The Command bar, located at the top of the Revu screen
There are several customizations that can be performed on the Command bar.
Additionally, many of the tools and commands found on the Command bar can be pinned to toolbars (either one of the default toolbars or a customized one of your own creation; see Tools and Toolbars: Customizing Toolbars for more information about adding and customizing toolbars).
Some commonly used commands are included in the Command bar regardless of the current active group.
The Tab Access menu turns on available tabs. Tabs that are highlighted (with a blue box around their icon) are shown while those that are not are hidden. Selecting a hidden tab will cause it to be shown. Selecting a shown tab will cause it to be brought to the front in whichever panel it currently resides. To activate the Tab Access menu, click the orange triangle at the far left of the Command bar.
New: Creates a new blank PDF.
Open (
Save (
Save As (
Save As PDF/A: Exports a copy of the file that complies with the PDF/A1-b standard for archiving.
Save All (SHIFT+F2): Saves all currently open files that have unsaved changes.
Revert As: Rolls back to a previously saved version of the PDF.
Publish As: Removes all previous revision history from the PDF such that only one version of the file will exist. There are two benefits to publishing a file: others cannot see or save previous revisions of the file, and publishing the PDF can help to reduce the file size. There are multiple ways to Publish As:
E-mail
Manage E-mail Templates: Opens the Manage E-mail Templates dialog, which allows creating and managing pre-defined e-mail messages.
Studio: Opens the Studio tab for online collaboration.
The Settings groups contain options for determining how the active PDF is viewed (the View menu) and application-wide settings and preferences (the Settings menu).
The View menu contains options for viewing the active document. It should not be confused with the View group of the Command bar, which contains many more options for customizing the workspace.
Actual Size
Fit Page
Fit Width
Single Page mode (
Continuous Page mode (
Side-by-Side mode (CTRL+6): Shows two pages side-by-side with the even page on the right and the odd page on the left. Page 1 will display alone.
Continuous Side-by-Side mode (CTRL+7): Shows all pages in the Side-by-Side mode.
Full Screen (F11): Shows the PDF in full screen mode. A small toolbar will display at the top right of the screen. Move the cursor to the top of the screen to display the document tabs. Revu will display 'Always on Top' of other windows. Press CTRL+F12 to toggle 'Always on Top'. Press F11 again to exit.
Presentation (CTRL+ENTER): Shows the current PDF document in presentation mode. Press ESC to exit. Click or press the down arrow key or page down key to advance. Right-click or press the up arrow key or page up key to display the previous page.
Refresh
The Settings menu provides access to application-wide settings and preferences.
Show Grid (SHIFT+G): When enabled, a visible grid is overlayed on PDFs in the main workspace. The configuration of this grid is defined in the Grid & Snap Preferences.
Snap to Grid (SHIFT+S): When enabled, any points used to define a markup line up are forced to line up with the grid (even if the grid is not currently visible).
Snap to Content: When enabled, markups automatically snap to the underlying PDF vector content. Snap to Content does not snap to text or images in the PDF, only vector images such as lines and shapes.
Snap to Markup: When enabled, markups automatically snaps to other markups in the PDF. Two related behaviors will occur: the cursor will snap to points on other markups (similar to how Snap to Content snaps to points in the PDF content) and Revu will also show—and the cursor will snap to—guidelines that are based on lines in nearby markups.
Reuse Markup Tools: When enabled, after placing a markup, the same markup can be added to the PDF without having to reselect it. This mode is helpful when adding the same markup onto the PDF sequentially.
Synchronize Views: When enabled, Revu synchronizes the viewing windows when displaying PDFs in side-by-side Split View mode or in a detached window. This is useful when you need to compare two different versions of the same document. Moving the document in one window will automatically adjust the view in the second window.
Administrator: Launches the Bluebeam Revu Administrator application.
Document Properties (CTRL+D): Opens the Document Properties for the active PDF.
Preferences