Foxit reader attach pdf

You can attach PDF files and other types of files to a PDF. There are two options for you to add an attachment: attaching a file as a comment and attaching a file to the entire PDF. An attached file as a comment will appear in the page with the File Attachment icon by default, while the attached file to the PDF file acts invisible and only can be seen when you click the Attachment panel in the navigation pane.

Add a file as a comment

Choose Comment >File.
Position the cursor to the place where you want to attach a file as a comment > click the selected position.
In the Open dialog box, select the file you want to attach, and click Open.
The File Attachment Icon appears at the place you designated in the PDF file.

Work on the attachment comment

You can open the attachment, add a description, move and delete it, and set the preferences.

² Open an attachment

1. Select the Hand command, the Select Annotation command, or the File command in the Comment tab.

2. Double-click the File Attachment icon .

If you have enabled the Safe Reading Mode, a warning message will pop up. Choose the following options, and click OK to continue.

Ø Disable Safe Reading Mode and Open file: Disable the Safe Reading Mode, and open the attachment with Foxit PDF Editor.

Ø Add current file to privileged locations: Keep the Safe Reading Mode enabled, and add the master document (the current PDF document with attachments) to the privileged location list to bypass the security restrictions. Then all the attachments in the master document can be opened in Foxit PDF Editor.

For attachments in PDF format, Foxit PDF Editor will open them directly. For non-PDF attachments (e.g., TXT file), select any of the following options and click OK in the Open File Attachment dialog box.

Ø Open the file attachment – open this file attachment and the dialog box will always pop up when you double-click the File Attachment icon.

Ø Always allow opening file attachments of this type – open this file attachment and the files of this type will be opened automatically when you double-click the File Attachment Icon next time.

Ø Never allow opening file attachments of this type – forbid to open the file attachments of this type. Whenever you double-click the File Attachment Icon, the files of this type will be forbidden to open and you’ll be prompted that “File attachment of this type cannot be opened because of your security settings”.

² Move a file attachment icon

Select the Hand command or the Select Annotation command, click and drag the File Attachment Icon to move it to another place you like.

² Delete an attachment comment

Select the Hand command or the Select Annotation command, and do one of the following:

Right-click the File Attachment icon and choose Delete.
Click the File Attachment icon and press Delete key.

² More options with an attachment comment

You are able to work on an attachment comment just like an ordinary comment, including setting status, marking with checkmarks, opening pop-up notes and adding some descriptions, replying to the comment, and changing the icon’s appearance.

Add a file to the entire PDF as an attachment

1. Click the attachment button on the navigation pane and click Add button in the Attachments panel, or choose Edit > File Attachment.

2. In the File Attachment dialog box, click the Add Files… button. Choose Add Files… or Add Folder… to select the files or folders you want to attach. If choosing Add Files…, in the Open dialog box, you can navigate through your local disk to select local files or click Open from ECM to select files from ECM systems or cloud services, and click O pen .

3. Click OK after adding the desired files.

4. The added document will be displayed in the attachment panel.

1. An easy method to add a file attachment to PDFs, you can just drag and drop the file you want to attach to the attachment panel. Foxit PDF Editor will pop up a window to ask you whether to attach the selected file to current PDF document. Click OK to complete the operation. Check “Always attach file when dragging files to the attachment panel” option and the next time the file will be attached directly without this pop-up window.

2. Save the document after adding file attachments, and a red dot appears on the icon of the attachment panel in the navigation pane.

² Work on the attachments

You can open, save, edit descriptions, delete and do settings to the attachments. Click the attachment button on the navigation pane > the Open button /Save button /Add button /Edit Description button /Settings /Delete button .

² Security settings

To change the security settings you have set when you open the attachment file as a comment, Click the Settings button in the Attachments panel and do one of the following:

To add a new extension, click the Add button to input the file extension in the Security Settings dialog box.
To delete an extension, click one of the existing extensions and click the Delete button.
To change the settings of how to open the attachments of the type, choose one of the three options listed.