PDFix Desktop
PDFix Desktop is your ultimate tool for managing, validating, and fixing PDFs with ease. Designed for both individual and bulk processing, PDFix offers two intuitive views to streamline your workflow:
Customizing Your Workspace
To personalize your PDFix Desktop experience, open the Preferences / Settings dialog:
- Set Keyboard Shortcuts: Create custom shortcuts for faster access to actions.
- Change Application Theme: Select a theme that suits your preferences.
Managing Licenses
To manage your licenses and view the product version, go to: Help → License
Application View
The Application View is designed for batch processing, making it ideal for handling multiple PDFs at once. Here’s what you can do:
Application Main Toolbar
Add and Remove Files
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Add Files : Add new files to the file view -
Remove Files: Select files and click to clear them from the list.
Files View
Files View : Displays the list of files you are currently working on.-
PAC View and 
Clause View : Enables you to view and analyze validation results after performing PDF validation on your files.
How To Customize File View Columns:
- Option 1 : Right-click on the File View header (e.g., File Name, Status, Validation) and select or deselect columns from the dropdown menu to customize your display.
- Option 2 : Go to the Preferences dialog (Settings), navigate to the App View section, and select and arrange the columns you want to display.
Manage and Run Commands
Manage Actions icon opens the dialog, allowing you to manage all available PDF actions and configure their parameters.
Run Action to run a specific PDF 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: Search specific text or phrases within your PDF.
Previous Page: Icon to move back to the previous page.
Next Page: Icon to move forward to the next page. Enter a page number in the text box to jump directly to that page.
Previous View: Reverses the last navigation action.
Next View: Navigates back to the most recent view.
Fit Page Width: Resize the page to match the width.
Fit Page: Adjust the page to fit entirely within your window.
Zoom: Customize the zoom level to your preferred magnification for optimal readability.
Selection tools
Use the Selection tools to manage and control selections within the document view.
Tag Tool: Provides functionality for working with the tag tree structure, perfect for editing existing tags and tables.
Default Tool: Allows you to select text or define a rectangular area within the document.
Object Tool: Enables the selection of content objects within the document.
Table Tool: is great for creating new Table tags.
Hand Tool: Allows you to navigate through the document, adjust the zoom level, and access the document Links.
Side panels
The left and right side panels in document view provide quick access to a variety of PDF tools. You can easily add and organize PDF tools to suit your workflow. Customize the side panels through the Preferences /Settings dialog and adjust the panel tools to match your preferences.
Thumbnails
Bookmarks
Content
Annotations
Tags
Layout Recognition
Fonts
Template
Accessibility
Validation
Conversion
Format
Browser
Destinations
Quick Access Menu
Quick Access Menu: Each side panel includes a Quick Access menu with actions related to that specific panel. These commands apply to the entire document.
Quick Access Toolbar
PDFix allows you to personalize the Quick Access Toolbar with actions you frequently use while working on a document:
- Right-click on the Quick Access Toolbar.
- Select the actions you want to add to the toolbar.
- Check Show Text if you want to see the button title
