Playbook Editor and Users

Playbook turns your PDFs into a digital playbook inside Hub Pro. Organize installs into sections, draw and highlight on the pages, pin notes and bookmarks, and link film to the play it shows, one clip at a time or a whole list. It's built for coaches and video coordinators who want the playbook and the film in one place, and for the players and staff they share it with.

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Before you start

• Playbook needs to be turned on for your organization. If you don't see it in the app switcher, contact Customer Support.
• Creating, editing and sharing playbooks needs edit rights. If you only have view access, you can still read pages and add your own drawings, notes and bookmarks.
• Playbook works in the Hub Pro desktop app and on iPad. On iPhone you can read playbooks but not edit them.
• Have your playbook ready as a PDF. Password-protected PDFs, and PDFs that block printing, can't be added.

Step 1: Open Playbook

• Open the app switcher at the top left and pick Playbook .
• Your folders and playbooks appear on the left under Playbooks. All playbooks lists every playbook you can reach, wherever it's filed.
• Type in Search folders and playbooks to find one by name.
• Click Expand all folders next to Playbooks to open every folder in the tree. Click it again, now Collapse all folders , to close them.

Step 2: Create a folder

• Click Add to library next to Playbooks, then choose New folder .
• Type a name and click Create.

• To file a folder inside another one, click the more options icon on a folder and choose Add sub-folder.

Moving a top-level folder? Once it's inside another folder, it can't be moved back to the top level.

Step 3: Create a playbook

• Click Add to library next to Playbooks, then choose New playbook .
• To create it straight inside a folder, click the more options icon on the folder and choose New playbook instead.

• Type a name and click Create. The new playbook opens on the right.

Step 4: Add a PDF

• Click Add PDF in the empty playbook.
• Click Choose a PDF, or drag a PDF onto the dialog, then click Add.

• Pages upload one at a time, and you'll see the count go up. Click Cancel to stop part way.

• The PDF becomes the first section, and its name appears as a tab along the bottom.

Shortcut. Drag a PDF straight onto a playbook in the library, or onto an open playbook. Hub Pro asks whether to Add to this section or Add as new section.

Step 5: Add and name sections

• Click Add section at the end of the section tabs. The new section starts empty, so add a PDF or move pages into it.
• To rename a section, click the more options icon on its tab, choose Rename, type the new name and click Rename Tab. Section names can be up to 22 characters.

• Drag tabs left or right to change their order, or use Move left and Move right in the tab menu.
• To delete a section, choose Delete in the tab menu.

Deleting a section can't be undone. It removes the section's pages and any markup on them.

Step 6: Move pages between sections

• Click Show pages to open the Pages panel if it's closed.
• Click a page to select it, then hold Shift or Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) and click to select more.

• Drag the selected pages onto another section's tab.
• Choose Move here to move them, or Copy here to keep them in both sections.

• To reorder or remove a page, click the more options icon on its thumbnail and choose Move up, Move down or Remove page. With several pages selected, the same menu removes them all at once.

Removing a page can't be undone. Any markup on that page goes with it.

Step 7: Get around the toolbar

• The toolbar at the bottom of the page holds every markup and viewing tool.

• Select picks and moves your markup.
• Pen , Highlighter and Eraser draw, highlight and erase.
• Note , Bookmark and Link clips pin items to the page.
• Drawings on this page lists your markup, and Clear page removes all of it.
• Hide annotations hides your markup for a clean view of the page.
• Zoom out , Zoom in , and Fit page or Fit width set the size.
• Search this section finds words on the pages.

Step 8: Turn pages and move between sections

• Scroll to read, or click the arrows at the left and right edges of the page to turn one page at a time. They work at any zoom.
• The toolbar shows where you are in the section, for example Page 1 of 2.

• Use the keyboard to turn pages without leaving the page. Hold a key to keep turning.

• Keep going past the last page and the next section opens at its first page. Go back past the first page and the previous section opens at its last page. The section's name shows for a moment so you know where you are. Empty sections have the arrows too, so you can turn straight through them.
• To jump to a page, click it in the Pages panel .
• On iPad, swipe to turn pages. With Select on, scroll to the end of a section and keep pulling: Pull to open and the next section's name appear, and you let go at Release to open. Pull down at the top of a section to go back.
• On iPad, tap the single-page view button at the top of the playbook to see one page at a time, fitted to the screen. Tap it again to go back to scrolling.

Playbook remembers your place. Open a playbook again, even after closing Hub Pro, and it opens on the section and page you were last on. Your place is kept for each user on each device, so a shared iPad keeps everyone's separately.

Step 9: Draw and highlight

• Click Pen and draw on the page to sketch a route, motion or assignment.
• Click Highlighter and drag across text to highlight it.
• Use the color and thickness options above the toolbar to change the color, the line weight, or switch between a solid and dashed line.

• Click Eraser and drag over markup to remove it. Press Ctrl + Z (Cmd + Z on Mac) to undo.

Your markup is yours. Drawings, highlights, notes and bookmarks are only visible to you, so players and staff can mark up a shared playbook without changing it for anyone else.

Step 10: Add notes and bookmarks

• Click Note , then click the page where the note should go.
• Type your note, pick a color if you like, and click Add.

• Click Bookmark , then click the page to mark it.
• Type a name in Name this bookmark and click Save. Bookmark names can be up to 50 characters.

• Click a note or bookmark on the page later to edit or delete it.

Step 11: Link clips to a page

• Click Link clips , then click the play on the page that the clips belong to.
• In Link clips, pick a list or source on the left. Link the whole list (or Link the whole source) is on, so every clip in it is linked, for example All 59 clips are included.

• A whole list stays current. Clips added to or removed from the list later follow on the pin, so you don't have to relink after the next cut-up.
• To link more lists or sources, pick them too. Each one shows as a chip along the bottom with its clip count. Click the x on a chip to remove it.
• To link only some clips, switch Link the whole list off, then tick the clips you want. Use Search clips to narrow them down.
• Click Save. A clip pin appears where you clicked.

Auto-cutups can't be linked. Link the clips from their list or source instead.

Who sees linked clips? Unlike your own markup, linked clips are visible to everyone who can see the playbook. You need edit access to add them.

Step 12: Play linked clips

• Click a clip pin on the page to see what's linked to it.
• Click a clip to play it, or click Play all. The clips play in a player over the page, so you can watch while you read.

• A linked list or source shows on the pin by name with its clip count. Click Play beside it to play its clips, or Open in Coaching to open it there.
• To see the clips in Coaching with all their data, click Open in Coaching in the player or the Content panel. A pin with several clips or lists opens them all together.
• Click Back to and the playbook name in the banner at the top to return. You come back to the same page, at the same zoom and scroll position.

• To change or remove what's on a pin, click Edit clips, Rename or Delete in the pin's menu.

Step 13: Use the Content panel

• Click Expand content at the top right to open the Content panel.
• It lists the bookmarks, notes and linked clips in the current section, grouped by page. Click any item to jump to it.

• Click Select to pick several items and delete them together.

Deleting from the Content panel can't be undone. Check your selection before you confirm.

Step 14: Find words in a section

• Click Search this section , or press Ctrl + F (Cmd + F on Mac).
• Type a word or play name in Find in section. Matches are highlighted on the pages.
• Use the up and down arrows to step through the matches. The count shows where you are, for example 7 of 12.

Step 15: Share a playbook

• Click Share at the top right of an open playbook, or click the more options icon on a playbook in the library and choose Share playbook...

• In the share dialog, use All users to find a person, Groups to find a group, or Has access to see who already has it.
• Pick an access level next to each person or group: Can view, Can edit or Can manage. Deny blocks someone even if a group gives them access. The table below shows what each level allows.

Folder access at a glance. The levels you pick when you share a folder or playbook.

• To give access for a set time, click the end date icon next to a person or group and pick In a week, In a month or a date. A badge shows how many days are left.

• To share a whole folder, choose Share folder... in the folder menu. Every playbook in the folder is shared, including ones you add later.

Changing your own access? Hub Pro asks you to confirm first, because you may lose the ability to edit or manage the playbook.

Step 16: Use Playbook offline and on iPhone

• In the desktop app and on iPad, the playbooks you can reach download automatically so they're ready without a connection. A download icon shows on a playbook while it's still downloading.
• You can read pages, draw and add notes offline. PDFs you add offline upload when you're back online.
• On iPhone, open Playbook from the tab bar. Scroll through the sections, tap Choose section to jump to one, and tap Show content to see bookmarks, notes and clips.
• Search on iPhone covers the whole playbook, not just one section.

Need a hand?

• Can't see Playbook in the app switcher? It needs to be turned on for your organization. Contact Customer Support.
• A button is missing or greyed out? You may have view-only access. Ask the playbook's owner for Can edit or Can manage, or hover over the greyed button to see why.
• Your PDF won't upload? Check it's a PDF, that it isn't password-protected, and that printing isn't blocked. Add one PDF at a time.
• Someone can't see your drawings or notes? That's expected. Markup is private to whoever made it. Linked clips are the part everyone sees.
• A clip pin says Clip unavailable, or a linked list says Unavailable? It was deleted, or you no longer have access to it.
• The arrow keys aren't turning pages? Click the page first, so the key goes to the playbook and not to another control.
• A message says your access has ended? The owner removed your access or it reached its end date. Click OK, then ask the owner to share it again.

For anything else, use Help and Support inside Hub Pro or contact Customer Support.