11.2.1 for Windows

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Foxit PDF Editor
Chapter 3: Read User Manual
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Read a PDF Out Loud
Navigate to the page that you want to read out.
Choose View > Read > Read > Read Current Page or Read from Current Page.
Tips:
1. If you need to read the text in the comments while reading a PDF out loud, please make
sure you have checked Read comments option in the Speech preferences.
2. When you try to read an image-based PDF document out loud, Foxit PDF Editor will
prompt you to run text recognition to make it searchable or editable. You can choose Yes
and follow the steps in OCR PDFs to recognize text.
Read PDF Form Fields Out Loud
Go to File > Preferences > Speech, and check Read form fields option.
In the PDF form, press Tab to select the first form field that you want to read out
loud, and then press Tab to move to the next form field. Foxit PDF Editor will read
out the form field as well as the state of selected check boxes and radio buttons.
Control Reading
While reading a PDF file or form field, you can interrupt the reading and adjust reading
volume and speed as needed.
To adjust the reading speed: choose View > Read > Rate > drag the slider.
To adjust the reading volume: choose View > Read > Volume > drag the slider.
To pause reading: choose View > Read > Pause.
To stop reading: choose View > Read > Read > Stop.
Rulers, Guides, Grids & Line Weights
Using Rulers & Guides
Foxit PDF Editor provides horizontal and vertical ruler guides to help you align and
position text, graphics or other objects on the page. They can also be used to check
the size and margins of your documents.