The General tab
- Description – Enter a summary for the current conversion setting.
- Compatible With - With Foxit PDF Editor, you can choose the version number from 1.3 to 1.7 when creating PDFs. Choosing the right PDF reference version can help the PDFs to be better compatible with different PDF viewers. See also PDF Versions.
- Optimize for fast web view – Creates a linearized PDF that can be opened and viewed even before the whole file is downloaded.
- Optimize Page Contents – Select this option to create a PDF with a smaller file size by optimizing the content streams in the PDF. The optimization may include combining some certain objects and the same properties.
- Add PDF information to the document –This option allows you to set PDF document properties, such as Title, Subject, Author, etc. You can add information when it is checked.
The Font tab
Embedding all fonts allows anyone who opens your file to see the document as you intended it to be seen. Select an option as needed to specify whether to embed fonts.
- Embed all fonts – Embed all fonts used in the file (subsets of the fonts) to generated PDFs. This option is selected by default.
- Embed nonstandard fonts – Embed fonts except the standard fonts (including typically Arial, Times New Roman, Courier, and Symbol).
- Use the font embedding list below – Embed the fonts listed in the box below, where you can select the fonts you want to embed.
- Don’t embed any fonts – No fonts will be embedded into the generated PDFs. Without embedding fonts, the PDF viewer will substitute a font with a close match or a default font which is available on the computer, and the display results may be not exactly what you intended.
Show warning message when the document contains fonts that are not allowed to be embedded: Some font manufacturers place embedding restrictions on their fonts. Foxit PDF Editor honors these restrictions and will show a warning message when your document contains thefonts that are not allowed to be embedded.
The Images tab
Specify the image conversion settings. See also Compress Images in advanced PDF optimization.
The PDF Standards tab
Select a PDF standard as needed from the menu under which there is the corresponding description for your reference.
The Watermarks tab
Add watermarks to the document – If you want to add watermarks to your document, you can select this option and choose to add Image Watermarks or Text Watermarks.
- Image Watermarks:
Image
You can browse your computer for an image and change the Opacity and Rotation of the image which will be added into your document as a watermark.
Offsets
This option allows you to adjust the specific position of the watermark by specifying the unit of measurement and the distance from the left or top edge of the generated PDF page.
- Scale
- To resize the watermark in relation to the original image size, check Absolute Scale and enter a number in the percentage box.
- To resize the watermark in relation to the PDF page dimensions, check Relative Page and enter a number in the percentage box.
Preview
You can see how the watermark will look like with the selected options.
- Text Watermarks:
Font
This option is activated only when Text Watermarks is selected and you can choose the font name, font size and font color from the drop-down menus.
Text
You can enter text in the Content box and change the Opacity and Rotation of the text which will be added into your document as a watermark.
Offsets
This option allows you to adjust the specific position of the watermark by specifying the unit of measurement and the distance from the left or top edge of the generated PDF page.
Preview
You can see how the watermark will look like with the selected options.
The Headers/Footers tab
Add Headers/Footers to the Document
This option allows you to add headers/footers to your PDF document. By checking this option, the following options will be activated.
Font
You can choose the font name, font size and font color from the boxes.
Edit
This option allows you to edit headers/footers and you can specify their styles. You can enter text in the columns (Left Column, Center Column and Right Column) if needed. Click Insert Date to insert date to the PDF document. Click Insert Page Number to insert page number to the PDF document.
Offsets
This option allows you to change the unit of measurement and specify the margins for all 4 sides.
Preview
You can see how the headers/footers will look with the selected options.
The Security tab
The security feature of PDF gives you exceptional control over PDF files. Choose a protection type.
- Password Protection
See also Password Protection in the Security chapter.
- Certificate Protection
See also Certificate Protection in the Security chapter.
RMS Protection (Available in Pro Only)
See also AIP Protect in the Security chapter.