What's New in Foxit Reader 3.0?

The following is a list of exciting new and enhanced features in Foxit Reader 3.0.

New features:

• Enticing Multimedia Design
  Now users can not only play multimedia in Foxit Reader, but also are empowered to add, edit or delete multimedia files with the incredible Movie Tool and Sound Tool.
• Attachment Panel
  Lists all the attached files in the PDF document, and provides a number of common options that helps users manage the attachments, such as opening, deleting and adding description to the attachments. Users can also change the security settings when opening an attachment in this panel.
• Thumbnail Panel
  Shows thumbnail images for each PDF page and allows users to quickly view relevant portions of a PDF file. Now users can navigate through PDFs with page thumbnails.
• Layout Panel
  Lists PDF layers in the document, allows users to control the display of some certain content areas.
• Metric Unit Support
  Within the preferences dialog box it gives users the option to set the unit of page dimension in either metric system or imperial system.
• Auto-scrolling with Middle Mouse Button
  In the Hand Tool reading mode, users can perform auto-scrolling by holding the middle mouse button/wheel mouse button down.
• Awe-Inspiring Foxit OnDemand Content Management
  This new add-on enables users to organize, share and collaborate on documents and forms online. Users can upload from Foxit Reader or send documents with ease. Advanced features include workflow driven document sharing, revisions of documents, CollabRoom for group collaboration.
• Firefox Support
  With Firefox Plugin, users can view and work with PDF files loaded in Foxit Reader with Firefox web browser.

Enhanced features:

• Improved Select Text Tool
  Not only used for selecting text, but also enables users to add most types of annotations, including highlight, strikeout, underline, squiggly, replacement, etc.
• Enhanced Print Setup
  Supports printing separate pages or a range of pages by entering 1, 3, 7-10 or whatever in the Pages text box within the Print dialog box.
• Better Annotation Control
  Allows users to align and center multiple annotations on PDF pages, including Notes, Drawing Markups and Typewriter Comments.
• Advanced Toolbar Control
  Completely rearranges the toolbar layout and allows users to easily customize the tools that appear in Foxit Reader.
• Better Permission Control
  Disables and grays out some UI elements when users are not allowed to perform the corresponding operations on the protected PDF document.
• Improved Upgrade Mode
  Foxit Updater Preferences dialog box allows the user to configure the update settings. Foxit Reader supports the ability to check for updates automatically on a weekly or monthly basis.
• Improved Popup Note
  A popup note turns transparent when it is open but not selected. Users can also cut, copy or paste text in the new popup note.
• Enhanced Shortcut Keys Input
  Press F11 to enter or exit the full screen mode. Use keyboard shortcuts to fill PDF forms easily.
• Transferrable preferences Settings
  Foxit Reader creates an INI file to save user's preferences settings so that it can be easily kept and transferred. Users can keep their own settings and don't have to configure them when Foxit Reader is updated or moved.
• Many Bug Fixes

What's new in Version 2.3?

The following is a list of exciting improvements introduced in Foxit Reader 2.3.

New features:

• Bookmark Design: Makes it possible to have your own bookmarks. Users can create, edit, or delete bookmarks in a PDF file if the security settings allow.
• Multi-tab Browsing: Enables users to open multiple files in a single instance.You can choose to view PDFs in a multi-tab window or multiple instances by setting documents layout from the Preferences dialog.
• Multimedia Player Support: Supports many media formats including audio and video. Read multimedia ebooks with Foxit Reader 2.3.
• Callout and Text box Tool: Creates comments in a callout text box or a box. You can also define their appearance as other commenting tools.
• Commenting Text Tool: Enables users to add most types of text edits by right-clicking on the selected text, including highlight, strikeout, underline, squiggly and replacement. You can also use the Commenting Text Tool to add bookmarks for PDF files.
• Rulers and Guides: Provides horizontal and vertical ruler guides to help users align and position objects on the page. Right-clicking on the ruler enables you to change the unit of measurement.
• Magnifier: Magnifies areas of the PDF files easily as you work on Foxit Reader.
• Automatic Scrolling: Allows users to view documents without using mouse actions or keystrokes.
• OCG Support: Enables the user to view related content stored in a variable number of separate layers.
• FDF Related: Opens FDF files directly with Foxit Reader without any import implementations.

Enhanced features:

• Optimized Rendering:Supports progressive rendering and significantly reduces the response time from the user interface events.
• Improved Link Tools:Allows users to add actions to links, such as go to a page view, open or execute a file, open a web link, etc.
• Improved Snapshot:Enables users to print the selected area in Foxit Reader by simply selecting the Print option from the context menu.
• Search Enhancement:Allows users to float, move and resize the Full Foxit Search box.
• Better Annotation control:Groups drawing markups to help users operate objects collectively, and allows users to move annotations through pages.
• Font Information:Lists the fonts and the font types used in the original document in the Properties dialog.
• Updated Command Line:Allows users to open password protected PDF documents with a simple command prompt.
• Streamlined UI:A completely redesigned UI with a new look and feel makes Foxit Reader more intuitive than ever before.
• Many bug fixes.

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What's New in Version 2.2

The following is a list of exciting improvements introduced in Foxit Reader 2.2.

New features:

• Capture words via mouse
• Search PDF in another way
• Minimize Foxit Reader to the system tray
• Work with friendly bookmarks
• Remove all evaluation marks at once
• View PDF page size
• Select text easily
• Enjoy other improved features
• Many bug fixes