Find & Replace

Does anyone know if there is a quick way (or any way) to do a bulk 'Find & Replace' on a markup? For example, I have x number of yellow widgets on a markup but the specification changes and I need to replace all the yellow ones with red ones instead. I want to be able to tell Revu to find all the yellow widgets, delete them and put red ones in exactly the same positions. Am I asking too for much here?

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HRM

if you're actually just wanting to change the color - you can filter by type and color in the markup list, select them all and you should be able to adjust the color in the properties window.

PaulBellamy

Hi HRM. Apologies, I was trying to keep things simple by using a change of colour as an example. Sadly, our markups are far mare complicated. Our toolchest is bespoke and full of tools with associated part numbers and descriptions, so it would be a case of getting Revu to find a certain part number and replace it with another. So an example would be to find every ABC123# on a markup and replace them with XYZ456* in exactly the same position. Those are also made up part numbers by the way.

Jes Stafford

Once you identify all the instances of the markups you want to edit, select all (check box), then click the "Replace Checked" button (magnifying glass with arrows) to insert the new text. I think this is only going to work on unflattened markups in your PDF.

David Cutler

@PaulBellamy this might work for you:

Filter your markups list by something unique to the markup you want to change ABC123# for example
Start changing your bespoke information on the properties window - since you already have used XYZ4546* in a previous markup you should have it auto populate as you start typing the information.
Repeat step 2 for all of your bespoke info.

A couple of items to watch on this:

Don't change what you are filtering by until last
Spelling/capitalization counts for the auto fill to work

FYI Bluebeam announced at UNBOUND25 last week that they are adding "magic wand" tool that will make this process much simpler as a part of Revu MAX in early 2026….

PaulBellamy

Thanks Jes and David for coming back to me on this so quickly. I'll give both of your suggestions a try and see what happens. Cheers.

Misha Meinert

I cannot "find & replace" text in annotations such as Call-Outs or Text. The work-around to flatten annotations (becomes part of the pdf proper) will not allow unflattening after find & replace operations, which is unacceptable. Please do not make paying customers jump through hoops such as bax export, use 3rd party python scripts to un-compress bax format to then find & replace, re-compress and import back into the pdf, or import to Adobe to do same there. THIS IS CRAZY!!! Get your stuff together please. There is no patience with this license manager for the lack of this simple and obviously needed feature.

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