Cutting, Copying and Pasting

Bluebeam Vu supports the standard Clipboard functions allowing you to cut, copy, and paste data into and out of Vu. But, depending on what you are trying to copy, the process works a few different ways.

For the most part, these methods apply to text and markups. To copy graphics content, use Snapshot. You can only affect your own markups in Studio Session PDFs.

ClosedCutting, Copying, and Pasting Markups

Cutting, copying, and pasting markups works in a way most computer users will be familiar with. The clipboard tools can be found in the Clipboard menu under the Edit group, in the Edit toolbar, from the markup context menu, and of course you can access the clipboard commands with the familiar keyboard shortcuts.

ClosedTo cut a markup
  1. Click the markup to select it.
  2. Use any one of the following methods to cut the markup:
    • Go to Edit > Clipboard >  Cut.
    • Press CTRL+X.
    • Right-click it and select Cut.
    • Click Cut on the Edit toolbar.
ClosedTo copy a markup
  1. Click the markup to select it.

  2. Use any one of the following methods to copy:

    • Go to Edit > Clipboard >  Copy.
    • Press CTRL+C.
    • Right-click it and select Copy.
    • Click Copy on the Edit toolbar.

Note: Copying a Text markup (Text Box, Callout, etc.) will copy the text content of the markup, so pasting that markup in Vu will carry over the entire markup but pasting in an external application will paste the unformatted text.

ClosedTo paste a markup that is already on the clipboard

Use any of the following methods:

  • Go to Edit > Clipboard >  Paste.
  • Press CTRL+V.
  • Right-click and select Paste.
  • Click Paste on the Edit toolbar.

Tip: When using either the CTRL+V keyboard shortcut or the right-click > Paste method, the markup is pasted at the current position of the mouse cursor (specifically, its lower-left corner is placed on the cursor).

ClosedCopying Text Content

While text markups can be copied in the familiar way, copying text out of the content of a PDF requires an extra step. Because that text is in the content, you have to first select it before it can be copied. See Select Text for additional information.

  1. Go to Edit > Select > Select Text.
    • If you wish to select all the text in a document, use Select All Text instead; there is no need to click and drag as described in the next step.
  2. Click and drag over the desired text. Selected text is highlighted.

  3. Use any of the following method to copy:

    • Go to Edit > Clipboard >  Copy.
    • Press CTRL+C.
    • Right-click it and select Copy.
    • Click Copy on the Edit toolbar.
ClosedPasting in Place

Paste in place places the pasted content in the same position that it was cut or copied from. When it is used on the same page as the cut or copied content, this means the pasted content is returned to its original position. When it is used on a different page, the pasted content is placed in the same location on that page as the one it was originally cut or copied from.

Use either of the following methods to paste in place:

ClosedApplying a Markup to Multiple Pages

There are two options for applying a markup to multiple pages, Apply to All Pages and Apply to Selected Pages. Both are essentially automated instances of Paste in Place.

ClosedApply to All Pages

This will copy and paste in place a markup onto all pages of a PDF.

  • Right-click the desired markup and select Apply to All Pages.
ClosedApply to Selected Pages

Apply to Selected Pages works like Apply to All Pages, but instead applies the markup to the pages that are currently selected in the Thumbnails tab.

  1. Click a markup to select it.
  2. On the Thumbnails tab, press and hold CTRL while clicking the desired pages to select them.
  3. Right-click the markup and select Apply to Selected Pages.

Related topics

Snapshot

Select Text