio, select it and click button, or right-click the file and

choose Extract from Portfolio…. Then specify the name and location of the extracted file.

 To edit the description of the portfolio, please navigate to File > Properties > Description.

Tip: You are allowed to drag and drop files/folders to the desired position or into a folder in the

portfolio. You can do more actions by right-clicking a file in the portfolio.

OCR PDFs and PDF Portfolios

Optical Character Recognition, or OCR, is a software process that enables images or printed text

to be translated into machine-readable text. OCR is most commonly used when scanning paper

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documents to create electronic copies, but can also be performed on existing electronic

documents (e.g. PDF or PDF portfolio).

 Recognize text

Foxit PhantomPDF can detect whether a PDF file is scanned or image-based and make

corresponding suggestions to initiate OCR when opening a scanned or image-based PDF.

To recognize image-based or scanned text in a file, perform the following steps:

1. Click Convert > Convert > OCR > Current File, in the Select OCR Engine dialog box, specify the

range you need.

2. Choose the language used in your document. You can select multiple languages as well.

3. In the output type, check Searchable Text Image to make the image text searchable (or check

Editable Text to enable the image text to be edited with Foxit PhantomPDF). Click OK to

recognize the text.

Note: If you are prompted to download the OCR component after clicking OK, please click Yes

to download and install it, or download it later from the link provided and install it by clicking

Install Update in the Help tab. To get the full version of Foxit PhantomPDF, please contact us.

4. (Optional) if you check Find All Suspect (Show all OCR results that may need to be changed.),

the OCR suspects will be enclosed in red boxes for you to check and correct right after the

recognition completes. (OCR suspects refer to the text that can hardly be recognized or may

not be recognized correctly and need to be corrected manually.) How to correct OCR suspects,

please refer to Find and Correct OCR Suspects.

5. A recognition text process bar will pop up to show the progress.

6. Do the search function, the text on your image or scanned document will be searchable.

Tip: Foxit PhantomPDF provides a Quick OCR command under Home/Convert tab to recognize all

pages of a scanned or image-based PDF with default or previous settings by one-click.

To recognize text in multiple files:

1. Click the Convert tab > Convert group > OCR > Multiple Files.

2. In the OCR Multiple Files dialog box, click Add Files to add files, PDF portfolios, or folders. Use

Move up, Move down, and Remove to adjust the order of the files.

3. Click Output Options…, in the Output Options dialog box, select the destination folder, and

choose how to name the new file and whether to overwrite an existing one. Then click OK.

4. Click OK. After recognition, a message box will pop up to prompt you the recognition is finished.

Note:

1. When you are using the CJK OCR engine for the first time, the system will remind you to

download and install the engine from the Foxit server.

2. If there is any unsupported file added, a “Remove unsupported file(s)” button will appear in the

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OCR Multiple Files dialog box. Click the button to remove the unsupported file(s) and then

continue. While recognizing a PDF portfolio, Foxit PhantomPDF will only extract and recognize

PDF files in the portfolio.

 Find and Correct OCR Suspects

After recognizing image-based or scanned texts in the PDF file, you can pick out and correct the

texts or characters that are uncertain as the steps below:

1. Click the Convert tab > Convert group > OCR > Suspect Results > First Suspect. A pop-up Find

OCR Suspects dialog box appears with a Foxit PhantomPDF box appearing to prompt you with

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 Find OCR Suspects dialog box shows both the original document text and the OCR text.

You can edit text in the OCR text box directly if needed. If the highlighted text is incorrectly

identified, click Not Text. Click Find Next to find the next suspect or click Accept and Find to

accept the suspect and find next.

3. If you choose the Convert tab > Convert group > OCR > Suspect Results > All Suspects. The

Find OCR Suspects dialog box also pops up and all the OCR suspects will be highlighted with

red boxes as below:

Original Document Text in the PDF file

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Suspect Results of the OCRed Text

You can check the highlighted text by clicking any highlighted parts. Click the place where it is

incorrect and input the correct text in the OCR text box in the Find OCR Suspects dialog box.

4. Click Close to exit the Find OCR Suspects dialog box.

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. Select the bookmark levels you want converted into items in the table of the contents

in the Add a new content of table dialog box. The table of contents page will be created from

the bookmarks of the current PDF.

Industry Standard Validation and Creation

With the Industry Standard command in Foxit PhantomPDF, you can specify the PDF’s standards

for specific industries and functions. Foxit PhantomPDF has PDF/A, PDF/E and PDF/X compliance

validation and creation to meet industry standards. Select Convert > Compliance > Industry

Standard , then select one of the industry standards, and then click Analyze or Analyze and Fix

in the pop-up dialog box. You can also create standard compliant PDFs by saving them as PDF/X,

PDF/A or PDF/E. (Business Edition Only)

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Chapter 5 – Edit

Foxit PhantomPDF provides not only general editing features to create bookmarks, add links,

attach files, add images, play and insert multimedia files on PDF files, but also advanced editing

features to select, insert, modify, remove and rotate texts, images, graphics and shadings. You can

go to the Edit tab directly to use different editing features to easily and efficiently change contents

in any existing PDF files.

Right-click any PDF file and choose Edit with Foxit PhantomPDF, then the PDF will be opened with

the toolbar automatically navigating to the Edit tab, ready for your editing.

Undo and Redo

When making quick adjustments to your document, you may want to undo or redo the most recent

action performed. You can undo and redo up to 10,000 actions in Foxit PhantomPDF.

Undo your last action

 Click Undo on the Quick Access toolbar 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 Quick Access toolbar of the Foxit PhantomPDF window.  Press Shift + Ctrl + Z.

Links

This function helps you to lead the readers to related articles, references, or the intended web

page. If you are reading a PDF file which contains text that links to a webpage, you will see the URL

address displayed when you hover your mouse over the text. When you right-click on the linked

text with the Hand command selected, you can choose to open the linked web page, copy

the URL address, or convert the linked web page to PDF.

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You can also add links in PDF files with Foxit PhantomPDF. Generally speaking, there are three

commands of links for you: Link , Web Links and Bookmark in Foxit

PhantomPDF.

Link

Add a link

The Link command 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 > Links > Link .  Position the cursor on the place you want to add the link, hold and drag your mouse button

to draw a rectangle. (Tip: In a tagged PDF, you can create a link directly from selected text by

right-clicking the selected text and choosing Create Link… from the context menu, with the

link tag automatically created at the same time.)

Tip: To draw a square link, press Shift key when you hold and drag your mouse button.

 Pops up the 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 rectangle’s 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

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C. Highlight - the effect when you click the rectangle link. There are four types of the

highlighting effects:

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.

 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.

 Set the position in a local PDF document – click the Open button on the Quick

Access toolbar of the application window > select the PDF you want to set position to >

scroll this document and go to a position where you want to set > click Set this position.

 Set the position in a PDF file attachment – click the Attachments icon in the Navigation

pane to open the Attachments panel > open the file attachment by double click > scroll

through the file attachment and go to a position where you want to set > click Set this

position.

Note:

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1. The new PDF document should be opened in a new tab in the existing window

but not a new window. While setting the position, you can press Ctrl + mouse

scroll to change the page magnification. Before setting the position, you can click

Cancel to cancel your operation, if necessary.

2. The linked local PDF documents are saved in your local disks. You need to send

the parent PDF document and the linked documents to users to ensure that the

linked documents can be opened. However, the linked PDF file attachments are

always saved with the PDF document. To link to a position in a PDF file

attachment, you should open a PDF file that contains PDF file attachments. If not,

please follow the steps in Add a file to the entire PDF as an attachment to add

PDF file attachments first.

 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 document’s

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 commands or the Select Annotation command , and then move

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the cursor over the link until the cursor turns into an arrow .

Then do one of the following:

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 the Link command or the Select Annotation command , and then move the

cursor over the link until the cursor turns into an arrow .

Select the link you want to delete. Press the Delete key.

Web Links

Foxit PhantomPDF allows users to check URLs in the PDF document automatically and add link

annotations directly to the related URLs.

Create web links from URLs

To create web links, please do as following:

1. Click Edit > Links > Create links from URLs . A message box will pop up to prompt you

whether to proceed because the operation cannot be undone. Click Yes to continue.

2. In the pop-up Create web links dialog box, choose All to create links from all URL in the

document, or choose From …To and enter a page range to create links on selected pages. Click OK.

3. A message box will pop up to prompt you how many web links were added to the document.

Remove all web links

To remove all web links, choose Edit > Links > Remove all links .

Append all web links on the current page

You can download all web links on the current page and convert the linked web pages to PDF pages

that will be appended to the end of the current PDF. This feature is helpful when some of the

content in the linked web pages is not accessible for visually impaired users.

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To append all web links on the current page, choose Edit > Links > Append All Web Links on Current

Page. The converted pages are appended to the end of the current PDF. By default, only one level

of the linked websites is converted to PDF pages with bookmarks created. The created bookmarks

are named with the domain names of the web pages. If the web pages share the same domain

name, sub-bookmarks will be created and named with the page titles. Please note that after

conversion the downloaded links in the document will change to internal links that will jump to the

converted pages in the document when you click them.

View all web links on a page

You can not only view all web links on a page, but also download selected links to convert the linked

web pages with custom settings to PDFs that will be appended to the end of the current PDF.

1. Choose Edit > Links > View Web Links. In the pop-up dialog box, you can view all web links in

the current page.

2. Choose a link and click Properties… to customize conversion settings. See also Create a PDF

from Web Page.

3. (Optional) click Select All to select all web links in the dialog box, or click Clear All to unselect

them.

4. Select the links you want to download, and click Download. Then a progress dialog box pops

up.

5. After the downloading completes, you can see the linked web pages are successfully converted

and appended to the end of the current document. Please note that after conversion the

downloaded links in the document will change to internal links that will jump to the converted

pages in the document when you click them.

Web links in a PDF opened with PhantomPDF within a web browser

When you open a PDF document with PhantomPDF within a web browser, right-click the web link

in the document and choose an option from the context menu:

 Open Weblink in current Tab: directly open the link in the current tab in the web browser.  Open Weblink in a new Tab: open the link in a new tab in the web browser.  Open Weblink as New Document: convert the linked webpage to a PDF. See also To create

PDF from a linked web page.

 Copy Link Location: copy the link address to the clipboard.

Bookmarks

Please refer to Bookmarks.

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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.

2. (Optional) If there is no bookmark in the document, click Edit > Links > Bookmark , or click

the New Bookmark icon at the top of the Bookmarks panel.

3. Select the bookmark after 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. Click Edit >

Links > Bookmark, or click the New Bookmark icon at the top of the Bookmarks panel, or

right-click the selected bookmark and choose Add Bookmark.

4. Type or edit the name of the new bookmark, and press Enter.

Tip:

1. If some of the bookmarks in the document have long names, you can right-click the

Bookmarks panel and choose Wrap Long Bookmarks, so that the long bookmark names

will appear on multiple lines within the Bookmarks panel. To unwrap, choose Don’t Wrap

Long Bookmarks from the right-click menu of the Bookmarks panel.

2. To add a bookmark, you can also right-click on the page where you want the bookmark to

link to and choose Add Bookmark. Before this, if you have chosen an existing bookmark (if

any) in the Bookmarks panel, the newly added bookmark will automatically be added right

behind the existing bookmark (in the same hierarchy); if you haven’t selected any existing

bookmark, the new bookmark will be added at the end of the bookmark list.

Edit a bookmark

In Foxit PhantomPDF, you are able to rename a bookmark, reset a bookmark’s destination, or

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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, click on a bookmark to select one bookmark, press Ctrl/Shift + click

to select multiple bookmarks, or press Ctrl + A to select all the bookmarks.

 Right-click the selected bookmark and 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. (Ctrl-click to select more than one bookmark. To select a continuous group

of bookmarks, click one bookmark, then hold the Shift key and click the last bookmark.)

 Right-click the bookmark you want to delete and choose Delete.

Note: Deleting a bookmark deletes all the bookmarks that are subordinate to it.

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Move a bookmark

Select the bookmark (named “Bookmark A”) you want to move, and then do one of the following:

 Hold the mouse button down and then drag “Bookmark A” icon directly to the desired

place. The Line icon shows the place where the icon will be located.

 Right-click “Bookmark A” icon and choose the Cut option > right-click the

bookmark(named “Bookmark B”) under which you want to place “Bookmark A”, choose

“Paste after Selected Bookmark” if you want to put “Bookmark A” after “Bookmark B”, which

will be in the same hierarchy with “Bookmark A”; or choose “Paste under Selected Bookmark”

if you want to put “Bookmark A” under the “Bookmark B”, which will be the parent bookmark.

Note:

1. The bookmark links to its original destination in the document although it is moved.

2. You can press Shift or Ctrl + Click to select multiple bookmarks at once, or press Ctrl + A to

select all bookmarks.

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 or move a bookmark out of nested position, please refer to Move a bookmark.

 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. To collapse all bookmarks, right-click any bookmark in the Bookmarks panel and

choose Expand/ Collapse All Bookmarks in the context menu. When no bookmarks are expanded

in the Bookmarks panel, you can right-click any bookmark and choose Expand/ Collapse All

Bookmarks to expand all bookmarks.

Destinations

When creating a link in a PDF, you can link to a specified destination in the document. With Foxit

PhantomPDF, you can create and manage destinations in the Destinations panel in the navigation

pane.

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Create and link a destination

1. Navigate to the location in the document you want to set as the destination.

2. In the Destinations panel, click the Create new destination icon or choose the New

Destination command from the Options menu. Name the destination.

3. Save the document.

4. Create a link in the document with the Link command under the Edit tab. In the Create Link

dialog box, select Go to a named position and click Next….

5. Select a position from the list in the pop-up Go to a named position dialog box, and click OK.

6. Save the document.

Manage destinations

You can sort, change, and delete destinations in the Destinations panel.

Sort destinations

To sort destinations, choose Sort by Name or Sort by Page from the Options menu in the

Destinations panel.

Change destinations

To move to the target location, double-click the destination. Or right-click the destination and

choose Go To Destination.

To reset the location of the destination, navigate to the desired location, right-click the destination

and choose Set Destination.

To rename a destination, select the destination, click on the name of destination and type a new

name. Or right-click the destination and choose Rename.

Delete destinations

To delete a destination, right-click a destination and choose Delete. Or choose the destination and

press Delete on the keyboard.

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

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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 Attachment panel

in the navigation pane.

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 Open dialog box, select the file you want to attach, and click Open.

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 command or the Select Annotation command and do the following:

1. Double-click the File Attachment icon .

2. In Open file attachment dialog box, select one of the three options and click OK.

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”.

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 Annotation command . 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 Annotation .  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.

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.

C. Border – drag and move the scroll bar to change image’s position in the rectangle. The

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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 Place on Multiple 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 Select Annotation command or the Image Annotation command , put the

cursor over the image and the cursor changes into an arrow .

2. Click and drag the image to another place you like.

To resize an image, please do the following:

1. Select the Select Annotation command or the Image Annotation command , put the

cursor over the image and the cursor turns into an arrow , and then click the image.

2. Place the cursor on any corner point. The cursor changes into the cursor showing the direction

at which the rectangle will be resized.

To resize the image

3. Drag the cursor outside, it will increase the size of the rectangle proportionally. Drag the cursor

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inside and 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:

Annotation is hidden from view – The image annotation will be invisible in Hand command

mode.

Border – Select the border width of the image and the border’s style and color.

 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 Select Annotation command or the Image Annotation command , put the

cursor over the image and the cursor turns into an arrow , and then click the image.

2. Press Delete or right-click the image > Delete.

Select multiple images

1. Select the Select Annotation command or the Image Annotation command .

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.  Click Edit tab > Arrange group > Arrange button > select a type of alignment, or 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.

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 it’s 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:

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.

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Center images

This function enables you to center the rectangle enclosed by the images you select vertically,

horizontally or both.

Below is an example:

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Contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction

PhantomPDF Overview

Foxit PhantomPDF Standard

Foxit PhantomPDF Business

What’s New?

What’s new in Foxit PhantomPDF 9.5?

New features:

Enhancements in Foxit PhantomPDF 9.5:

About the User Manual

Quick Installation Guide

Online Help

Help Center

Content-sensitive Help

Foxit Plug-In Platform

Using Foxit Setup Customization Tool

Chapter 2 – Get Started

Workspace Basics

Toolbar

Show/Hide Toolbar

Set Favorite Toolbar

Mouse/Touch Mode

Navigation Panels

Show or hide the navigation panels

Adjust the navigation pane

Status Bar

Customize the Skin

Set Preferences

Accessibility

Commenting

ConnectedPDF

Create PDF

Documents

ECM Integration

Editing

File Associations

Forms

Full Screen

General

History

Identity

Languages

Layout Grid

Measuring

Multimedia (Legacy)

Page Display

PDF Sign

Print

Reading

Reviewing

RMS Settings (Business Edition Only)

Security

Signature

Speech

Spelling

Tablet

Time Stamp Servers

Trust Manager

Updater

Chapter 3 – Read

Open PDFs

Open PDFs in Foxit PhantomPDF

Open PDFs from Desktop or within Other Applications

Open a secured PDF document

Save PDFs

Save a copy of a PDF

Save a PDF as a HTML, RTF, TXT, or Microsoft Office File

Save PDFs in ECM systems or cloud services

Close a PDF

Export PDFs

Export PDF to Office, plain text, or HTML files

Export PDF to accessible text

Export a PDF as an image

Export all images in the PDFs

Export Selected Area to Other Formats

View PDFs