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• Create expert PDF documents easily,
• Quality results that go far beyond competitors,
• Clear, easy to find controls and options,
• Handle, manage & collate PDFs using common interface,
• Work with AutoCAD & Solidworks in one interface,
• View, markup and create PDFs using your Tablet Pen.

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Bluebeam PDF Revu Standard Edition:

...is the ideal PDF solution for firms that need a smart, simple and affordable solution to create, view, markup, and edit PDF files.

Bluebeam adds buttons to the toolbars of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, so creating PDF files from these applications has never been easier.

For all other Windows files (WordPerfect, Outlook, image files, etc.) Bluebeam includes the Bluebeam PDF printer driver. Writing files to PDF and nine other file formats is as simple as printing a file. Standard Edition includes an intuitive PDF viewer, markup tool and PDF editor.

Bluebeam PDF Revu was designed to make your life easier with simple PDF creation, markup and editing features. When using Bluebeam you will soon come to realize the ease of use and functionality provided with the software. Bluebeam PDF Revu integrates with MS Office programs for one button file creation and includes the Bluebeam PDF printer to create a PDF from just about anything!

Bluebeam PDF Revu CAD Edition:

...installs toolbar buttons in AutoCAD, SolidWorks and MS Office for easy one-button PDF creation. The Bluebeam PDF printer/PDF writer, converts all other CAD and Windows files to 10 file formats.

Bluebeam's specialized technology automatically reads your CAD drawing's orientation, scale, line weights, merged lines, plot style table, and page size, so there is no need to adjust settings for perfect DWG to PDF conversion from AutoCAD or SolidWorks to PDF.

This full-featured professional version also converts your CAD and Windows files to DWF, TIF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, PSD, EMF, WMF, and PCL and includes PDF editing, markup, and redlining tools.

Bluebeam PDF Revu CAD Edition was designed to make your life easier with one-button PDF creation from within your AutoCAD and SolidWorks program. The focus of this software lies within large-format drawings making it easy to convert drawings of any size while maintaining quality and saving time. When using Bluebeam you will soon come to realize the ease of use and functionality provided with our software.

We specialize in PDF creation, conversion speed, batch capabilities and our extensive list of PDF markup and editing tools to make sure you have all the necessities to get your job done efficiently and effectively.

Included with the CAD to PDF creation software is Bluebeam PDF Revu for PDF markup and editing. Bluebeam PDF Revu is redesigned to be incredibly simple to use. Within Revu, you will find an extensive list of markup tools including text box, typewriter, highlighter, symbols, stamps, images and clouds to customize your PDF Included with this helpful application is the option to save frequently used tools in "My Tools" for easy access and quick marking up. Also, each PDF created using Bluebeam follows the PDF standard and is readable from any PDF viewer accommodating you and your affiliates.

PDF Editing saves time by allowing you to change the PDF without recreating it from the original file. Easily edit the PDF by adding or deleting text, customizing the font and font color, changing the layout and more. PDF Page Editing gives you the ability to add blank pages, delete, extract and rotate pages as well as copy and paste true text from your PDF into Word and other MS Office files.

• Edit text in a PDF file
• Add markups as a layer over an existing PDF
• Combine multiple PDFs into one document
• Add stamps, bookmarks, file attachments, hyperlinks, and headers/footers
• Permanently delete text or images in a PDF
• Fill out PDF forms with the Typewriter
• Add digital signatures to a PDF
• Measure area, length, volume, perimeter or count from a PDF drawing
• Search online with WebTab™, a full web browser in Revu

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After installation, Bluebeam will integrate into your MS Office programs (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and install three buttons at the top of your Office interface.

With the click of a button, your PDF is created. Bluebeam PDF Revu will open the PDF so you can view it, add markups, edit and so much more.

• Create PDF booklets
• Creates a single PDF file from multiple PDFs, CAD drawings or Windows files
• Natively supports Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and all image types
• Provides a drag-and-drop window that allows users to rapidly convert multiple native files to the ten formats Bluebeam PDF Revu Standard Edition supports

• Automatically adds bookmarks in PDF files created from MS Office documents based on
  • Table of contents (For Word docs)
  • Slide names (For PowerPoint docs)
  • Sheet names (For Excel docs)

• Use the default MS Office page setup for creating PDF files or defining a custom page setup
• Define custom page settings for a PDF file by changing:
  • Paper Size
  • Plot area in Excel
  • Plot Scale – Ability to use number of predefined, scaled to fit, or custom definitions
• Support for custom page sizes
• Set default page size to A4 or Letter
• Can set prompting for filename
• Automatically use document name as default
• Option to select new file name
• View results of PDF creation in Revu after PDF translation completes
• Use the last saved PDF folder for the location to write PDF files
• Choose options for plotting individual PDF files:
  • All pages
  • Current page
  • Selected pages
• Uses PDF vector line quality settings
• Uses Raster image quality settings

File Conversion Features

• Converts any Windows file to PDF, TIF, JPG, BMP, PSD, PNG, and PCL
• Adds Bluebeam buttons into Word, Excel and PowerPoint toolbars
• Installs Bluebeam PDF printer Driver for PDF writing to create PDF, TIF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PSD, PNG, EMF, WMF and PCL files from any application including:
  • Any Windows application installed (MS Project, Visio, Outlook, etc.)
  • Any CAD application or viewer installed (Inventor, Pro/Engineer, Unigraphics, MicroStation, Solid Edge, ArchiCAD, Autodesk TrueView)
  • HTML Pages
• Integrates with Office 2000, XP, 2003, and 2007
• Adds Bluebeam buttons into AutoCAD LT toolbar (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• Bluebeam PDF printer driver automatically recognizes which application it is converting from and has predefined settings for most major CAD applications for optimal PDF output. Predefined PDF settings exist for:
  • AutoCAD
  • AutoCAD Revit
  • Autodesk Inventor
  • SolidWorks
  • MicroStation
  • Pro/Engineer
  • Unigraphics
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
• Converts true type text to PDF files as searchable text

• Bluebeam security features allow you to:
  • Set a password to open files
  • Restrict printing or designate a printing quality parameter
  • Restrict ability to copy text or graphics
  • Restrict creation of form fields and annotations
  • Restrict ability to fill out form fields
  • Restrict ability to manipulate or render pages
  • Restrict ability to create bookmarks
  • Save default passwords
  • Add digital signatures

• Ability to simultaneously convert and e-mail a file
• Fully integrated into MS Office for one-button transmission
• Saves E-mail settings for reuse
• Ability to compress E-mailed files
• Ability to specify different E-mail client or SMTP connection

• Ability to simultaneously convert and transmit a file to an FTP project server
• Fully integrated into MS Office for one-button transmission
• Saves project server settings
• Configurable on a per-project basis

• Transfer hyperlinks from MS Office documents
• Add Text stamps to PDFs created from MS Office
• Select from a large group of predefined text stamps including:
  • Time stamp
  • Date
  • File name
  • Path
• Customized text stamp capability
  • Customize text stamp words
  • Select font, font size, font color, justification, and location on the page
  • Embed any number of file attachments
• Bluebeam compresses embedded files for E-mailing and sharing
• Add Digital Signature fields and sign PDFs in Revu

• Works in international versions of MS Office (not localized text)
• Trial version does not include any annoying watermarks