Redaction in adobe acrobat standard

I can't find the redact option in Acrobat X Standard to black out confidential information in a pdf. Diana Cox. Adobe X Standard does not have a redaction tool, but here's a workaround.

It's a little cumbersome, but it works. Highlight the text you need to redact with the Highlighter Tool. Right click on the text you just highlighted and changed the the color to black. Do this to all of the text that you need to redact. For things like logos and other graphical content use the rectangle drawing tool to cover it.

Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. User Guide Cancel. Why redact or remove sensitive content? Redact sensitive content Acrobat Pro.

Select the text or image in a PDF, right-click, and select Redact. Select the text or image in a PDF, choose Redact in the floating context-menu. Mark items you want to remove by doing any of the following:.

Double-click to select a word or image. Drag to select a line, block of text, object, or area. To preview how your redaction marks appear, hold the pointer over the marked area. Search and remove text Acrobat Pro. The Redact toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar. Do one of the following:. To search for only one word or phrase, choose Single Word Or Phrase and type the word or phrase in the text field. You can also import a text file with the list of words or phrases to search for.

To search for a pattern for example, phone numbers, credit card numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, or dates , click Patterns. Choose one of the available patterns. You can change the language version of the patterns. See Select a different language version for patterns. Then, select the occurrences you want to mark for redaction:. To select all occurrences in the list, click Check All. To select individual occurrences, click the check box for each one you want to redact.

Click the text next to a check box to view the occurrence on the page. To mark none of the occurrences, close the Search dialog box or click New Search to start over. To mark whole words or partial words characters for redaction, select the option under Redaction Mark Options. In the Settings dialog box, specify the number and location of the characters for redaction.

The items you selected in the list are shown marked for redaction. To remove the marked items, click Apply in the secondary toolbar. Find and remove hidden content Acrobat Pro. Make sure that the check boxes are selected only for the items that you want to remove from the document.

See Remove Hidden Information options. Remove Hidden Information options. Bookmarks Bookmarks are links with representational text that open specific pages in the PDF. Comments And Markups This item includes all comments that were added to the PDF using the comment and markup tool, including files attached as comments. Form Fields This item includes Form Fields including Signature fields , and all Actions and calculations associated with form fields.

Hidden Text This item indicates text in the PDF that is either transparent, covered up by other content, or the same color as the background. Hidden Layers PDFs can contain multiple layers that can be shown or hidden. Deleted Or Cropped Content PDFs sometimes retain content that has been removed and no longer visible, such as cropped or deleted pages, or deleted images. Overlapping Objects This item includes objects that overlap one another. Sanitize document Acrobat Pro.

It removes: Metadata Embedded content and attached files Scripts Hidden layers Embedded search indexes Stored form data Review and comment data Comments hidden within the body of the PDF file Hidden data from the previous document saves Obscured text and images Unreferenced data Links, actions, and javascripts Overlapping objects.

Select a different language version for patterns Acrobat Pro. Change the look of redaction marks Acrobat Pro. Set the default look of all marks. Click the Redacted Area Fill Color icon and select a fill color from the color palette for the boxes that replace removed items.

Choose No Color to leave the redacted area blank. Select Use Overlay Text if you want to select the custom text or redaction code options. Select the font, size, and text alignment. Select Custom Text , and type the text you want to appear in the redacted area. Select Redaction Code , and then either select a code within an existing set, or click Edit Code to define a new code set or a new code. See Create redaction codes and code sets. Select a color from the color palette for the images and text you mark for redaction.

Move the slider to adjust the opacity of the color. Choose No Color to leave the selected area blank. Properties for redaction text Acrobat Pro. Custom Text. You can also directly drag and drop your file to the program. For Windows platforms, click the "Protect" tab and then select "Mark for Redaction" to begin selection of text or objects which you would like to hide. Once you are comfortable with your selection, click "Apply Redactions" and then click "OK" on the dialogue box to confirm the action.

PDFelement also allows you to change the color of the area to be redacted; place overlay text andinsert redaction code. For Windows users, right click the redaction area and choose "Properties" to set the appearance.

Select the items for removal by dragging the cursor over text and objects on the document. After marking the content, select "Apply" from the Redaction toolset and click "OK" to apply the changes.