Foxit PDF Editor is a PDF creation and editor tool that allows you to:
- Edit and create PDF documents, forms and portfolios
- Merge PDF documents and reorder pages
- Share, collaborate and annotate PDF documents
- Share PDF information with other file formats
- Scan documents to PDF, OCR PDF
- Edit scanned PDFs
- Encrypt and redact PDFs
Access
Activation Instructions
Troubleshooting
Additional Resource
Access
UD employees can access Foxit PDF Editor in two ways:
Activation Instructions
If you've contacted the IT Service Center to obtain an individual copy of Foxit PDF Editor for your computer, follow the steps below to initiate the program for the first time.
- Double-click the Foxit PDF shortcut on your desktop or select it from the Windows Start menu.
Mac users: Click the Finder icon to display the Finder window. Click Applications and then double-click the FoxIt PDF Editor application.
- When Foxit PDF opens, a login window for activating the software appears. Click Sign In.
- Enter your UD email address as the username and your UD password (i.e., the same password you use for UD Gmail, Porches, etc.) then click Sign In.
If you receive the following error make sure you have completed the Access step at the top of this article.

Troubleshooting
Contact the UDit Service Center at (937) 229-3888 or complete a Service Request form for Foxit access issues.
Additional Resources
UDit provides general access support and user licensing information only. Foxit provides many training resources online, including the following:
Product demo video
Instructional Video Library
Videos for Windows and Mac operating systems
Webinars
Register for free live or view free archived demo webinars from Foxit
Foxit Knowledge Base
Foxit User Manuals and Quick Guides
Edit PDFs
Tutorials for editing PDF documents
Organize
Tutorials for merging PDF documents and reordering pages
Collaborate and Share
Learn how to share, collaborate and annotate PDF documents
Create PDFs
Tutorials for creating PDF docs, forms and portfolios
Convert PDFs
Share PDF information with other file formats
Scan and OCR
Tutorials for scanning documents to PDF, OCR PDF and editing scanned PDFs
Protect and Sign
Learn how to encrypt, redact and sign PDFs