Bluebeam Quantity Link not working

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Bluebeam Quantity Link not working

Travis Watt 20

I have enabled Quantity Link to Excel as a Bluebeam administrator. Then I wen to excel and right clicked a cell, and the "quantity link" option was greyed out. I re-started and now that option doesn't even come up when I right click.

How do I set up Excel to work with Bluebeam for this feature?

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Hi, Travis Watt

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Quantity Link is a Bluebeam Excel plugin, so if the plugin isn’t actually enabled (or your Revu plan doesn’t include it), Excel will gray out the menu or hide it completely.

Here are some suggestions you can try:

Fully close Excel first, then open Bluebeam Administrator using Run as Administrator, go to Plugins, and tick Microsoft Excel > Quantity Link, then click OK. This forces Windows to register the Excel plugin properly instead of Excel loading without it.

Reopen Excel (Excel 2010+), right-click a cell and use Quantity Link > Create, then Add your source PDF and pick the measurement total (length, area, etc.) plus filters. This confirms the plugin is active and creates the first live link.

If the menu still doesn’t show, double-check you’re on a plan that actually includes Quantity Link (Revu 21 Complete, or Revu 20 and below needs eXtreme). Otherwise the feature won’t light up even if you’re an admin.

Hope this helps. Feel free to get back if you need further assistance.

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Kai-H 12,300 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-03T06:21:42.4266667+00:00

Hi, Travis Watt

It has been a while and I am writing to see how things are going with this issue.

Have you had a chance to check the replies provided?

Any update would be appreciated.

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Travis Watt 20

Hello,

Yes I have a license with Bluebeam Revu 21 that specifically included the "Quantity Link" feature. I double checked the plug-ins. No when I open excel and right click a cell it shows quantity link as a greyed out option that can't be selected.

Does this have anything to do with the one month free trial of office 365 I am using? I really wanted to test this feature, it will determine how I set up my quantity calculators.

Thank you,

Travis

Kai-H 12,300 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-05T06:34:03.2266667+00:00

Hi, Travis Watt

Thanks for getting back.

The one‑month Office 365 trial is not the problem. Quantity Link works with trial and paid Excel installs as long as Excel is fully desktop‑installed. When the menu shows but is greyed out, it almost always means Excel loaded before the Bluebeam plugin properly registered, or the plugin and Excel don’t fully match at startup. This is a known Revu 21 behavior, not a licensing block.

You can try these in order; these are the ones that actually work:

Close Excel completely, then re‑register the plugin: Close Excel, open Bluebeam Administrator as Run as administrator, go to Plugins, untick and re‑tick Microsoft Excel > Quantity Link, click OK. This forces Windows to re‑attach the plugin, which fixes the greyed‑out menu most of the time.

Start Excel first, then open Revu: Open Excel by itself, then open Revu and load a PDF with markups. Quantity Link only becomes active once Revu sees a valid markup source. Without that, Excel disables the option.

Confirm you are signed into Revu with the Complete plan: Click your email in the top‑right of Revu and confirm it says Complete. If Revu opens in an unassigned or offline state, features appear installed but stay greyed out. Signing out and back in refreshes this.

Your Excel trial won’t limit testing Quantity Link. Once the plugin registers cleanly and Revu sees a markup source, the option should light up and behave normally.

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