Foxit PDF Editor 2.2 has introduced more exciting features and enhancements that are listed below:

• Floating Panes
  customize your workspace, users can float and move Bookmark Panel and Property Panel to any ideal position of the page, ideal for users for not utilizing the feature or to get it out of the way.
• Finding Text
  This feature displays given strings of text from the searched PDF file and highlights the returned matched text. This useful function is fast and easy for users looking for text within a document or an article.
• Navigating with Bookmarks
  Navigating through bookmarks is an efficient way for users to link to the target location quickly. To jump to a topic that you are interested, you can just simply click the bookmark.
• Viewing Annotations
  The View Annotations function enables users to view the annotations added to the PDF document. Users are able to easily check all the comments by checking the option to “Show Comments” on the status bar of the workspace.
• Rulers and Grids
  This feature provides horizontal and vertical rulers and grids to help users align and position objects precisely on the page, as well as measure the dimensions of the shapes. The snap to Grid Function automatically positions text and other objects to the closest intersection of the grids as you place or move them on the page.
• Easier Text Setting Actions
  Making Editor more intelligent and user-friendly, users now are able to set the attributes of the text in the “Add new text objects” dialog box directly, including font, color, size, horizontal scale, line gap, etc,. Adding your own text to PDFs is amazingly fast and easy.
• Bug Fixes
  Fixed bugs as technical by our inside teams and user feed back.

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Foxit PDF Editor 2.1 has introduced some new features and enhancements that are listed below:

• Shading Object Support
  Enables users to create or edit a shading object, which has a smooth transition between colors across an area. Foxit PDF Editor offers linear and radial gradients for users to choose.

• Converting Text of Path
  Able to convert the selected text object(s) into path(s), which will meet the pre-press requirement. For those computers which do not support or display certain embedded fonts, this new feature helps to overcome that issue. Foxit PDF Editor also offers a menu option for users to convert the entire text in a PDF to path.

• Adding Shapes in Non-Graphics Editing Mode
  Provides several simple auto shapes that users can insert into a PDF in the non-graphics editing mode. With this new version, users can easily add a simple shape in the main interface of Foxit PDF Editor without having to enter into the graphics editor.

• Removing all evaluation marks at once
  Removes all the evaluation marks on a PDF file that was added by Foxit PDF Editor 2.1 all at once by selecting "Remove Evaluation Marks" under the Help menu for registered users.

• Alignment Support
  Automatically places or aligns the selected objects evenly with the Objects Align button on the toolbar. This feature helps to make your structured PDF pages more professional.

• Image Transparency Support
  This allows users the ability to set image transparency with alpha channel. By inputting values of between 0% and 100% in Image Alpha text field, the image goes from fully transparent to fully opaque.

• Checking for Update
  This option under the Help menu detects the new version of Foxit PDF Editor and keeps you updated with the latest release.

• Improved Text Objects Creating
  Adds an Object attributes option in Add new text objects dialog box, making it easier for users to set preferences for text objects, such as font size, text mode, word space, color, etc.

• Property List Setting
  This setting determines to either show or hide the Property List when launching Foxit PDF Editor by doing settings in the Options dialog box.

• New Shortcut Keys
  Adds several new shortcut keys to make Foxit PDF Editor easier to use, i.e. ESC is shortcut for saving and exiting the in-place editing mode, Alt+Delete fills a selection with the foreground color, Ctrl+Delete fills a selection with the background color, and Ctrl+D deselects a selction.

• New Icon
  The new attractive Foxit PDF Editor icon, having a pen inside a purple box, indicates more powerful editing features have been included in the new version.

• Many Bug Fixes

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Version 2.0 has introduced many new features and improvement as below:

• New Toolbars: Toolbars have been renovated thoroughly. New buttons for many functions have been added to the toolbars. These toolbars look professional and will greatly increase users’ productivity.

• Improved Status Bar: Now, users can specify page number or zooming factor in status bar.
• Floating Property List: Newly-designed property list can be dragged anywhere in the screen and hid or shown anytime. This allows users to view any part of a page. Users will be able to modify object properties and see the changes come to effect instantly. In addition, special setting dialogs can be invoked for users to change complex settings, such as colors setting, clipping setting and dashing line setting.
• Default Settings: Version 2.0 allows a user to specify default settings of parameters and behaviors inside Edit/Option dialog.
• Drag Action: In previous versions, a user has to explicitly enter values to specify many parameters. Now with Version 2.0, a user can use a mouse to drag the control points of an object to manipulate it and set the parameter implicitly. For instance, a user can drag the control point of a text object to resize it.
• Flexible Image Editor: Users may double click on an image to enter the image editor.
• Several new tools have been added to image editor, including Magic Wand tool, Polygonal Lasso tool and Layer tool.
• Other tools have been improved, including Selection tool, Dodge tool and Burn tool.
• In previous versions, users can only undo or redo the latest action in Image Editor. This new version allows users to Undo/Redo multiple steps, as long as the program doesn’t reach the memory limit of the PC.
• With Version 2.0, a user can edit images from multiple PDF files at the same time which is impossible in previous versions. The user can copy and paste image areas across different files.
• Several short-cut keys have been added to speed up image operations.
• Intuitive Graphics and Clipping Editor: In previous versions, graphics and clipping path are edited in separate small dialogs which do not show the PDF page content behind the path. This is very unintuitive. Version 2.0 allows users to edit them in the main window, with bigger and consistent view showing the PDF content behind them.
• Intuitive Layout Editor: In previous versions, layout is edited in a separate small dialog. Version 2.0 allows users to edit it in the main window, with a bigger and consistent view.
• Editing Encrypted PDF: Version 2.0 allows users to read and edit encrypted PDF files, which is a new and useful feature.
• Improved In-place Editing: Version 2.0 enables users to add or delete text easily and quickly. You can click on a selected text object and select the "Edit Object" button to enter the in-place editing mode, then move your mouse cursor directly to the proper place where you'd like to edit.
• Extensibility: Version 2.0 adopts a new framework consolidating different function modules and allowing for future extension to add more modules, e.g. form design module.
• Bug fixes and much more.

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