Customize the Outlook COM Plugin

Foxit PDF Editor also adds a plugin in Microsoft Outlook when installed and appears as a tab entitled FOXIT PDF in the Outlook toolbar.

This article explains how to customize the behavior of the add-in before deploying it to your users.

Audience:

Organizations looking to customize Foxit PDF Editor before deploying it to their knowledge workers. 

In this article:

• Deploy Foxit PDF Editor with custom Outlook add-in settings
  • Deploy custom Outlook add-in settings using the Foxit Customization Wizard tool (MST)
  • Deploy custom Outlook add-in settings using registry
  • Deploy custom Outlook add-in settings using command line
  • Deploy custom Outlook add-in settings using GPO

Customize Outlook add-in using Foxit Customization Wizard tool

1. Click on the Preferences Tab
2. Scroll down to "Outlook COM Add-in"
3. Select one of the options to customize, see below the screenshot

View PDF Results: 

• Default: Immediately opens the PDF inside Foxit PDF Editor after converting an email to PDF. Users can choose otherwise. 
• Enabled: Immediately opens the PDF inside Foxit PDF Editor after converting an email to PDF. Users cannot choose otherwise. 
• Disabled: Does not open PDFs inside Foxit PDF Editor after converting an email to PDF. Users cannot choose otherwise. 

Output PDF Portfolio: 

• Default: When converting multiple emails to PDF, the resulting file will be a PDF Portfolio. Users can choose otherwise. 
• Enabled: When converting multiple emails to PDF, the resulting file will be a PDF Portfolio.  Users cannot choose otherwise. 
• Disabled: When converting multiple emails to PDF, the resulting file will be a single PDF file. Users cannot choose otherwise. 

Include Attachments: 

• Default: When converting an outlook email to PDF, any attachment in the email will be saved as an attachment in the PDF file. Users can choose otherwise. 
• Enabled: When converting an outlook email to PDF, any attachment in the email will be saved as an attachment in the PDF file. Users cannot choose otherwise. 
• Disabled: When converting an outlook email to PDF, any attachment in the email will not carry over to the PDF file. Users cannot choose otherwise. 

Customize Outlook add-in using registry

It is not possible to do this via registry.

Customize Outlook add-in using command line

It is not possible to do this via command line.

Customize Outlook add-in using GPO

1. Open Group Policy Editor
2. Navigate to Foxit PDF Editor > Preferences 
3. Click on Outlook COM add-in
4. Select "Enabled"
5. Check the setting you'd like to customize