Foxit PDF Editor provides separate add-ons for you to download on demand. These add-ons fall into critical add-ons and advanced add-ons. Most of add-ons, including JPEG2000/JBIG Decoder, Spell Checker and Firefox Plugins, have been integrated into Foxit PDF Editor package, so users don’t need to install them again after the installation of Foxit PDF Editor. But if there’re any upgrades of those add-ons, users can go to Help > About Foxit PDF Editor > click Check for Update… in the pop-up window to download and install the latest add-ons.
Critical Add-ons
Critical add-ons are essential components for proper display and execution.
Free Critical Add-ons in Foxit PDF Editor
| Name | Function Description | Size | Remark |
| Multi-langue OCR Text Recognition Engines | Enables selecting and searching text in scanned or image-based PDFs. This add-on supports multi-language: Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese & Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Dutch, etc. (For Chinese, Japanese and Korean, you should download from our website, and the others have been integrated into the Foxit PDF Editor package.) | Download |
NOTE: To manually install a critical add-on, please extract it to the same directory where you install Foxit PDF Editor. See also “Updating Foxit PDF Editor”.