By Cynthia, 29 November, 2025
  1. Open the document you want to inspect, and click Convert > Preflight.
  2. In the Preflight dialog box, select a preflight profile/check/fixup and other options in the Profiles tab as needed.
By Cynthia, 29 November, 2025

When you click the Preflight command, the Preflight dialog box pops up, allowing you to run a preflight inspection, fix errors in documents, view preflight results, and more. There are three tabs in the Preflight dialog box: Profiles, Results, and Standards.

By Cynthia, 29 November, 2025

You may want to conveniently create a table of contents (TOC) from existing bookmarks for a hierarchy structure when viewing a PDF file. Foxit PDF Editor offers two ways to create a table of contents. The new TOC page will be inserted in the beginning of the PDF. 

By Cynthia, 29 November, 2025

After recognizing image-based or scanned texts in the PDF file, you can pick out and correct the texts or characters that are uncertain as the steps below:

By Cynthia, 29 November, 2025

Foxit PDF Editor can detect whether a PDF file is scanned or image-based and make corresponding suggestions to initiate OCR when opening a scanned or image-based PDF. You can also run OCR anytime to recognize the image-based text in a PDF.

To recognize image-based or scanned text in a PDF file, perform the following steps:

By Cynthia, 29 November, 2025

A PDF binder is a collection of relevant documents in different formats merged into a single PDF file. With the Binder feature in Foxit PDF Editor Pro, you can organize the documents in a specific sequence within the PDF binder and generate a customized TOC (table of contents) based on the documents. Moreover, you can conveniently save the entire set of documents as a binder project or a template for future use.

By Cynthia, 29 November, 2025

To install Foxit PDF Editor from the Mac App Store, please follow the instructions in App Store User Guide

To install Foxit PDF Editor that is downloaded from Foxit official website, please double-click the package, and then follow the step-by-step instructions in the Installation Wizard. 

By Cynthia, 29 November, 2025

Operating Systems

  • macOS 12, macOS 13, or macOS 14, or macOS 15 
  • Microsoft Office® 2016 or later version (required for some PDF creation features)

Recommended Minimum Hardware

  • Intel Processor or Apple Silicon Processor
  • 1GB of RAM
  • 5GB of available hard disk space
  • 1024*768 screen resolution
By Cynthia, 29 November, 2025

Foxit PDF Editor Subscription Release is available in the Mac App Store and on Foxit official website. Both editions offer a 14-day free trial. For the edition downloaded from the Mac App Store, you can access the basic functions (view, annotate, etc.) for free and unlock the premium features (edit, convert, protect, etc.) through in-app purchases. For the edition downloaded from Foxit official website, you can get full access to Foxit PDF Editor based on a subscription.