Bluebeam Revu => Revu General Topics => Topic started by: Pinoy_707 on January 18, 2024, 05:23:50 PM

Title: Noob user - greyed out tools
Post by: Pinoy_707 on January 18, 2024, 05:23:50 PM

Hi all,
I'm a noob on BLUEBEAM. I have a pdf I would like to scale out and markup. However, the tools and toolbars are greyed out. Do I need to have a session open in order to do this?

Thanks,

Title: Re: Noob user - greyed out tools
Post by: kindlin on February 22, 2024, 04:22:35 PM

Trying checking the security settings (Ctrl-L), you are likely Restricted from editing that particular PDF. You can either unlock it if you can, or ask the originating company/source to provide an unrestricted version. You can also just print it to PDF or use any number of various online tools to strip the security, but be careful as you may be doing something you're not supposed to be doing (or even illegal) if you just starting stripping out security restrictions.