Foxit PDF Editor for Windows

User Guide

  • Introduction
  • Get Started
  • Read
  • Create
    • Create a PDF in Different Ways
      • One-click PDF Creation from Any File
      • Create PDFs in the Foxit PDF Editor Application Window
      • Create PDFs in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
      • Create PDFs or PDF Portfolios with Microsoft Outlook
      • Create PDFs in Microsoft Visio (Pro Only)
      • Create PDFs in Microsoft Project (Pro Only)
      • Create PDFs using the Print command
      • Create PDFs within web browsers
      • Create PDFs using Print to Evernote
      • Create PDFs using Scanner
        • Scan with custom settings
        • Scan with a Configured Preset (Windows)
        • Configure presets
    • Create and customize a PDF portfolio
    • Create PDF Binders
    • OCR PDFs and PDF Portfolios
    • Create a table of contents from bookmarks
    • Industry Standard Validation and Creation
    • PDF versions
  • Edit
  • Organize
  • Comment
  • Share PDFs
  • Forms
  • Security
  • Signature
  • Accessibility
  • Foxit Admin Console
  • Print
  • Foxit AI Assistant (Available in Subscription Releases and Certain Regions)
  • Appendices

Configure presets

To configure a new preset, please do the following:

  1. Choose File > Create > From Scanner > the From Scanner button, or choose Convert > From Scanner, or choose Home > the Scan button > the Scan command.
  2. Select a scanner and then complete the settings (See also “Custom Scan”).
  3. Click Save as Preset to save the preset. Or click Scan to start a scan with the preset.

To modify presets, please do the following:

  1. Choose File > Create > From Scanner > the From Scanner button > the Manage presets command, or choose Convert > From Scanner > Manage presets, or choose Home > Scan > Manage presets. 
  2. Edit, delete and move the existing presets in the Manage Scan Presets dialog box. You can also create a preset by clicking Create.