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Lectra can send a document from your iPad to your computer’s browser, to another iPad, or to your Mac, and bring PDFs from Chrome to your iPad. Every transfer is something you start on purpose. Lectra doesn’t keep your libraries in step across devices, so a document you send is a copy.

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Before you begin

  • Sign in to the same Lectra account on every device you send between. To learn about accounts, see Your Scope account.
  • Make sure each device has an internet connection.

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Ways to send

The following sections explain each one.

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Send a PDF from Chrome to your iPad

You can send PDFs from Chrome with either of two Chrome extensions: If you install both, Lectra Receiver’s Send to Lectra button takes the place of the Scope extension’s on website PDFs. On your iPad, files from Chrome arrive in the Scope Inbox in your library. If Lectra is open, a message says the file arrived, with an Open button.

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Open arrivals automatically

You can have Lectra open a file the moment it arrives.
1

Open Settings

Open Lectra’s Settings, and then tap App. To learn how to open Settings, see Settings.
2

Turn on automatic opening

Under Files from Scope, turn on Open files from Scope automatically.
A file that arrives while you’re browsing your library opens right away. While you’re writing in a document, it waits for a tap instead. To get a notification when a file arrives while Lectra is closed, allow notifications for Lectra when it asks, or turn them on in your iPad’s Settings app.

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Send a document from your iPad

Lectra sends the document as a PDF with your markup on the pages.
1

Open the document

In Lectra, open the document you want to send.
2

Tap Export to Scope

Tap the document’s name at the top of the screen, and then tap Export to Scope. You can also find Export to Scope in More actions (the three dots).
3

Choose where to send it

If you have more than one place to send to, Lectra shows a Send to list. Each destination shows Ready, or when it was last open. Tap the one you want. If you have only one destination, Lectra sends to it without asking.
4

Wait for the confirmation

Lectra shows “Sending to” followed by the destination’s name, and then “Sent to” when the document is on its way.
What happens next depends on where you sent it: A destination that isn’t open right now still works. The document waits, and arrives when that device next opens Lectra, Chrome, or the extension. In the Send to list, such a destination shows “Will arrive when it next opens” or when it was last open.
You can send documents up to 25 MB. A browser appears in the Send to list only while the Scope extension or Lectra Receiver is signed in to your account in that browser.

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Send a file to your Mac

You send files to your Mac during a Remote Desktop session. You need Lectra for Mac installed and set up.
1

Connect to your Mac

In Lectra, open Remote Desktop, and then tap Connect next to your Mac. To learn more, see Use Remote Desktop.
2

Tap Send files

In the control bar, tap Send files. On a narrow screen, it’s under More.
3

Choose a file

In Send to your Mac, tap Photos, Camera, or Files, and then pick one item.
The file lands in the Lectra folder in your Mac’s Downloads folder. To send a Lectra document with your markup, export it to the Files app first, and then send it from Files. To learn how to export, see Export and share.
Keep Lectra open until the file finishes sending. Leaving Lectra or disconnecting cancels it. Lectra for Mac can’t send files back to your iPad. To move a file from your Mac to your iPad, use AirDrop or the Files app, and then add it to Lectra. To learn how, see Import documents.

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Share a clipboard with your Mac

During a Remote Desktop session, you can copy text between your iPad and your Mac:
  • From your Mac: copy text on the Mac. It’s on your iPad’s clipboard right away.
  • From your iPad: copy text, and then tap Send clipboard in the control bar.
Only text is shared. The clipboards stop sharing when the session ends.

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Troubleshooting

Lectra didn’t find a browser to send to. On your computer, open Chrome and make sure the Scope extension or Lectra Receiver is signed in to the same account as Lectra. Then send again.
The document is larger than 25 MB. To share it another way, see Export and share.
Your sign-in on this iPad expired. Sign in to Lectra again, and then send the document.
Make sure it’s signed in to the same Lectra account, and open Lectra, Chrome, or the extension on it once so it can register.
Open Lectra and check the Scope Inbox in your library. Make sure Lectra on your iPad is signed in to the same account as the extension.

Export and share

Share a marked-up PDF with anyone, or save a full Lectra copy.

Lectra for Mac

Install the Mac app that connects your Mac to Lectra.