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    Manipulate PDFs in your Team with Real-Time Collaboration!

    We’re delighted to announce a brand new feature to our Web-based JavaScript PDF viewer; real-time collaboration! This is a sample application using our viewer that allows users to connect multiple clients through a server, webservice or network. Enabling multiple people to work on the same PDF is more important than ever before. Not only because [...]

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    Foxit Announces DWG Support for PDF SDK 10.0

    DWG Support to Benefit Project Engineers, Designers, and Suppliers Collaborating on Technical Drawings and Blueprints FREMONT, Calif. – (July 10, 2024) — Foxit, a leading provider of innovative PDF solutions, today announced the inclusion of DWG support for Foxit PDF SDK 10.0, allowing project engineers, designers and suppliers to leverage the solution to convert technical drawings, [...]

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    Foxit Launches PDF SDK for Web 10.0

    Includes Streamlined and More Efficient User Experience Along with New Enhanced Productivity Tools and Added Functionality FREMONT, Calif. – (July 11, 2024) — Foxit, a leading provider of innovative PDF solutions, today announced the launch of Foxit PDF SDK for Web 10.0, delivering new advanced tools and features for developers. Foxit’s PDF SDK is built on [...]

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    Foxit Launches PDF SDK for Desktop 10.0.0

    Includes New Enhanced Productivity Tool and Added Functionality Foxit Also Introduces Office2PDF Conversion Tool for Effortless PDF Creation Without Microsoft Office FREMONT, Calif. – (May 22, 2024) — Foxit, a leading provider of innovative PDF and eSignature products and services, helping knowledge workers to increase their productivity and do more with documents, today announced the launch of Foxit [...]

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    Foxit Announces PDF SDK 9.0 For Both Windows and Web

    Latest Version Now Offers Collaboration Features and PDF-to-Office Conversion, Helping to Improve Productivity and Streamline PDF Document Workflows FREMONT, Calif. – (June 28, 2023) — Foxit, a leading provider of innovative PDF and eSignature products and services, helping knowledge workers to increase their productivity and do more with documents, today announced the launch of Foxit [...]

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    Foxit Adds PDF to Microsoft Office File Conversion to its SDK Platform

    New Addition Will Allow Developers to Quickly, Efficiently and Cost Effectively Leverage Standalone PDF to MS Office Conversion FREMONT, Calif. – (January 24, 2023) — Foxit, a leading provider of innovative PDF and eSignature products and services, helping knowledge workers to increase their productivity and do more with documents, today announced the launch of Foxit PDF [...]

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    Create an Automated File Merging Service Using Foxit PDF SDK

    In addition to saving paper, one of the best aspects of working exclusively with electronic documents is convenience. There are so many efficient ways to manipulate and manage text files. To further streamline your workload, you can also automate tasks such as file merging. If you need to combine attachments from emails or direct messages, [...]

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    Creating a Dynamic Labor Contract as a PDF

    A labor contract, like many other types of corporate communication, is an essential document that can grow and change as a company grows. This is especially the case with dynamic contracts, in which terms may regularly change in response to external business data. As more companies embrace remote work, they need the ability to modify, [...]

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    Building a Dynamic Parts Catalog as a PDF

    If you’re a user of PDF beyond the basic levels, you may already be familiar with Foxit. For over two decades, Foxit has been creating advanced tools for millions of users for the purpose of creating, signing, and securing PDF documents. Foxit has support for complete PDF functionality across all platforms and environments, including the [...]

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    How to Create your own Android Mobile PDF Scanning Tool

    Mobile scanning direct to PDF can transform your document workflows. With features such as automatic page detection, light flash functionality, color management and settings for camera-captured documents to be enterprise-quality PDFs, you can get a lot from just a couple of gestures on a phone when you have the right technology behind it. The guide below describes how you can use Foxit’s Android PDF SDK to quickly create an app with powerful scanning functionality. By taking multiple photos or by selecting multiple images from an album, a PDF can be generated with just one click. You can use this project to integrate scanning into your own workflows and make this a powerful addition to your mobile application.

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