You can create PDF documents in four different ways:

  1) From file by choosing File > Create PDF > From File from the Foxit Phantom menu.

  2) From scanner by choosing File > Create PDF > From Scanner.

  3) Drag and drop a file icon onto the Foxit Phantom window.

  4) Choosing File > Print > Foxit Phantom Printer from a third party application with print capability (Foxit Phantom Printer is installed during the installation of our software).

 

See chapter "Creating PDFs", pp 38-42 of the Phantom User Manual for details.

Open a PDF file with scanned form and use Foxit Phantom Forms Toolbar to add interactive fields of different types and assign properties to the fields as illustrated on the screenshots.

   

When adding text fields, make sure to give them unique names; this will allow contect aware recognition when filling in the fields in handwriting.

 

For more info, see section "Form Designer" on pp 111-138 of the Foxit Phantom User Manual, especially pp 133-134 on Text Fields; watch a short video illustration here

Open the previously designed form in Foxit Phantom and make sure that interactive fields are visible. If necessary select the Hand Tool and check the box "highlight fields" in the Foxit Phantom toolbar right above the form. Then click in each field and write anywhere on your screen to enter text (of course, you can type on your keyboard as well).

Watch video intro . Note that you can use the Tab key or the ritePen Tab Gesture to navigate to the next field.

 

For highest input accuracy, design context aware recognition for forms fields by assigning recognition profiles to fields using ritePen

(see how to do it )

 

To insert pages into an opened PDF document:

1) Choose Organize > Insert Pages from the Foxit Phantom menu.

2) Select a PDF file that you want to insert into the destination (currently opened) document, and click Open.

3) In the Insert Pages dialog box, specify where you want to insert the document (before or after the first, last, or a designated page of the destination PDF), and page range (all or specific pages) of the PDF document that you want to insert, and click OK.

4) To leave the original PDF where you inserted the pages intact, Save As the modified file under a new name.

 

You can delete pages from an opened PDF document in two ways:

1) Click the Pages button in the navigation pane and delete pages one-by-one by selecting/right-clicking/choosing "Delete" or selecting/choosing Organize>Delete pages from the menu.

2) Choose Organize > Delete Pages and click OK to delete the selected page or specify the range of pages to be deleted and click OK.

 

To replace pages in an opened PDF document:

1) Choose Organize > Replace Pages.

2) Select the document containing the replacement pages, and click Open.

3) Under Original, enter the range of pages to be replaced in the opened document.

4) Under Replacement, enter the range of replacement pages with the same number of pages and click OK.

 

See Chapter 5 "Organizing PDFs" on pp43-47 of the Foxit Phantom User Manual. 

In Foxit Phantom, you can add text to PDF documents in many ways using Typewriter, Callouts, Textbox, Note Tools and other commenting and editing tools.

The combination of Phantom and ritePen allows entering text into PDFs without touching a keyboard: write anywhere on the screen and your text will be instantly converted to text and added to the PDF document as you can see in this quick video clip

 

To sign a PDF document, select the Freehand Drawing ("Pencil") tool from Drawing Markup Toolbar and put signature anywhere in the document.

 

Note. We are talking about a "regular" signature like the patient puts under a consent form in doctor's office or a customer signs any application, rather than about the "secure digital signature" which is also supported by Foxit Phantom.

 

See pp85-87 of the Foxit Phantom User Manual for details.

Use different tools from the Drawing Markup Toolbar to mark up, annotate, add quick notes, and sign in digital ink your PDF documents and forms:

    

See pp85-87 of the Foxit Phantom User Manual and watch this video

Press the Markup Selector in the Foxit Phantom toolbar and drug cursor across the screen to surround a rectangle containing some markups.

 

All markups, drawings and annotations within that rectangle will be selected; you can drag the whole group or change its properties at once.

 You can also select a separate markup by clicking on it and change its properties, drag, or resize it.

To change ink color or width, select an individual markup or a set of markups as explained above; then right click one of the selected markup elements and choose Properties dialog box and its Appearance tab. Here, you are able to change line color and width for the selection.

To permanenly change line width and/or color for a particular Drawing Markup Tool, right click a markup made with that tool, and choose "Set current properties as default" from the context menu. An example with the "oval" tool is illustrated below.

See section "Changing the Appearance of Drawing Markups" on pp95-96 of the Foxit Phantom User Manual.

After you modify a document or fill in a form, you can save your work in one of the following ways:

  1) Click the Submit button on the document if one exists. Clicking this button sends the form data to a database across the web or over your company intranet.

  2) Click the Save icon on the toolbar or choose File > Save.

  3) Choose File > Save As... from the menu and specify a location for the copy.

 

See pp63-64 of the Foxit Phantom User Manual.

ritePen's Ink Commands or Pen Macros are desktop control tools for pen-enabled users. When you write and encircle an abbreviation, ritePen understands it as a "command" and runs the defined set of actions. You can enter standard texts, launch applications, open documents by writing and encircling the handwritten shortcuts. A simple ink command illustrated below launches the browser and jumps to your homepage every time you write and encircle the letter "h".

  

 

See Sections "Ink Commands" and "Settings > Macros" on pp12-13 and 36-39 of the ritePen User Manual and watch the video demo here

In addition to PDF markup and annotation in Foxit Phantom, ritePen offers full-screen, high quality markup and instant note-taking with full ink editing and clipping capability. Click the markup button on the ritePen's Main Toolbar and instantly get access to Pencil and Pen drawing tools, self-adjusting hightlighter , multiple ink colors and widths , selection and editing mode, automatic shape and chart enhancement , snapshotting, and other features.

    

 

For more information, read the section "Screen Markup and Instant Note-taking" on pp13-16 of the ritePen User Manual and watch the video demo here

In ritePen's Markup mode, press Shape Enhancer button and start drawing shapes and charts on your screen. Many basic shapes, configurations and connectors between shapes will be instantly perfected. You can also enhance your previous drawings: select them and click the Shape Enhancer button.

 

For details, take a look at p14 of the ritePen User Manual and watch this video clip