11.2.1 for Windows

Foxit PDF Editor
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1. Choose Comment > File.
2. Position the cursor to the place where you want to attach a file as a comment >
click the selected position.
3. In the Open dialog box, select the file you want to attach, and click Open.
4. 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.
 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.
➢ Disable Safe Reading Mode and Open file: Disable the Safe Reading Mode, and
open the attachment with Foxit PDF Editor.
➢ 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.
➢ Open the file attachment – open this file attachment and the dialog box will
always pop up when you double-click the File Attachment icon.
➢ 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.
➢ 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”.
See also “Doing security settings”.