Create a PDF from a File
You can create a PDF from Microsoft Office, image or TXT files.
- Do any of the following:
- Choose File > Create > From File.
- Choose Tools > Convert, or click in the Common Tools toolbar and choose Convert to open the Convert toolbar. Then click From Files > From File in the Convert toolbar.
- Select a file you want to convert, and click Open.
- (Optional) If you choose to convert a Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file to PDF, the Office to PDF settings dialog box will pop up by default. Choose the way you want to convert the Office file to PDF, and click OK. In this step, Foxit Reader will remember your selection and apply it as default the next time you convert a Microsoft Office file to PDF. If you do not want to see the dialog box during conversion next time, remember to check the Don't show again option.
- Click Save button(or choose File > Save), and specify the file name and location to save the converted PDF file.
Tip: Foxit Reader provides two ways for you to convert Microsoft Office files to PDFs, using the local service or Foxit Online Service. Before conversion, you can also go to Foxit Reader > Preferences > Create PDF, and choose how you would like to convert Microsoft Office files to PDFs and specify whether or not to show the Office to PDF settings dialog box during conversion. If you choose to use the local service, please make sure that you have installed Microsoft Office 2016 or higher on your Mac device. If you choose to use Foxit Online Service, Internet connection is required during conversion.
Create a PDF from a Blank Page
- Do any of the following:
- Choose File > Create > From Blank Page.
- Choose Tools > Convert, or click in the Common Tools toolbar, and choose Convert.
- (Optional) Use the typewriter tool to add contents in the blank page.
- Click Save button(or choose File > Save) to save the file.
Create a PDF from Scanner
Foxit Reader allows you to create a PDF directly from a paper document using your Image Capture (ICA) scanner driver.
- Do any of the following:
- Choose File > Create > From Scanner.
- Choose Tools > Convert, or click in the Common Tools toolbar and choose Convert to open the Convert toolbar. Then click From Scanner in the Convert toolbar, and choose Scan.
- In the Scan dialog box, select a scanner and related options:
- Configure scanner
- Prompt to scan more pages: Select this option, a dialog box will pop up to ask you whether to scan more pages whenever the scanning completes. If the option is unselected, for single-sided scanning, you'll not be prompted once the scanning completes.
- 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.
- Source: Select the input source for scanning, including Feeder and Flatbed. 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.
- Color Mode: Select a basic color mode (Color, Black and White, or Grayscale) supported by your scanner.
- Paper Size: Select a paper size.
- Resolution: Select a resolution supported by your scanner.
- Output
- New PDF Document: Output the scanning results as a new PDF document.
- Append: Append the converted scan to an existing PDF file. After selecting this option, click Browse to find and select an existing PDF file from your local disk.
- Configure scanner
- Click Scan.
- When prompted whether to scan more pages or reverse sides (available if you chose Both Sides in the Sides option), choose a desired option, and click OK.
- When the scanning is complete, the new scanned PDF or the existing PDF with the scanned pages appended at the end will automatically be opened. Click the Save button (or File > Save) to save the scanned PDF file.
Convert and Export PDF Files
Foxit Reader allows users to convert a PDF to plain text.
- Open the Convert toolbar by one of the following:
- Choose Tools > Convert.
- Clickin the Common Tools toolbar, and choose Convert.
- In the Convert toolbar, choose To Text > To Plain Text.
- Specify the file name and page range, and click OK to save the converted file.