Editing a flattened PDF prevents markups from being unflattened

Applies to:

  • Revu 21
  • Revu 20
  • Revu 2019
  • Revu 2018

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Problem

Editing a flattened PDF prevents all markups from being unflattened.

Cause

Markups cannot be unflattened because editing a PDF’s page content changes the flattened markups. When flattening markups in Revu, please be aware that the following commands, if executed on a page containing flattened markups, will prevent all markups on the page from being unflattened:

  • Edit Text
  • Search and Replace
  • Erase Content
  • Cut Content
  • Reduce File Size
  • Apply Redactions
  • Color Processing
    If you’re a Revu 21 user, you must have a Core or Complete subscription to access Color Processing. To learn more about Revu 21 subscription features, click here.
  • Repair PDF

Solution

If you intend to use these commands to edit a PDF that contains flattened markups, be sure to unflatten your markups prior to executing the commands. You can then re-flatten your markups afterwards. This will keep your markups recoverable.

Flattening Form Fields is always permanent. They cannot be unflattened under any circumstances.

To learn more about flattening / unflattening markups, see Flattening Markups in the Revu Help Guide.

Troubleshooting

Revu 21

Revu 20

Revu 2019

Revu 2018

Markup

Editing Documents

Revu 20

Other versions of this article

Revu 2017 and older

Summary

Editing flattened PDF Page Content prevents all markups from being unflattened.

Problem

Markups can’t be unflattened because editing PDF page content changes the flattened markups.

Solution

When flattening markups in Revu, please be aware that the following commands, if executed on a page containing flattened markups, will prevent all markups on the page from being unflattened:

  • Edit Text
  • Search and Replace
  • Erase Content
  • Cut Content
  • Repair Page Content
  • Color Processing
  • Redaction
  • Reduce File Size

If you intend to use these commands to edit the content of a PDF with flattened markups that you want to remain recoverable, unflatten all the markups before you execute these commands.

Flattening Form Fields is permanent. They cannot be unflattened under any circumstances.

Troubleshooting

Revu 2017 & Below

Markup

Editing Documents

Markups cannot be unflattened because editing a PDF’s page content changes the flattened markups. When flattening markups in Revu, please be aware that the following commands, if executed on a page containing flattened markups, will prevent all markups on the page from being unflattened.

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