Glossary

The words MarkupRight uses, in plain language, with a link to where each is explained.

Reference·Applies to all levels

A – C

Access bar: The strip of panel icons along the edge of a dock. Click an icon to bring its panel forward. The workspace
Author: The person who made a markup, taken from Preferences ▸ General ▸ Options ▸ User.
BAX: MarkupRight's file for exchanging markups between PDFs, with every detail kept. Made with Export in the Markups List. Markups List
Batch: Running one job, such as stamping or OCR, over many files at once. Batch processing
.bcx file: A saved list of files (and their pages) for a batch job, reusable from the Batch dialogs or the command line.
.bex file: A saved Set: the list of sheets, their tags and revisions. Sets
.btx file: A tool set file from the Tool Chest, which you can share with a team. Tool Chest
Calibrate: Setting a page's scale by clicking both ends of a dimension whose real length you know. Measure and take off
Callout: A text box with a leader line pointing at something on the drawing.
Capture: A photo or video embedded in a markup by dropping the file onto it. Capture Summary collects them into a report.
Certify: The author's digital signature, which also fixes what changes others may still make. Security and signatures
Check out / check in: In a Collab Project, taking a file to edit (so others can't change it at the same time), then sending your version back as its next revision. Collab
Cloud, Cloud+: The scalloped revision cloud; Cloud+ adds a callout box.
Collab: MarkupRight's cloud collaboration: shared Projects and live markup Sessions. Needs a Team licence.
Compare: Finding the differences between two versions of a page and marking them with clouds. Compare and overlay
Control point: A movable point on a polyline, polygon or cloud. You can add, remove and curve them. Edit and style markups
Count: A measurement that counts items by clicking each one, shown as numbered symbols.
Cutout: A hole cut from an area or volume measurement, such as an equipment pad in a room.

D – F

Dark Mode: Shows pages as light lines on a dark background. Not the same as the app's dark theme. Open, view and navigate
Detach: Moving a tab into its own window, for example on a second monitor.
Digital ID: The certificate and private key you sign PDFs with, from a file (.p12 or .pfx) or your computer's certificate store.
Dimmer: Fades the drawing so markups stand out.
Dock: One of the three areas (left, right, bottom) where panels live.
Document Total: The first row of the Markups List when measurements are listed: the sum of every measurement.
Drawing log: A list of a Set's sheets (number, title, revision…) exported to Excel, CSV or PDF.
Drawing mode, Properties mode: Two ways a Tool Chest tool works: Drawing mode stamps the stored markup at each click; Properties mode draws a new markup with the stored look.
Dynamic Fill: Fills an enclosed area of the drawing by clicking inside it, then turns it into an area, polygon or Space.
FDF, XFDF: Standard files for exchanging PDF comments with other applications.
Find Tools + Commands: The type-to-search list of every command, opened with Ctrl+K. The workspace
Flag: A page marker you can jump back to, listed in the Flags panel. Not a markup.
Flatten, Unflatten: Flattening turns markups into part of the page so they can't be edited. With recovery allowed, Unflatten turns them back into markups.
Format Painter: Copies one markup's look onto others.

L – O

Label: A short markup field for where or what it refers to, such as "Conference 103".
Layer: A named part of a PDF's content that can be shown or hidden, such as a discipline or an issue.
Legend (Markups Legend): A table placed on the page that lists the markup types used, with symbols, quantities and measurements; it updates itself.
Lock: Stops a markup being moved, resized, restyled or deleted.
Markup: Anything you add on top of a PDF page: a shape, text, highlight, stamp or measurement, with its author, subject, comments and status. Mark up drawings
Markup Summary: A report of markups as a CSV, Excel, XML or PDF file, or printed.
Markups List: The panel that shows every markup in the document as a row of data.
MCP: Model Context Protocol, the open standard MarkupRight uses to give AI assistants its tools. Command line and AI agents
My Tools: Your personal tool set in the Tool Chest; its first nine tools run with keys 1–9.
Navigation bar: The bar under the document with page controls, zoom and view modes.
OCR: Optical character recognition: turning scanned pictures of text into real, searchable text.
Overlay: Stacking two versions of a page in different colours to see what moved.

P – R

Page label: A page's name, such as M-101, shown instead of (or as well as) its number.
Pan: The hand tool for moving around the drawing. Esc picks it.
PDF/A: An archive version of PDF for long-term storage. MarkupRight opens these locked so they stay compliant.
Profile (.tpx): A saved workspace: panel layout, toolbars, shortcuts and view defaults. Preferences and profiles
Project: In Collab, a shared folder of files with revisions, check-out and permissions.
Properties panel, Properties toolbar: Where you see and change the selected markup's details and look: the panel in full, the toolbar for quick changes. Edit and style markups
Redaction: Permanently removing text, images and graphics from a PDF, leaving a filled box. Security and signatures
Reply: A comment on a markup, kept in a thread under it.
Reuse: Keeps a markup tool active after you place a markup. Mark up drawings
Revision: A later version of a sheet (in a Set) or a file (in a Collab Project).

S – T

Scale: What a length on the page stands for in the real world, such as 1/8" = 1'-0". Measurements need one.
Session: In Collab, a live review where everyone's markups appear for everyone.
Set: A list of drawing sheets from one or more PDFs, with tags and revisions, navigated as one. Sets
Sheet number: A Set tag such as A-101 that identifies a sheet and stacks its revisions.
Slip sheet: Putting revised sheets into a set in place of (or before) the old ones, carrying markups across. Batch processing
Snap: Pulling a point you place onto exact drawing lines, markup points or the grid.
Space: A named area such as a room. Markups and counts inside it are grouped by it. Measure and take off
Split: Showing two or more views side by side in one window, optionally synchronised. Open, view and navigate
Stamp: A ready-made graphic such as APPROVED or REVIEWED, which can fill in the date and your name. Tool Chest and stamps
Status: A markup's review state, such as Accepted, Rejected or Completed, with a history of who set it and when.
Subject: What a markup is, such as "Revision cloud" or "RFI 014". New markups take the tool's name.
Sync: Making split views follow each other's page, position and zoom.
Tag: A piece of information about a Set sheet: sheet number, title, revision, discipline and so on.
Tool Chest: The panel that keeps your saved markups as reusable tools, in tool sets.
Trusted Identity: A signer's certificate you've chosen to trust, so their signatures validate as trusted.

V – Z

Viewer mode: What MarkupRight falls back to without a valid licence: open, view, search and print, but no changes. Install and activate
Viewport: A rectangle on a page with its own scale, for sheets that mix details at different scales.
WebTab: A web page in a tab beside your drawings, such as a project portal. Window ▸ WebTab Ctrl+T