User Guide

Selecting light or dark theme for Xodo
Xodo can be displayed in a dark or a light theme. This affects the menus and buttons, but not the document itself. To see how to change the color of the doc...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 12:18 PM
Enabling night reading mode and other reading colors
With Xodo, you can change colors for displaying the document to several different modes; night mode, which reverses black and white but tries to maintain co...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 12:19 PM
Syncing with cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, Box)
Due to restrictions and guidelines for Windows apps, adding tabs in the file page for cloud storage, such as Dropbox and Google Drive (like on Android), is ...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 12:20 PM
Enabling copy annotated text to note
By using the Copy Annotated Text to Note mode, when you annotate a text with highlight/underline/strikeout the text will be automatically copied into the an...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 12:21 PM
Cropping pages
Using xodo, it is possible to remove unwanted white space from documents in order to use the screen space more efficiently. You can let Xodo automatically ...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 12:22 PM
Saving a permanently cropped copy of a file
Before you can save a cropped copy, the document needs to be cropped. Please see the article about cropping pages. A permanently cropped copy will show up c...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 12:23 PM
Annotations made in Xodo are gone when the PDF is opened in another app
The most likely explanation for this is that you are viewing the PDF in an app that does not support PDF annotations. Many iPhone and iPad apps, including M...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 12:23 PM
Saving a reduced file size copy of a file
1. Tap the overflow button in the command bar. 2. Select Save A ... 3. Select reduced file size copy 4. Xodo provides three smart presets that can be u...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 12:23 PM
Syncing files between Windows and Android
In order to sync PDF files between Xodo and Android, we recommend using existing cloud storage solutions that both platforms can use. The three solutions w...
Thu, 22 Sep, 2022 at 4:23 PM
Hiding the command bar
Note that hiding the command bar does not remove the status bar. To remove the status bar, see how to turn on full screen mode. You can hide the command ba...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 12:25 PM