By editing layer properties in the Layer Properties dialog box, you can control the visibility of layers and set whether to print or export layers. For example, you can hide a layer whenever the document is displayed on screen, while ensuring that the layer always prints. Only Foxit PDF Editor Pro users are enabled to edit the layer properties.

You may need to change the order of layers in the list, or move a layer from one layer group to another. In the navigation pane, to reorder a layer, just press Alt while you click the layer’s name and drag it to the desired location. You can undo or redo the operation. (Note: You cannot reorder locked layers or layers in nested layer groups.)

1. In the navigation pane, select the layer you want to delete. 
2. Click the menu button in the top left corner of the Layers panel, and choose Delete Layer, or press Delete on the keyboard.

1. In the navigation pane, click the menu button in the top left corner of the Layers panel, and choose Flatten Layers.
2. A warning message pops up, telling you that the flattening operation cannot be cancelled or undone.
3. Then click OK.

Note: After the flattening operation, all layers will be consolidated, while the

1. In the navigation pane, click the menu button in the top left corner of the Layers panel, and choose Merge Layers….
2. In the Merge Layers dialog box, select one or more layers you want to merge and the target layer to merge the selected layers into.
3. Then click OK.

Note: Merged layers will have the

You can import layers from a PDF file or import images as layers into a target PDF file. 

In a PDF, information can be stored on different layers. To show or hide related content stored in a variable number of separate layers, you can simply refer to the Layers panel on the left side of the work area. You can view layers and choose to show or hide the content associated with each layer.

Foxit PDF Editor allows users to check the spelling of PDF files and provides suggestions to correct misspelled words. This feature is useful when users want to proofread text. You can check for possible mistakes and then confirm each correction.

1. With the Add Article Box command select any article box of Article 1 in the document.
2. Click the plus sign at the bottom of the box and the pointer changes into . 
3. Ctrl-click any article box of Article 2.
4. Then you can see Article 2 is appended to the end of Article 1, and all article boxes are renumbered automatically.

1. With the Add Article Box command select the article box that you want to the new article box to follow in the document.
2. Click the plus sign at the bottom of the box and the pointer changes into . Then you can click and drag a rectangle around the desired content to be the new article box.