What is the best way to share .pdf's containing Actions with relative paths without them breaking?

James Schmidt
James Schmidt Posts: 35
edited August 5 in Peer Support

I use notes to create RFI's that I can export as a .csv from multiple documents that generate a .xlsx spreadsheet that has column headers of, Subject (RFI, Clarifications, Exclusions) / Page Label / Comments / File Name / With a column that I create titled "Answers, Directives, and Acknowledgements ↓" all using the nomenclature that is already present in the bid documents. This way the reader is shown the (question / clarification & exclusion) as well as where to find it in the bid documents and has a separate column to input their answers.

Often I give these notes an action that takes the reader to another location for more information to describe what I am looking to understand. In some cases it goes deep and there are several actions that I put in succession with a simple Typewritten Text saying BACK→ with an action going back to the point of origination that the previous action.

My issue is finding a way to share a folder of documents where the relative path actions are not broken. What is the best way to do that?

Please advise,

James Schmidt

Industrial Estimator / PM / Professional DWG Interpreter & Spec. Analyst

Answers

  • vfrench
    vfrench Posts: 40

    Can you add a second file name column in your table and use the hyperlink formula which references the initial column?

  • You Can do anything in REVU®.

    Are you asking if you can put a link in the S.S. that will take you to the location on the .pdf?

    James Schmidt

    Industrial Estimator / PM / Professional DWG Interpreter & Spec. Analyst

  • vfrench
    vfrench Posts: 40

    I'm saying that if you want to open the relevant drawing from the spreadsheet then you can add a couple of formulas to create a hyperlink. But I'm now not sure if that is what you are looking to do?

  • My issue is finding a way to share a folder of documents where the relative path actions are not broken. 

    What is the best way to do that?

    Not everyone used Studio® that I interact with but if they download the viewer the Links and actions should work.

    Any insight into this would be helpful.

    James Schmidt

    Industrial Estimator / PM / Professional DWG Interpreter & Spec. Analyst