Messages Fluah shows
What a message means, and what to do next.
Plan and account
| Message | When | Do this |
|---|---|---|
| Markups are locked on the Free plan | A markup tool on the Free plan | Get Fluah Pro, or use the measuring tools, which are free |
| Collaborate is locked on the Free plan | Collaborate on the Free plan | Get Fluah Pro |
Files and pages
| Message | When | Do this |
|---|---|---|
| Not a PDF | A file dropped on Fluah that is not a PDF | Drop a PDF, or a picture onto an open PDF |
| Save changes before closing? | Closing a tab with unsaved changes | Save, Don't save or Cancel |
| Save first | Signing a PDF whose pages were changed | Save, then sign |
| No differences detected | Comparing two issues that match | Check you picked the right previous issue |
Symbols and the Toolbox
| Message | When | Do this |
|---|---|---|
| (name) is larger than the page at 1:n | Placing a real-size symbol on a page at that scale | Set the page to a smaller scale, or the symbol's On paper to Same size |
| Not in a tool tab | Placing a symbol while its editor is open | Go back to a PDF's tab |
| Not parallel | A dimension across lines that are not parallel | Click lines that run the same way |
| Set by a formula | Typing a value its formula sets | Change the formula in Parameters |
| Not a toolbox | Importing a file that is not a toolbox | Pick a .fluahtoolbox or .fluahtool file |
| Made in a newer Fluah | Importing a toolbox from a newer Fluah | Update Fluah, then import again |
Markups
| Message | When | Do this |
|---|---|---|
| In a group | Match properties on part of a group | Ungroup it first |
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Updated 6 November 2026