Counting Objects in a PDF
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Count or press SHIFT+ALT+C. - Alternatively, click Count on the
Measurements tab.
- Alternatively, click
- Select the Properties tab and set the Count measurement's appearance, if desired.
- Go to View >
Tabs > 
Properties or press ALT+P to show the Properties tab if it is hidden.
- Go to View >
- Click each object in the PDF to be counted.
- Press ESC after placing the last Count markup to stop counting.
Notes:
- Counts that are in multiple Spaces or span multiple pages will automatically be grouped by Space or page in the Markups list. The option to split counts across multiple Spaces can be disabled in the Markup Preferences, if desired.
- Custom Count symbols can be created from nearly any markup.
- Counts can be manually split or merged.
- Counts can be applied to the results of a VisualSearch.
- Counts can have dimensions applied to them, allowing for convenient measurements of uniformly dimensioned elements like doors and windows. Enter dimensions like Height, Width, and Depth in the Measurements section on the Measurements tab or in the Markups list.
Viewing a Running Total
In multi-page PDFs, Count measurement groups are automatically split up by
Tip: To be able to get a count total across multiple groupings, give each group the same, easily identifiable Subject on the Properties tab and sort the Markups list by subject.
Resuming a Count
Once a series of Count markups has been placed, starting a new Count will create a separate series. Sometimes, however, it is desirable to continue an existing Count. To do so:
- Right-click any of the markups in the desired Count series and select Resume Count.
- Click on the PDF to resume counting.
Deleting an Item from a Count
Individual Count measurements can be removed from a Count series, if desired. To do so, right-click on the markup in the Count series that you want to remove and select Delete '<count name>' from Group. To remove multiple counts at the same time, CTRL-click or use the Lasso tool to select them first. The Count series will be renumbered automatically.
Splitting or Merging Counts
Counts can be split into smaller groups or merged into larger ones.
Splitting a group
Groups can be split in parts by selecting specific count measurements to be split into a new group, or broken up into individual count measurements.
- Select the Count measurements to be split.
- Right-click one of the selected measurements and select the appropriate option:
- Split Counts will split only the selected measurements.
- Split All will split all the measurements in the group into individual Count measurements.
Merging counts
Merging counts will combine them into one, larger group.
- Select the Count measurements to be fused.
- Right-click one of the selected measurements and select Merge Counts. Bear in mind that all the counts being merged will assume the properties, including any associated Custom Columns in the Markups list, of the count that is right-clicked.
