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Creating a PDF from scratch - Bluebeam Tutorial
From the course: Learning Bluebeam 2017
Creating a PDF from scratch
- Another unique feature of the Revu software is its ability to create a PDF from scratch right from within the program itself. So, what I mean by this is that I'm used to having to create a document, say, a request for information in a program like Microsoft Word first and then use a plugin or a PDF printer to convert it from its original format to a PDF format like we did in the earlier video. This is okay sometimes, particularly when I need to create a document in a native file format, like a PowerPoint presentation that I need to give, and then I want to convert it to PDF for distribution to the team. Or, if I'm creating a document in something like Microsoft Word or Microsoft Publisher that contains quite a bit of complex formatting and layout, then that might be the way to go. Create it there, and then convert it to PDF. But sometimes, I just want to create a one page document with some standard formatting, and it would be nice not to end up with two versions, the original…
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