Getting started
From your purchase to your first finished report: download ReportRivet, open it, and work through one project.
Before you start
You need
- A PC running Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit
- The email address you used at checkout
- Your license key, from your purchase email
- About 115 MB for ReportRivet, plus room for the photos you import
Internet connection
You need a connection to download ReportRivet and to activate it the first time you open it. After that, making, editing and exporting reports all work offline, and ReportRivet doesn't check your license again.
Nothing else to install
ReportRivet is a single program file with no installer. You don't need Microsoft Word to create reports or export them.
Your first report, step by step
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Download ReportRivet
Open the email from your purchase and choose the download link. You can also go to My purchases & downloads, enter the email address you used at checkout, and open the sign-in link Lemon Squeezy sends you.
Download ReportRivet.exe. Your license key is in the same email and on your order in My purchases & downloads.
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Open and activate ReportRivet
Move ReportRivet.exe somewhere easy to find, such as your Desktop or a Programs folder, then double-click it. There is nothing to install.
When ReportRivet asks for your license key, paste it in. Make sure you're connected to the internet for this step. Activation happens once on each computer; after that, ReportRivet works offline.
The first time it opens, ReportRivet creates a folder called ReportRivet in your Documents folder. Your projects, photo copies and saved phrases are kept there.
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Create a project
Choose New project and give it a name. A project holds the photos from one job and every report you write from them.
Under Project details, add the client, site address, dates and your company. These fill in on the cover page and anywhere you type them, such as /client.
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Import photos
Choose Import photos, then Choose folder for a whole site visit or Choose photos for individual files. Leave Include subfolders on if your phone or camera sorted them into folders.
JPEG, PNG and HEIC photos are supported. They are grouped by the date they were taken, and ReportRivet tells you about any it couldn't open. Your original files are not changed.
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Arrange and caption your photos
Drag photos onto headings such as Exterior, Roof or Completed work, or choose Add heading to make your own. Hold Ctrl or Shift to select several at once.
Select a photo to add its caption and location. Type / in a caption to insert a saved phrase. Private notes stay with the photo and are never added to a report.
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Create the report
Go to Reports and choose New report. Start from your headings to get one section per heading with the photos already placed, or start blank.
Add text above or below photos, choose one to three photos per row, and pick Fit to show the whole photo or Fill to crop it to its frame.
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Preview and export
Choose Preview to see the pages exactly as they will export. When it looks right, choose Export.
- Word document if you or a colleague will keep editing it
- PDF to send it as it is
Pick Letter or A4 and whether to include a cover page, contents, photo index and page numbers. Reports are saved to Documents\ReportRivet\Exports unless you choose another folder.
Something not working?
Can't find your purchase
Search your inbox for the receipt, including spam, or use My purchases & downloads with your checkout email. More help with purchases
ReportRivet won't open
Check that you're on 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 and that the download finished. Troubleshoot opening ReportRivet
Activation didn't work
Check your internet connection and that you pasted the whole key. If your key is already used on two computers, see activation limit. Troubleshoot activation