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How to Download Foxit PDF Editor for Windows

  • Click on the download link in the email received from Foxit when the license has been assigned. 
  • Click “Download with Foxit Account” at the bottom of the form that opens in the web browser. 

 

 

  • Enter first and last name, email address (using the format of netid@umass.edu), UMass Amherst for company, and phone number in the account login window. 
  • You will then have a pop-up window come up where you can save the installer for PDF Editor Pro 13 to your computer’s hard drive. 
  • Once the installer is fully finished downloading, click on the icon for the installer. 
  • Another window will pop up, welcoming you to the installer program. 
  • Click Continue 
  • You will then be directed to the License Agreement. 
  • Click Continue 
  • You will then be prompted to agree to the terms of the software license agreement. 
  • Click Agree 
  • A prompt will pop up asking to confirm your installation onto your computer’s hard drive. 
  • Click Continue 
  • The next window will alert you to how much space the installation will take on your hard drive. 
  • Click Install. 
  • If you have a username and password set up on your computer, a window will pop up asking for that information. It is your personal computer’s login information, not your UMass NetID. 
  • Click Install. 
  • When the installation finishes, a window will pop up to confirm the successful finish of the installation. 
  • Another window will come up on Foxit asking you to sign in with your organization’s account. 
  • Click Sign In 

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  • When the email address is entered the login process is redirected to using University of Massachusetts Amherst Single Sign On (UMass SSO) and follows the normal UMass SSO steps, including two-step login. 

 

  • When those steps are completed, a window will say the registration was successful. 
  • Click OK.