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I don't think you'll like my feedback, but I hope you can find some use for it. First of all, I am pretty certainy there is no way (other than downloading a third party app, which I wouldn't recommend) to keep Bluebeam running in the background after you close the program. However, there may be some ways to create a little bit of a safeguard.

My preferred scenario assumes that you don't use the 'Detach' command for your general workflow. The alternative just requires a bit more work and may not be worthwhile if you only reopen bluebeam a couple times a day.

Option 1:

1. Create and save a generic document that you can use as a sort of place holder that you will use in the following steps.
   1. I'm going to refer to it as BACKGROUND for the rest of this explanation.
2. Go to Preferences
3. Navigate to the General Options tab
4. In the Open PDF on Startup: field, add BACKGROUND.
5. Make sure Open Home Page in Web Tab on Startup is checked.
   1. This will automatically open two tabs at launch. This is critical to the success of my strategy. For fastest load time, keep the other two boxes shown unchecked.
6. Right-click the BACKGROUND tab and select Detach.
7. Resize the window of the detached tab and move it somewhere inconspicuous and ideally far from the tab bar.
8. That should about do it. Close the WebTab if you want, though I use mine a good bit so I'd just keep it open and skip that step.
   1. As long as you don't close that detached tab, Bluebeam will not completely shutdown when you close the other tabs. Just don't terminate the program completely by hitting the exit button. Even if you do, I think this setup will only add a second or two to your next startup time, so it will hopefully save more time over the long haul.
   2. As you can see below, it's almost impossible to accidentally close that tab at the bottom of the screen.
   3. After you do this once, on later startups, the Detach command will instantly move the tab to the position you set it to before, so that step is automated for you. All you have to do is decide if you want the other tab open anymore.

Option 2:

Steps 1-4 are the same in this option. Starting at Step 5 you will just manually drag the tab out of the tab bar, resize and move it to your liking, and then make another tab the active tab.

Advantages and Disadvantages:

Option 1 allows for a faster setup but if you want to use the detach command, it because MUCH more likely to fail you in keeping Bluebeam open.

Option 2 takes more work to setup each time, but if you like the detach command, it may be the only way to move forward with any level of confidence that you won't accidentally close the program.

Final Comments:

I would rather have the ability to turn Bluebeam into a background app, but I think option 1 would be the easiest to adopt and to adapt to in the meantime. I wish I had a better answer, but it's the best I could think of at the moment.