Foxit PDF Editor Pro – Quick Start Guide

About

Foxit PDF Editor Pro is Fairleigh Dickinson University’s replacement for Adobe Acrobat Pro. Foxit PDF Editor improves document productivity and efficiency. FoxIt PDF Editor Pro can create, convert, edit, and sign PDFs across devices and is available from the FDU Self-Service Portal under “Software” for all full-time faculty and full-time staff only. Due to limited licensing, a request form found at samisupport.fdu.edu must first be submitted.

Foxit PDF Editor Pro vs. Adobe Acrobat Pro

• Faster: Foxit PDF Editor Pro uses fewer overall resources and is able to open PDFs faster. Also, due to less overall resources required, there are fewer automatic updates required.
• Standards-compliant: Foxit PDF Editor Pro works with existing PDFs and uses the PDF standard which makes it cross-compatible with Adobe Acrobat.
• More secure: Foxit PDF Editor Pro offers better protection against security vulnerabilities than it’s Adobe counterpart.
• Familiar user interface: Using the Microsoft Office style ribbon user interface makes transitioning from Adobe Acrobat a breeze.
• Better editing: FoxIt PDF Editor Pro uses word processor like features to offer better text and image editing.
• Compatibility: Files created with FoxIt PDF Editor Pro are fully compatible with Adobe Acrobat. Also, files created with Adobe Acrobat are fully compatible with FoxIt PDF Editor Pro.

Comparison Charts

For a full comparison list as well as a list of added features please view the comparison charts below.

Feature	Foxit PDF Editor Pro	Adobe Acrobat Pro
Create industry standard PDF files from virtually all PC applications and the clipboard	✔	✔
One-click PDF creation from IE, Edge, Chrome, and Firefox	✔	✔
One-step PDF creation from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook	✔	✔
Convert PDF to Microsoft® Office, HTML and image formats	✔	✔
Append created PDF to an existing file	✔
PDF Printer	✔	✔

Feature	Foxit PDF Editor Pro	Adobe Acrobat Pro
Editing from Client	✔	✔
Editable Forms	✔	✔
Add/Remove/Reorder pages	✔	✔
Merge PDF (Local)	✔	✔
Merge PDF (Network)	✔	✔

Feature	Foxit PDF Editor Pro	Adobe Acrobat Pro
Commenting	✔	✔
Notes	✔	✔
Redacting	✔	✔

Feature	Foxit PDF Editor Pro	Adobe Acrobat Pro
Scan to create new PDF	✔	✔
Scan to insert into existing PDF	✔	✔
Convert scanned/image-based PDFs to searchable editable documents	✔	✔
Find OCR Suspects and mark them as not text or edit the recognition results in batch	✔	Not in Batch
Scan Presets	✔	✔
Scan to save Mutiple Files	✔	✔

Feature	Foxit PDF Editor Pro	Adobe Acrobat Pro
Feature	Foxit PDF Editor Pro	Adobe Acrobat Pro
PDF Encryption	✔	✔
Fill and Sign / Digital Signatures	✔	✔
Create Multiple Signatures	✔	✔
DocuSign/Adobe Sign Support	✔	✔
Lock for Editing	✔	✔

Feature	Foxit PDF Editor Pro	Adobe Acrobat Pro
Multi Tab Viewing PDF documents	✔	✔
View and navigate page thumbnails, bookmarks	✔	✔
Reflow view	✔	✔
Ruler, Guides, Grids to help position objects in the PDF	✔	✔
Text viewer, Magnifier	✔
Line Weights and Toggle Ruler to help viewing PDF	✔	Only Line Weights
Read out loud	✔	✔
Search including bookmark and comments	✔	✔
Search in all opened PDF Files	✔	✔
Print PDF Documents and Forms	✔	✔
Print with comments for efficient review	✔	✔

Feature	Foxit PDF Editor	Adobe Acrobat Pro
Accessibility full check and check report	✔	✔
Fix failed parts after accessibility check	✔	✔
Touch up reading order to add and edit tags	✔	✔
Auto tag Document and tag report.	✔	✔

Quick Start Video Tutorials

Below are some helpful video tutorials for some of the more popular functions of FoxIt PDF Editor Pro.

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