• Welcome
  • Installation
    • System Requirements
    • Switches for MSI Installers
    • Switches for EXE Installers
    • Licensing
    • End User License Agreement
    • The PDF-XChange Updater
  • PDF-XChange Editor Plus V11 User Manual
    • Introduction
    • Features Overview
    • Workspace
      • Workspace Basics
      • Opening PDFs
        • Open Recent Files
        • Open and Manage Sessions
        • Connect PDF-XChange Editor to Your Cloud Storage
      • Viewing PDFs and Viewing Preferences
      • Adjusting Page Display and Layout Options
        • Adjusting PDF Views
        • Using the Loupe Tool
        • Using the Pan and Zoom Tool
      • Document Tab and Window Options
      • Using the Editing Panes
        • Bookmarks Pane
        • Thumbnails Pane
        • Comments Pane
        • Attachments Pane
        • Fields Pane
        • Signatures Pane
        • Layers Pane
        • Content Pane
        • Named Destinations Pane
        • 3D Model Tree Pane
        • Links Pane
        • Order Pane
        • Tags Pane
        • Accessibility Checker
        • Accessibility Report
        • Pan and Zoom Pane
        • Stamps Palette
        • Comment Styles Palette
        • Spell Check Pane
        • Document Recovery Pane
        • History Pane
        • Properties Pane
      • Changing the Layout of Panes
      • Keyboard Shortcuts
      • Using Grids, Guides, Rulers and Measuring Tools
      • Customizing the Workspace
      • Navigating the Workspace
      • Managing Settings
    • Creating PDFs
      • Combining Files into a Single PDF
      • Converting Documents to/from MS Office Formats to PDF
      • Converting PDFs to Images
      • Converting Web Pages to PDF
      • Creating PDFs from Other File Formats
      • Creating PDF Portfolio Files
      • Creating PDFs with PDF-XChange Editor
      • Printing to PDF
      • Scanning Documents to PDF
    • Editing PDFs
      • Adding Actions and JavaScripts to PDFs
        • Execute a Command
        • Go to a 3D/Multimedia View
        • Go to Page Options
        • Open a Web Link
        • Open a File
        • Play a Sound
        • Read an Article
        • Reset a Form
        • Run a JavaScript
        • Set Layer Visibility
        • Show/Hide a Field
        • Submit a Form
      • Adding and Editing Images in PDFs
        • Editing Selected Items
      • Adding and Editing Text in Documents
      • Adding Barcodes to Documents
      • Checking Document Spelling
      • Comparing Documents
      • Editing Pages
        • Adding/Editing Page Content
        • Adding Headers, Footers or Bates Numbering to PDFs
        • Adding/Editing Links in PDFs
        • Adding/Editing Attachments in PDFs
        • Adding Backgrounds to PDFs
        • Adding Watermarks to PDFs
        • Converting Document Colors
        • Cropping PDF Pages
        • Deleting Pages
        • Duplicating Pages
        • Extracting Pages
        • Enhancing Scanned Pages
        • Finding Duplicate Pages
        • Inserting Pages into Documents
        • Merging Pages
        • Moving Pages
        • Normalize Pages
        • Overlaying Pages
        • Optimizing PDFs
        • Performing OCR on PDFs
        • Rasterizing Pages
        • Recoloring Pages
        • Recompressing Images
        • Redacting Pages and Sanitizing Documents
        • Replacing Pages
        • Resizing Pages
        • Reverse Pages
        • Rotate, Move, Copy, Delete and Renumber PDF Pages
        • Setting Page Margins
        • Setting PDF Properties, Metadata and Passwords
        • Splitting Pages
        • Swapping Pages
        • Using Layers in PDF Documents
      • Editing Scanned Documents
      • Replacing Document Fonts
      • Setting up PDFs for a Presentation
      • Using Page Thumbnails and Bookmarks in PDFs
        • Adding Text to Bookmark Titles
        • Building a Table of Contents from Bookmarks
        • Bookmarking Every Nth Page
        • Changing the Case of Bookmark Text
        • Changing the Zoom Factor of Bookmarks
        • Converting Bookmark Destinations into Named Destinations
        • Converting Named Destinations to Regular Destinations
        • Creating Links from Bookmarks
        • Exporting Bookmarks to Text File Format
        • Exporting Bookmarks to HTML Format
        • Finding and Replacing Bookmark Text
        • Generating Bookmarks from Page Text
        • Generating Bookmarks from a Table of Contents
        • Generating Bookmarks from a Text File
        • Merging Duplicate Bookmarks
        • Removing Actions from Bookmarks
        • Sorting Bookmarks
        • Sorting Pages by Bookmarks
        • Validating Bookmarks
      • Undo and Redo
      • Using the AI Assistant
    • Comments and Commenting
      • Using The Commenting Tools
        • The Typewriter Tool
        • The Text Box Tool
        • The Callout Tool
        • The Sticky Note Tool
        • The File Attachment Tool
        • The Sound Tool
        • The Highlight Text Tool
        • Highlight Area Tool
        • Free Highlight Tool
        • The Underline Text Tool
        • The Strikeout Text Tool
        • The Insert Text Tool
        • The Replace Text Tool
        • The Text Correction Tool
        • The Line Tool
        • The Arrow Tool
        • The Rectangle Tool
        • The Oval Tool
        • The Polygon Line Tool
        • The Polygon Tool
        • The Cloud Tool
        • The Stamp Tool
        • The Pencil Tool
        • Measuring Tools
          • The Distance Tool
          • The Perimeter Tool
          • The Area Tool
          • Calibrating Scales
        • Add/Edit Video Annotations
        • Add/Edit Sound Annotations
        • Add/Edit 3D Annotations
        • The Accounting Calculator
      • Managing and Editing Comments
        • Creating a Summary of Document Comments
        • Importing Comments from File
        • Exporting Comments from File
        • Setting Comment Display Options
        • Flattening Comments to Base Content
        • Show Comments List
      • The Comment Styles Palette
      • Comments Shorcut Menu
      • Editing Text in Comments
    • Creating and Editing Fillable Forms
      • Filling in PDF Forms
      • PDF Form Field Properties
      • Signing/Initialing PDF Forms
      • Adding a Submit Button to Forms
      • Changing the Tab Order of Forms
      • Populate Forms with Existing Data
      • Identify Forms
      • The Fields Pane
      • Using Fields to Calculate Values
      • Using Fields to Validate Values
    • Saving and Exporting PDFs
      • Exporting PDFs to Other Formats
    • Security and Electronic Signatures
      • Digital IDs and Signing Documents
      • Docusign Integration
      • MS Purview
      • Securing PDFs with Password Security Policies
      • Signatures and Initials
      • Free Sign Tool
      • Add PlaceHolder Tool
      • Timestamp Documents
      • Validating Digital Signatures
    • Printing PDFs
      • Printing Booklets and PDF Portfolios
    • Appendix
      • Accessibility
      • Accessibility Check
      • Alt Shortcuts
      • Arrange Tab
      • Blend Mode
      • Command Line Options
      • Comments Shortcut Menu
      • Checking for Updates 
      • Date Format Specification
      • Emailing Documents
      • Features Added in V11
      • Find and Search Features
      • Format Tab
      • Macros
        • Application Version
        • Auto Number
        • Bates Numbering
        • Bates Page Numbering Value
        • Bookmark Level
        • Bookmark Title
        • Computer Name
        • Date
        • Day
        • Document Index
        • Document Info
        • Document Title
        • Environment Variable
        • FileName
        • File Extension
        • File to Open
        • Folder Name
        • Folder Title
        • Hierarchical Index
        • Hour
        • Index in Parent
        • Minute
        • Month
        • Named Destination
        • Number of Pages
        • Page First Text Line
        • Page Label
        • Page Number
          • Page Numbering Style
        • Seconds
        • Sequential Number
        • Time
        • Username
        • Web Link to Open
        • Year
        • Macro-Enabled Operations
      • Page Boxes
      • Page Range Settings
      • Preferences
        • Documents
        • General
        • Page Display
        • Page Text
        • Registration
        • Accessibility
        • AI Assistant
        • Color Management
        • Commenting
        • Convert to/from PDF
        • Customize UI
        • Document Info Bar
        • File Associations
        • Forms
        • Full Screen
        • Identity
        • JavaScript
        • Languages
        • Launch Applications
        • Measurement
        • Measurement 3D
        • Multimedia 3D
        • OCR
        • Performance
        • Places
        • Plugins
        • Scanner Presets
        • Search Providers
        • Security
        • Send Mail
        • SharePoint
        • Signatures
        • Snapshot Tool
        • Speech
        • Tools
        • Update
      • Read Out Loud Feature
      • Removing Trial Watermarks
      • Shell Extensions
      • Tool Properties
  • PDF-Tools V11 User Manual
    • Features Overview
    • User Interface
    • Create Tool
    • Clone Tool
    • Actions Library
      • Create PDF Actions
        • Convert Files to PDFs
        • Create PDF Portfolio
        • Create PDF from Images
        • Create PDF from Text
        • Get Images from Scanner
        • Split/Merge Documents
      • Export PDF Actions
        • Export PDF to Images
        • Export PDF to Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
        • Export PDF to Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation 
        • Export PDF to Microsoft Word Document
        • Export PDF to Plain Text 
        • Extract Attachments
        • Extract Images from PDF
        • PDF to Audio
      • Input/Output Actions
        • Choose Input Files
        • Create PDF from Web Pages
        • Save Documents
        • Save Images
        • Send Mail
        • Show Files
      • Bookmark Actions
        • Build Table of Contents
        • Export Bookmarks
        • Export Bookmarks to Text File
        • Find and Replace Bookmark Text
        • Generate Bookmarks from Page Text
        • Import Bookmarks
        • Import Bookmarks from Text File
      • Optimize PDF Actions
        • Enhance Scanned Pages
        • Normalize Pages
        • Optimize Document
        • Recompress Images
      • PDF Standard Actions
        • Convert to PDF/A
        • Convert to PDF/X
        • Discard Special PDF-Standard
      • Pages Actions
        • Add Barcode
        • Add Bates Numbering
        • Add Header and Footer
        • Add Links from Barcodes
        • Add Watermarks
        • Change Page Background
        • Crop Pages
        • Delete Pages
        • Duplicate Pages
        • Extract Pages
        • Find Duplicate Pages
        • Import as Layer Overlay
        • Insert Empty Pages
        • Insert Pages
        • Merge Pages
        • Move Pages
        • OCR Pages
        • Overlay PDF
        • Rasterize Pages
        • Recolor Pages
        • Remove Bates Numbering
        • Remove Headers and Footers
        • Remove Page Background
        • Remove Watermarks
        • Replace Pages
        • Resize Pages
        • Rotate Pages
        • Setup Page Transitions
        • Split Pages
      • Links Actions
        • Create Weblinks
        • Delete Links
        • Delete Weblinks
      • Forms Actions
        • Delete Form Fields
        • Export Form Data
        • Identify Forms
        • Import Form Data
        • Populate Forms
        • Reset Form
      • Comments Actions
        • Delete All Comments
        • Delete Markup Annotations
        • Export Comments
        • Flatten Comments and Fields
        • Import Comments
        • Summarize Comments
      • Protection Actions
        • Add Timestamp
        • Apply Redaction
        • Certify Document
        • Clear Digital Signatures
        • Find and Redact
        • Redact Regions
        • Sanitize Document
        • Secure Document
        • Sign Document
      • Advanced Actions
        • Add Attachments
        • Change Document Properties
        • Convert Colors
        • Create File List
        • Filter Documents
        • Filter Files
        • Filter Pages
        • Find by Regular Expression
        • Print Document
        • Run Application
        • Run JavaScript
    • Default Tools
      • Create PDF Tools
        • Convert Files to PDFs
        • Create PDF from Images
        • Create PDF from Text
        • Create PDF from Web Pages
        • Create PDF Portfolio
        • Scan to PDF
        • Split/Merge PDFs
      • Pages Tools
        • Add Barcode
        • Add Bates Numbering
        • Add Header and Footer
        • Add Links from Barcodes
        • Add Watermark
        • Crop Pages
        • Delete Duplicate Pages
        • Delete Pages
        • Duplicate Pages
        • Extract Pages
        • Import as Layer Overlay
        • Insert Empty Pages
        • Insert Pages
        • Merge Pages
        • Move Pages
        • OCR Pages
        • Overlay PDF
        • Rasterize Pages
        • Recolor Pages
        • Remove Bates Numbering
        • Remove Headers and Footers
        • Remove Pages Background
        • Remove Watermarks
        • Replace Pages
        • Resize Pages
        • Rotate Pages
        • Set Page Transitions
        • Set Pages Background
        • Split Pages
      • Links Tools
        • Create Weblinks
        • Delete Links
        • Delete Weblinks
      • Forms Tools
        • Delete Form Fields
        • Export Form Data
        • Identify Forms
        • Import Form Data
        • Populate Forms
        • Reset Forms
      • Comments Tools
        • Delete All Comments
        • Delete Markup Annotations
        • Export Comments
        • Flatten Comments and Fields
        • Import Comments
        • Summarize Comments
      • Bookmarks Tools
        • Build Table of Contents
        • Export Bookmarks
        • Export Bookmarks to Text File
        • Find and Replace Bookmark Text
        • Generate Bookmarks from Page Text
        • Import Bookmarks
        • Import Bookmarks from Text File
      • Protection Tools
        • Apply Redaction
        • Certify PDFs
        • Clear All Digital Signatures
        • Find and Redact
        • Redact Regtions
        • Sanitize Document
        • Secure PDF
        • Sign Document
        • Timestamp PDFs
      • Optimize PDF Tools
        • Enhance Scanned Pages
        • Normalize Pages
        • Optimize PDF
        • Recompress Images
      • PDF Standard Tools
        • Convert to PDF/A
        • Convert to PDF/X
        • Discard Special PDF-Standard
      • Export PDF Tools
        • Export PDF to Audio
        • Export PDF to Images
        • Export PDF to Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
        • Export PDF to Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation
        • Export PDF to Microsoft Word Document
        • Export PDF to Plain Text
        • Extract Images from PDF
      • Advanced Tools
        • Add Attachments
        • Change Document Properties
        • Convert Colors
        • Extract Attachments
        • Print Document
        • Run JavaScript
        • Send E-Mail
    • Appendix
      • Available File Filters
      • Add Tools to the Windows Shell Menu
      • Command Line Options
      • Crop Margins
      • Features Added in Version 11
      • Font and Paragraph Parameters
      • Macros
        • Application Version
        • Auto Number
        • Bates Numbering
        • Bates Page Numbering Value
        • Computer Name
        • Date
        • Day
        • Document Index
        • Document Info
        • Document Title
        • Environment Variable
        • FileName
        • File Extension
        • Folder Name
        • Folder Title
        • Hour
        • Minute
        • Month
        • Number of Pages
        • Page Number
          • Page Numbering Style
        • Relative Path
        • Seconds
        • Time
        • Username
        • Year
      • Media Foundation Installation
      • Page Range Options
      • Preferences
        • General
        • Passwords
        • Registration
        • Color Management
        • Convert from PDF
        • Convert to PDF
        • Customize UI
        • Debug
        • Identity
        • Languages
        • Measurement
        • OCR
        • Performance
        • Plugins
        • Scanner Presets
        • Send Mail
        • SharePoint
        • Shell Menu
        • Signatures
        • Update
      • Folder Monitors
  • PDF-XChange Standard V11 User Manual
    • Features Overview
    • PDF-XChange Printer Standard Printer Settings
      • Profiles
      • Driver Mode
      • Macros
        • Application Name
        • Computer Name
        • Date and Time Macros
        • Document Name
        • Document Path
        • Environment Variable
        • Pages Count
        • Page Number
        • User Name
      • Paper
        • Standard Layout
        • Booklet Layout
        • Multiple Pages per Sheet
      • Custom Forms
      • General
      • Compression
      • Graphics
      • Fonts
      • Watermarks
      • Overlays
      • Security
      • Links
      • Bookmarks
      • Default File Append
      • Headers and Footers
      • Document Info
      • Save
      • e-Mail
      • Optimization
      • Languages
    • Convert Web Pages to PDF
    • PDF Saver
    • MSOffice Toolbar Add-in
    • MS Outlook Add-in
    • OFFice2PDF