Foxit PDF Editor for Windows

User Guide

  • Introduction
  • Get Started
  • Read
    • Open PDFs
    • Save PDFs
    • Close a PDF
    • Export PDFs
    • View PDFs
    • Work on 3D Content
    • Select & Copy
    • Search & Index in PDFs
      • Find text in the current PDF
      • Advanced search
      • Create PDF indexes
        • Create an embedded index in a PDF
        • Create a full-text index for multiple PDFs
    • Compare PDF Files
    • Word Count
  • Create
  • Edit
  • Organize
  • Comment
  • Share PDFs
  • Forms
  • Security
  • Signature
  • Accessibility
  • Foxit Admin Console
  • Print
  • Foxit AI Assistant (Available in Subscription Releases and Certain Regions)
  • Appendices

Create an embedded index in a PDF

For a PDF document that includes an embedded index, you can search the document as you always do through the Advanced Search feature, but it will be much faster than you search a regular PDF without an embedded index. (Note: Before searching a document with an embedded index, you need to select the Enable embed index option in File > Preferences > Index.)

Add an embedded index to a PDF

  1. Open the PDF with Foxit PDF Editor.
  2. Choose File > Index > Manage Embedded Index > Manage Embedded Index.
  3. In the pop-up dialog box, click Embed Index…. 
  4. When the embedding progress is completed, click OK.

Update or remove the embedded index in a PDF

You can update or remove the embedded index if the document has been changed. 

  1. Open the PDF with Foxit PDF Editor.
  2. Choose File > Index > Manage Embedded Index > Manage Embedded Index.
  3. In the pop-up dialog box, click Update Index… or Remove Index…. 
  4. When the progress is completed, click OK.