How To Change The Selected Text Case In Foxit PDF Editor, The Easy Way!
by Yaron Elharar ( @YaronElharar )
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Foxit PDF Editor currently does not provide a general-purpose Change Case command for selected PDF text. You can manually edit the text or use Search & Replace for specific repeated strings. For general uppercase, lowercase, or title-case conversion, you will need an external tool such as Word or a compatible case-conversion utility. This article is current as of September 20, 2026. Foxit PDF Editor Subscription 2026.2.0 released September 1, 2026.
What Is Foxit PDF Editor?
Foxit PDF Editor, previously called Foxit PhantomPDF, is a PDF tool for creating, editing, annotating, managing forms, and applying security features. Foxit renamed PhantomPDF to PDF Editor in version 11.0 in May 2021. It is a cost-effective alternative to similar software such as Adobe Acrobat. Foxit PDF Reader is a different product: it is for viewing, annotating, filling, and signing. Full PDF page-content editing is a PDF Editor capability.
Built-in Ways to Change Text Capitalization in Foxit PDF Editor
Foxit still has no Word-style Change Case command. Its text-editing docs cover font, size, style, color, alignment, and spacing — not converting a selection between uppercase, lowercase, or title case. You can still change letters yourself with Edit > Edit Text. For a specific string that appears more than once, use Edit > Search & Replace, or press Ctrl+T, then replace it with a differently capitalized version, including Replace All. That is not a selected-text case converter, but it means you do not have to retype every occurrence. Edit Text only works when the PDF already contains editable text. For scanned or image-only PDFs, run OCR first and choose Editable Text as the OCR output if you intend to modify the text.
Steps to Change Text Capitalization in Foxit PDF Editor Using Microsoft Word
Word has a documented Change Case command. Foxit does not. After you paste the text into Word, use Home > Change Case and pick Sentence case, lowercase, UPPERCASE, Capitalize Each Word, or tOGGLE cASE. Or press Shift+F3 to cycle common case variants. Shift+F3 is a Word shortcut. It does nothing useful for this in Foxit.
- In Foxit PDF Editor, go to Edit > Edit Text. For a scanned or image PDF, run OCR first and select Editable Text as the output.
- Select the text you want to change and copy it.
- Open Microsoft Word and paste the selected text into a new document.
- On the Home tab, click Change Case. Choose Sentence case, lowercase, UPPERCASE, Capitalize Each Word, or tOGGLE cASE. Or press Shift+F3 until the selection is the case you want.
- Copy the converted text and paste it back into the editable text in Foxit PDF Editor.
If you only need to convert a snippet once, use the free case converter. That page pastes converted text. It does not edit PDF files in place.
How to Use AnyCase to Change Capitalization in PDF Editor
Foxit has no Change Case command. AnyCase converts selected text that is already editable, for example after Edit > Edit Text. It is not a Foxit feature. Do not use it to change page text in Foxit PDF Reader. Reader is for viewing, annotating, filling, and signing.
- Download AnyCase.
- After installation, make sure AnyCase is open.
- In Foxit PDF Editor, choose Edit > Edit Text, then select the editable text whose case you want to change.
- Hold Shift, then right-click the selection and choose the case. Ordinary right-click alone opens the usual Foxit menu.
Final thoughts
Foxit PDF Editor currently does not provide a general-purpose Change Case command for selected PDF text. Start with native Edit Text, or use Search & Replace (Ctrl+T) for a specific repeated string. For scanned PDFs, run OCR first and choose Editable Text if you intend to modify the text. Copying into Word (Home > Change Case, or Shift+F3) is the documented Microsoft Office workaround. For a one-off paste, use the free case converter. That page does not edit PDF files in place.