Workspace

The PDFix Desktop application offers two different views

• Application view
• Document view

PDFix allows you to customize both workspaces within the Preferences dialog. For example you can customize the application theme or you can set keyboard Shortcuts for any action.

In the Help->License menu you can manage your licenses and the product version.

Application view

Application view displays the list of files on your system you’ve worked on. It is primarily designed for Batch Processing. PDFix provides batch processing actions to examine, validate, and repair PDFs in bulk.

Application Main Toolbar

• Add and remove files
• Files view
• Manage and run actions

Add and remove files

Click Add to add new files into the file view. To remove already listed, click onRemove.

Files view

To view the list of working files, click Files View. To view batch validation results, you can click on either the PAC View or the Clause View.

PDFix allows you to customize the File View columns within the Preferences dialog or with the right click on the file view header.

Manage and run commands

Access the Manage Actions dialog to manage all available actions and their parameters.

Click Run Action to execute a specific action on the selected files.

Document view

Each PDF document can be opened in Document view. When you open multiple documents, each document opens as a new Document view window.

• A – Main toolbar
• B – Side panels
• C – Quick access menu
• D – Quick access toolbar

Main toolbar

Page navigation

• Find function enables searching within the document.
• Previous Page and Next Page tool buttons facilitate navigation through the pages. You can enter a page number into the text box to navigate directly to that page.
• Previous View reverses the last navigation and Next View navigates back to latest views
• Fit Page Width, Fit Page & Zoom tool buttons adjust the page magnification, allowing you to customize the zoom level for better readability.

Selection tools

Selection tools manage the selection within the document view.

• Tag Tool is used to work with Tag tree structure, ideal for editing existing tags and tables.
• Default Tool is used to select page text or any rectangular area within the document.
• Object Tool allows you to select page content objects within the document.
• Table Tool is great for creating new Table tags.
• Hand Tool navigates through different page areas or allows you to change the page zoom. It allows you to click to documents Links.

Side panels

Side panels contain a set of tools for specific PDF features. Each side panel has its Quick access menu. Actions from this menu can be easily added to side panel toolbars for fast access. Manage these toolbars in the same manner as as Quick access toolbars.

PDFix enables you to customize the side panel in the Preferences dialog.

• Thumbnails
• Bookmarks
• Content
• Annotations
• Tags
• Layout Recognition
• Fonts
• Template
• Accessibility
• Validation
• Conversion
• Format
• Browser
• Destinations

Quick access menu

The Quick access menu is associated with a side panel, containing actions that are logically connected to that specific side panel. These commands operate on the entire document.

Quick access toolbar

PDFix allows you to customize the quick access toolbars for actions you want to quickly access while working on a document.

1. Right click on the quick access toolbar
2. Check the action you want to add to the quick access toolbar
3. Check Show Text if you want to see the button title