Flags

The Flags toolbar contains the tools needed to create, edit, and delete flags on a PDF.

Flag (SHIFT+F): Adds a new linked flag.

 Add: Adds a new unlinked flag.

 Delete: Deletes the selected flag.

 Action: Adds an action to the selected flag.

 Properties: Shows the selected flag's properties.

Flags may be either Linked or Unlinked. There are a few, key differences between the two:

• Linked Flags are associated with a Flag markup that is visible on the PDF and in the Markups list. Unlinked Flags are not.
  • This means that Unlinked Flags are only visible in the Flags panel.
• The  symbol appears on the right of Linked Flags in the Flags panel. Unlinked Flags have no such symbol.
• Linked Flags have a set Action that jumps to the location of the Flag in the PDF. Unlinked Flags can have any Action.

The following table summarizes these key differences:

Qualities	Linked	Unlinked
Associated with a Markup?	Yes	No
Visible on PDF?	Yes	No
Visible on Markups list?	Yes	No
Visible on Flags panel?	Yes	Yes
Appears with a symbol on the Flags pane?	Yes ()	No
Predefined Action?	Yes	No
Editable Action?	No	Yes
Title, color, and text style are editable?	Yes	Yes

 

To add a linked flag:

1. Click  Flag on the Flags toolbar or press SHIFT+F.
2. Click a point on the PDF where you want the flag to appear. A flag appears in the Flags panel and on the PDF page.
3. Enter a title for the Flag, if desired. The title can be set later in the Flag Properties, if necessary.

Because the linked Flag is a markup, it can be moved, resized and its properties (including font style, line style, and direction) can be changed like any other markup.

To insert an unlinked Flag:

1. Navigate to the desired location of the PDF document.
2. Click  Add on the Flags toolbar. A flag will appear in the Flags panel list with the page number as the default title. Enter a new title, if desired. The title can be set later in the Flag Properties, if necessary.

Both Linked and Unlinked Flags have a set of Flag Properties that determine the title of the flag as well as its appearance in the Flags panel. Flag Properties are distinct from the Markup Properties of a Linked Flag, which control the appearance of the Flag's associated markup (including font style, line style, and direction).

To change Flag Properties:

1. Select the desired Flag in the Flags panel and click  Properties on the Flags toolbar. The Flag Properties dialog box opens.

   • Alternatively, right-click the desired Flag in the Flags panel and select  Properties.

   

2. Change any of the following properties, as desired:
   • Edit the Flag's title in the Title field. For Linked Flags, this will change the name that appears in both the Flags panel and the associated markup (they cannot be different).
   • Click the color square to the right of Color and select a new color. For Linked Flags, this will change the color in both the Flags panel and the associated markup (they cannot be different).
   • Click B to the right of Style to make the text bold. Click I to make it italics. Both can be selected at the same time. For Linked Flags, this will change the text style in the Flags panel only; to change the text style of the associated markup, go to its Markup Properties.
3. To set this configuration as the default for future Flags of this type, click Set as Default.
4. Click OK.

The default Action of an Unlinked Flag is to jump to the page on which the Flag was set, but this Action can be changed. The Action of a Linked Flag is predefined to jump to the location of the Flag in the PDF and cannot be changed, though the Flag can be moved with in the PDF.

To set the Action of an Unlinked Flag, click an Unlinked Flag in the Flags panel to select it and click  Action on the Flags toolbar. Alternatively, right-click the desired Flag and select  Action. The Action dialog box opens. Define the desired action and click OK.

There are six actions that can be configured:

Jump to Page: Moves to a specific page number in a selected PDF. To set this action:

1. Select the PDF from the Jump To dropdown menu. Only PDFs that are currently open in Revu will be available.
2. Specify where in the PDF to jump to by entering a page number in the Page field.
3. Set the zoom factor or scale of the page that is displayed by choosing the desired setting from the Scale dropdown menu. The pages can be set to display either in a Fit Page, Actual Size or Fit Width mode. Alternatively, the Inherit Zoom setting will display the page at whatever the current zoom setting is within Revu.

Jump to Place: Moves to a predefined Place on a PDF. The location of a Place can be changed later without breaking the action. To set this action:

1. Select the PDF from the Jump To dropdown menu. Only PDFs that are currently open in Revu will be available.
2. Select the Place from the Place dropdown menu. If the desired Place does not already exist, click the Create button to create one on the fly.

Jump to Space: Moves to a predefined Space on a PDF. To set this action:

1. Select the PDF from the Jump To dropdown menu. Only PDFs that are currently open in Revu will be available.
2. Select the Space from the Space dropdown menu.

Note: If an Action is set to jump to a Space that is subsequently deleted, the Action will be automatically converted to Snapshot View, as described below.

Snapshot View: Moves to a specific, zoomed in area of the current PDF. This option is useful for zooming into specific views of a region of a large format drawing, such as a particular elevation detail. Click Get Rectangle to define the area of the drawing to jump to.

Hyperlink: Opens the URL entered in the Hyperlink field. The URL will open in a WebTab within Revu or in the device's default browser (as determined by the Open PDF Hyperlinks in WebTabs setting in WebTab Preferences).

Open: Opens the file specified in the Open File field. Click the button to open a file browser.

Use Relative Paths: Revu can store either a full or relative path to a file. When a full path is stored, the location of the file is defined from the drive it resides on; when a relative path is stored, it defines the location of the linked file relative to the current file. A full path is best when you plan to move the file storing the link but not the file being linked to, such as when the linked file resides on a network drive that is accessible to all users. A relative path is best when both files are liable to be moved, such as when you are archiving an entire project to CD, or moving a project to another computer. For more information and Relative vs Full Path, see Understanding Relative vs Full Paths.

A flag will extend to the full length of the Flags panel if that flag is on the PDF page that is currently active. Flags that are on other pages are slightly shorter. This behavior continues as you move through pages in Revu, so as you are scrolling from one page to the next, flags shorten and widen accordingly.

The order of the flags in the Flags panel can be changed. To do so, click the desired flag and drag it to a new location.

A small indicator that a flag (whether linked or unlinked) is on a page appears on the upper-right corner of the page thumbnail in the Thumbnails tab.