Summary: If your review and approval process includes exporting proofs for historical or auditing purposes, please use this feature to have a hard copy of the review process.
The PDF export will include full comments, markups, and decisions (with reasons) made. All versions of a proof can be exported, allowing for a complete download of its entire progress through all of its versions.
Available for: anyone with View permissions on a proof.
Where is the feature setup? under Settings -> Proofing Settings -> Proof Viewer. This feature is enabled by default. An account admin can hide this option, however, the icon will still appear on the proof summary page.
How does it work?
Reviewers can choose to export comments from only one proof version or all versions. Downloading the comments to PDF can be done in 2 places:
First, from the Proof Summary page: Click on the Export comments to PDF icon as shown in the screenshot below:
Inside the Proof Viewer: Click on the Export comments to PDF icon in the left sidebar menu. Reviewers can also decide how the exported document will look like:
What does the export look like?
A PDF file will be generated when you decide to export proof comments. The file will contain the following:
Cover page
Ziflow or your company logo
Proof name
Version number (with Proof status)
Number of pages
Number of comments and replies
Owner information
Footer
Each page with comments
a. Proof pages with all the pins.
b. Each comment with all the details: thumbnail image, avatar & name, comment number, comment text, date/time & timezone, page number, number of likes, if any, and number of attachments, if any.
c. Replies to comments with all the details: avatar & name, reply number, reply text, date/time & timezone, number of likes, if any, and number of attachments.
Additional information:
Private comments aren't included in the comment export.
In exports from combined proofs, the comment has information about the asset it was created on.
The exported file will contain the captions under the markup thumbnails when exporting comments from a video proof (combined with SRT subtitles).
