Attend a Studio Session
While attending a Studio Session, you will be able to interact with other Attendees and documents that have been uploaded to the Session. You will need a Studio account before you can attend a Session and need to either have been invited to attend or have been given the Session ID.
What can I do when I attend a Studio Session?
By participating in a Studio Session, you are able to collaborate with members of your project team on one or more files. Use the Markup and Measure tools to add comments and takeoffs to the PDF document. Change, edit, and delete markups and measures that you have created, and reply to any markup or measure that other attendees have created.
Additionally, there are features that are only available in a Session.
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See markups and measures added by other attendees immediately as they are added or changed.
- Send an alert about a markup to other Session Attendees to direct their attention to it.
- Follow an Attendee and your display will update to show what they are seeing.
- Chat with other Attendees and you can see a record of each markup, comment, and chat as it happens.
There are a few things that are different in a Studio Session.
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The Host, the person who started the Session, is initially the only one who can add or remove documents from the Session.
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The Host can give permissions for other users to add documents.
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You can reply to other Attendees' markups and measures, but you cannot edit them.
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You can add markups and measurements, but you cannot make changes that change the PDF's content. For example, tools like Add, Delete or Reorder PDF pages, Edit Text, Flatten and Sign are not available because they change the document's content.
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For the same reason, you can use existing Bookmarks and Flags, but you cannot create new ones.
Menus and toolbars that cannot be accessed during Studio Sessions are grayed out.
The Session Host may restrict an Attendee's ability to save, print, or add markups to documents in the Session.
You can continue to work with other documents while you work in a Session. The document tabs at the top of the Revu workspace will show a small Studio icon for documents that are part of a Session.
What do I need to attend a Studio Session?
You need only three things (besides a computer) to participate in Studio:
- An installation of Revu
- An email address (to create a Studio Server account)
- An Internet connection
A Studio account must be created so the Host can authorize you to participate in the Session and so other users can identify you. The account is free and only requires a valid email address.
An Internet connection is required so you can connect to the Studio server. A dial-up connection is not recommended.
Join a Studio Session
You can receive an invitation to the Studio Project in a number of ways, though the most common are by email or in person; in either case, you should also be told the Studio ID, which you can use to join.
Once you receive an email invitation to a Studio Project, select the Project URL in the message and you will connect to the Studio server automatically.
If you do not have a Studio account, the Create Studio Account dialog appears first. You must create an account to join the Project.
You can also join a Studio Project using the Studio ID:
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Go to Window > Panels >
Studio or press ALT+C to access the Studio panel.
- If you are not currently signed into Studio, select Sign In. If you do not have a Studio account, the Create Studio Account dialog box appears first. You must create an account to join the Session.
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Go to
Add > 
Join. - Enter the Studio ID and select OK.
