Redacting text and images in a PDF file

Redacting text or images

To redact text or images from a PDF document, follow these steps:

1. Right-click/Control-click the toolbar well and choose Redaction from the shortcut menu to open the toolbar.
2. Click the Mark for Redaction tool. An information dialog opens explaining that you can use the tool to specify content for removal and then use the Apply Redaction tool to complete the task. Click OK to close the dialog. Save a mouse click and a few seconds in the future by selecting “Don’t show again” at the lower left of the dialog before clicking OK.
3. Move the pointer over the page and drag to select content for redaction. You can select single or multiple words, or entire paragraphs. Each item selected displays a bounding box (Figure 1).

    

   

   Figure 1: Select words, phrases, or entire paragraphs for redaction.

4. Move the pointer over a selected object on the page to see how it will look after redaction. In Figure 9.18, the lower paragraph is completely obscured.
5. When you have finished making the selections, click Apply Redactions . A confirmation dialog opens; click OK to close the dialog and apply the redactions to the file (Figure 2).

    

   

   Figure 2: The selected content is removed from the document.

6. A second information dialog opens asking if you would also like to examine the document for other content that can be removed. Click Yes to proceed with the document examination as described in the previous section, “Looking Inside a Document.”
7. Choose File > Save and specify a new name for the file to prevent overwriting the original.

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