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Acrobat able to show the content within the thumbnail ?
Can Bluebeam do the same thing?
With Bluebeam as default, i cannot see the content via the thumbnail
Still can't do it in 2025, come and guys ! We can do better.
2026 is coming up soon and Bluebeam still can't do that basic feature. Where can I go to make a request ?
Hi! The request has been made here (this post). Users can also vote up the idea/feedback under the original post on this page.
I'll make sure to share this with the Product Team, though.
Hello Marco, when you say here, it would be nice to have a link.
I think @Marco M is referring to the top of this thread @Tlagarde.
You click on the triangle above the "4" (which is now a "5" with my upvote) to add your support.
(EDIT - I see that you have already added your vote @tlagarde)
Hope this helps. 😎
I mean the work around way is to turn on the preview pane, but I still think able to show the PDF content within the thumbnail is a much faster way to scan through all the PDF. some larger files would take forever just to show the content in the preview pane.
Indeed, I am not looking for a workaround, they need to allow this basic feature.
has this bug been addressed, come on Adobe can do it.
Since folks have been asking for this for years and still nothing has been done, here is a better workaround solution I just found. Some googling revealed that it's because Bluebeam doesn't provide a DLL thumbnail provider like Adobe does and that you can fix it using lightweight third party programs such as SumatraPDF, PDF Preview for Windows 11, and Nitro PDF. This was successful for me on Windows 11 and my file explorer now makes PDF thumbnails while Bluebeam is set as my default app.
