10.0 for Windows

Foxit PhantomPDF Quick Guide
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1. Run Form Field Recognition
Open the PDF file in Foxit PhantomPDF. Click Form tab and select Run Form Field
Recognition. Foxit PhantomPDF looks for boxes, underlines, and other cues in your
file that indicate a place to enter information and changes them into text fields and
check boxes. All fillable fields in the document will be recognized and highlighted.
Note: To run form recognition automatically when a PDF is opened in Foxit PhantomPDF,
please click File > Preferences > Forms, and check the option “Run form recognition when
creating PDF in PhantomPDF application”.
2. Inspect and correct the form results with Designer Assistant
Because the recognition process is not always perfect, you’ll need to clean up your
forms, add missing fields, adjust default font settings, and other general clean up
duties to correct any errors. With the Designer Assistant and other Form Field
commands, you can easily complete all the operations above because the Designer
Assistant command can inspect corresponding form fields and change the settings
automatically. You can modify the name directly in the pop-up box and click “All
Properties” to change the settings. See also: Creating form fields.
Note: Click File > Preferences > Forms, check the option “Open Properties box after
creating field”.
Set calculation order
When you define two or more calculations in a form, the order in which they are carried
out is the order in which you set the calculations. If you want to use the results obtained
from calculating two form fields to calculate the value of a third form field, the first two
form fields must be calculated together first to obtain the correct results. Click the
Calculation Order button under the Form tab.
About running JavaScript
With Foxit PhantomPDF, you can invoke JavaScript code using actions associated with
documents, bookmarks, links, and pages. Foxit PhantomPDF provides four options:
Document JavaScript, Document Action, JavaScript Console, and Edit All JavaScripts. The
Document JavaScript lets you create or access document level scripts in Foxit PhantomPDF.
The Document Action lets you create document-level JavaScript actions that apply to the
entire document. The JavaScript Console provides an interactive and convenient interface
for testing portions of JavaScript code and experimenting with object properties and
methods. The Edit All JavaScripts option allows you to create and edit all JavaScripts (e.g.
bookmark JavaScripts, page JavaScripts, etc.) in the JavaScript Editor.