Foxit PDF Editor for Windows

User Guide

  • Introduction
  • Get Started
  • Read
  • Create
  • Edit
  • Organize
  • Comment
  • Share PDFs
    • Email Documents
    • Send to Evernote
    • Send to OneNote
    • SharePoint Integration
    • Shared Review and Email Review
    • Foxit Document Management System (DMS) (Available in Subscription Releases in certain regions)
    • Share PDFs via Link/Email and collaborate in real time (Available in Subscription Releases)
      • Share a file via a link
      • Share a file via email
      • Manage shared files
    • ndOffice Integration
    • iManage Work Integration
    • OpenText eDOCS Integration
    • OpenText Documentum Integration
    • OpenText Content Suite Integration
    • Worldox Integration
    • ShareFile Integration
    • Epona DMSforLegal Integration
    • Alfresco
  • Forms
  • Security
  • Signature
  • Accessibility
  • Foxit Admin Console
  • Print
  • Foxit AI Assistant (Available in Subscription Releases and Certain Regions)
  • Appendices

Share a file via email

  1. Open the file in Foxit PDF Editor and click Share > Share for Collaboration on the ribbon. Click OK in the pop-up message box to upload the file to Foxit DMS and continue.  
  2. In the Share for Collaboration files dialog box, click the icon on the left. 
  3. Enter the email address and select an option to grant reviewers (i.e., the email recipients) permissions to access the document.
  4. (Optional) Add a text message in the text box and set a deadline for the sharing if necessary.
  5. Click Send.
  6. After sending the file, click Start collaboration in the pop-up dialog box to open the uploaded/shared file and start the collaboration, or click Cancel tocollaborate later.
  7. (Optional) Control the review with the options in the menu that appears after clicking the three-dot icon above the document pane. See also Share a file via a link.

Reviewers can click the Open in Foxit PDF Editor button in the email they receive to open the file in Foxit PDF Editor and review the document. Alternatively, they can click Share > PDF Collaboration (or click PDF Collaboration in the left part of the Start page) to find the shared file in the Shared by others tab for collaboration. See also Manage shared files. They can perform additional operations after clicking the three-dot icon above the document pane of Foxit PDF Editor, such as viewing activities and copying the shared link. To leave a review, they can choose Remove Me from the menu.