By Andrew Kao, Integrated Sales and Support
At times you will need to read two PDF documents side by side to compare contents, make changes, and even copy content from one to the other. Whatever the issue is, with Foxit Reader, you’ve got two easy ways to do it. You can allow multiple instances of Reader to be open at the same time or use the Split View feature.
Allow multiple instances
To bring up an additional Foxit Reader window, just enable the “allow multiple instances” feature. Just go to File -> Preferences -> Documents -> and check “Allow multiple instances”.
Now whenever you double-click a new PDF file, Foxit Reader will open in a separate window.
Split View
If you want a side by side—or top and bottom—comparison of different pages within the same document, you can use Foxit Reader’s split view feature to view different instances of a document within the same tab. To do this, simply click View > Split, then choose whether you want to split your view vertically or horizontally.
With this feature, you can scroll, zoom, or turn to other pages in one pane without having it affecting the other.
With Foxit PhantomPDF, all it takes is a few clicks to view two or more files at once without having to switch back-and-forth between tabs.
Theres no View -> Compare and no View -> Split View option anywhere in Foxit Reader Version 10.1.0.37527.
You will find it in PhantomPDF.
Where is View > Split option? I changed to Allow multiple Instances option, but there is no Split comman in View tab. I can’t even find it on your screenshot.
Do you have PhantomPDF?
Can you please help further. I can tag multiple instances and get two instances for my two documents, but how can I view them side by side to make comparisons? At the moment I just have two windows which cannot be opened together.
Hi Jonathan, if you want to compare two documents, you can go to View>Compare and there you can view both documents side by side
Is there a way to do a compare doc and get reports on differences? For example, Word has a feature that allows you to compare docs and then provides insights on differences.
Yes, you can do that. You can learn how to do it here https://www.foxitsoftware.com/blog/wp-admin/edit-comments.php#comments-formom/blog/how-to-compare-two-pdf-documents-side-by-side
it is asking for the password to view
Then, the document was already protected by the author.
I need to see two different pdfs like this!
Thank you!