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The Foxit Reader is a small, fast, and feature rich PDF viewer which allows you to open, view, and print any PDF file.

From the Foxit Reader Website:

Whether you're a consumer, business, government agency, or educational organization, you need to read and annotate PDF documents and fill out PDF forms. You need your PDF Reader to be:

  • Fast - read PDF files without waiting.
  • Lightweight - PDF reader that is easily deployable and doesn't exhaust system resources.
  • Secure - so you don't get infected with viruses and can keep sensitive information safe within your PDF documents.
  • A Platform - so you can extend the Foxit Reader by creating your own value added capabilities for internal use or for resale.

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How to know which fonts are used in selected part of a PDF document

I'm using Foxit Reader as default PDF viewer. How can I see what type of font is used for a selected part of a PDF document? (If this can only be done with another software, I'd prefer a freeware as I don't want to pay for just viewing selected…
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PDF has garbled text when copy pasting

I'm trying to copy and paste text from a PDF file. However, whenever I paste the original text it is a huge mess of garbled characters. The text looks like the following (this is just one small extract): 4$/)5=$13! ,4&1*%-! )5'$! 1$2$)&,$40! 65))!…
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How to open two independent instances of Foxit Reader?

I'm trying to open two PDF files simultaneously, in order to compare their contents, one on the right (Win→) and another on the left (Win←) side of my screen. Unfortunately I'm trying without success. I already tried to open another Foxit reader,…
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Is it possible to remove the advertisement in Foxit Reader 6.0?

Foxit Reader 6.0 has an advertisement in the top right corner of the screen: Is it possible to remove this advertisement?
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Foxit Reader tab navigation keyboard shortcut

Is there a way to browse between tabs of different open PDFs in Foxit Reader using a keyboard shortcut?
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Search through PDF with word distance?

Is it possible to search in a PDF ( via acrobat reader / foxit) - text with word distance ? For example : I'm looking for the word "static" and I know that another word which is "field" - should be around. I also assume that the distance between…
Royi Namir
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How can I access the history list in FoxIt Reader?

In Preferences → History, Foxit Reader has the settings Maximum number of documents in history list and Maximum number of documents in Recent Documents list. The former can be set as high as 200, and the latter to 10. I want to find some old PDFs…
Jess Riedel
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How can I disable "ConnectedPDF"? (When Foxit PDF Cloud is unwanted)

Abstract Since Version 8 the Foxit Reader every user gets this Starupscreen and is urged to connect to the PDF Cloud. This feature is unwanted on our customers terminal servers (and, as I suspect, on the most comercial used systems.) I found a way…
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How to open same(pdf) document in two different tabs in foxit reader?

I am trying to open the same document in two tabs of Foxit reader, but I don't know how to do it. What I did or what I want to do : I just open one PDF with Foxit reader. Same file: I want to open it in the same instance of Foxit, but in a…
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Forcing grayscale PDF to Black and White?

I have a large color PDF that I can easily view greyscale in Foxit Reader: Unfortunately various bits of text end up in ridiculously light shades of grey. Similar, but not direct, questions include: Displaying PDF files white on black Converting a…
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How can I print 4 pages at a time?

PROBLEM: I have been manually copy-pasting pages in sets of 4 i.e. 1-4, 5-8, 9-12..so on, while trying to print pages. I haven't found a way to do this automatically. (If there is a command for this) Say, If I have to print 12 pages, I should…
Siddhant Rimal
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How do I make Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 to be my default Internet Explorer PDF plugin?

I have 2 PDF apps installed: Adobe Reader 9 and Foxit PDF Reader. For whatever reason, Foxit PDF Reader is the default PDF plugin for Internet Explorer. How do I make Adobe Reader 9 to be the default PDF plugin (short of uninstalling Foxit or…
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How do I delete a signature in Foxit Reader?

I am using Foxit Reader version 7.1.5.425 and “Manage Signatures” only allows me to add a signature, not delete a signature.
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Foxit Reader - Open in new tab instead of new window

Is it possible to open new files in a new tab instead of a new window when "Allow Multiple Instances" is checked in Preferences? This would behave similarly to 2010 Excel or Word. That is, you can open multiple instances by using the application…
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Can't delete Foxit Reader directory, not even as Administrator, on Windows 8

I tried to upgrade Foxit Reader and it left the directory in an unreadable state. I can't view the directory, nor even delete it, not even as Administrator. How do I get rid of it so I can re-install? C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software>takeown /f…
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