Batch Repair PDF

PDFs do not need to be open in Revu when the batch process is run. If a document is open in Revu, any changes resulting from the batch process will be made to the document, but the document will not be saved or checked in (if relevant); the user will need to save and check in the document manually. If a document is not open in Revu, and it is not checked out/locked by another user, changes will be applied and saved to the document automatically (without opening the document in Revu).

1. Go to File > Batch > Repair PDF. The Batch: Repair PDF dialog box appears.

   

2. Add PDFs to be processed using one (or both) of the following methods:

   • To add all PDFs that are currently open in Revu, click Add Open Files.
   • To select files from a local or network drive, click Add.

3. PDFs are repaired in the order they appear in the File List. To change the order:

   • Click and select the desired sort option to sort the files automatically.
   • Select a file you wish to move and click either to move it up in the list or to move it down in the list to reorder the files in the list manually.
   • Select a file and click to remove it from the list.

4. To repair only certain pages of a PDF, select it, then click the Pages menu and choose from the following:

   • All Pages: Sets the range to all pages.
   • Custom: Sets the range to a custom value. When this option is selected the list becomes a text box. To enter a custom range:
     • Use a dash between page numbers to define those two pages and all pages in between.
     • Use a comma to define pages that are separated.

     For example: 1-3, 5, 9 will include pages 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9.

5. From the Apply To menus, select among Even Pages Only, Odd Pages Only or Odd and Even Pages and among Landscape Pages, Portrait Pages or Landscape and Portrait Pages. These selections work in conjunction to form the filter, so any pages to be processed must meet both criteria selected.

6. Click OK. The Repair PDF dialog box appears.

   

7. Select the desired repair options:
   • Process Wipeouts, Text Masks and OLE objects: Corrects PDFs created from AutoCAD drawings that have text masks or wipeouts.
   • Fix Striped Image: Corrects lines or stripes that appear in images. This option should not be selected when Line Merge has been enabled.
   • Combine Adjacent Images: Joins images that are next to each other into a single image. Large images are sometimes sliced into smaller sections or strips at the time the PDF is created. This option will rejoin these sections into a single image.
   • Optimize Solid Color Image: Converts any solid color raster images to vector which requires less space to store in the PDF and reduces the PDF file size.
   • Remove Text Clipping: Corrects PDFs with text near the upper margins of a drawing that is clipped.
   • Simplify Clipping Paths: Corrects excessive clipping paths created around non-rectangular crop boxes in PDFs created from some programs (including Revit) which results in large file sizes.
   • Repair Fonts: Corrects issues related to fonts.

8. Click OK.