Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint User Manual

Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint

Advanced Configuration Guide

Table of Content

Frontend Web Server Configuration................................................................................... 3

Feature list................................................................................................................... 3

Step by step introduction ............................................................................................. 3

PDF Conversion Service Configuration ............................................................................. 6

Configuration options .................................................................................................. 6

Step by step instruction. .............................................................................................. 7

Cache Management Configuration .................................................................................... 9

Configuration Options ................................................................................................. 9

Log Management Configuration ........................................................................................ 11

Log Type ..................................................................................................................... 11

Modify log storage path .............................................................................................. 11

Overview

Foxit WebPDF Reader provides four advanced configuration types to help the administrator
control the reader’s functions. The configurations are frontend web server configuration, PDF’s
conversion configuration, cache’s configuration and log configuration. In this guide, this
document will provide a description of how to use them in detail.

Frontend Web Server Configuration

The fronted Web Server configuration provides configuration to PDF viewing functions. The
configuration is valid for different web applications.

Feature list

 View
 Zoom
 Go to page
 Bookmark view
 Thumbnail view
 File Properties
 View annotation and pop-up note
 Link action
 Shortcut key support
 File with password
 Text search
 Select and copy text
 Highlight form field
 Form filling
 Export form data
 Add watermark (static and dynamic)

Administrator can enable/disable the functions accessible to end users For example, if
Administrator does not want to allow the end user to select and copy the text, he/she can just
disable the text selection and copy function.

Besides, WebPDF Reader also supports adding watermarks, including static text watermark
(i.e. fixed text content) and dynamic watermark (including current device IP, name of current
active account and current time). The watermarks will be added to the converted image of PDF
file before be sent to the user.

Step by step introduction

How to configure the frontend web server?

 Visit Central Administration of SharePoint, click "Manage Web Application” under

“Application Management”.

 Click the website to be configured, and choose SharePoint-80 (as shown below). Then

the “WebPDF Reader Settings” option in the toolbar will be activated, click it. (Note:
Configuration to the administrator’s website is not supported. Therefore, the “WebPDF
Reader Settings” option will not be activated if you choose “SharePoint Central
Administration v4”)

You will enter the configuration page as shown below: