Search and redact words – Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended User Manual
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Text marked for redaction (left), and redacted (right)
1 Choose View > Toolbars > Redaction.
2 (Optional) To set the appearance of redaction marks, click Redaction Properties.
3 Select the Mark For Redaction tool
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4 Mark items you want to remove by doing any of the following:
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Double-click to select a word or image.
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Press Ctrl as you drag to select a line, a block of text, an object, or an area. Use this method to select areas of a page
in a scanned document.
To preview how your redaction marks will look, hold the pointer over the marked area.
5 To redact the marked items, click Apply Redactions in the Redaction toolbar.
6 Click OK to remove the items. The items aren’t permanently removed from the document until you save it.
7 If you want to search for and remove hidden information in the document by using the Examine Document feature,
click Yes. Otherwise, click No.
8 Choose File > Save, and specify a filename and location. If you don’t want to overwrite the original file, save the file
to a different name, location, or both.
For information on using the redaction tools in legal situations, see
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Search and redact words
Use the Search And Redact tool to find and remove words or phrases in one or more PDFs that contain searchable text.
Note: The Search And Redact tool doesn’t search secured (encrypted) PDFs.
1 Choose View > Toolbars > Redaction, and select the Search And Redact tool
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2 Specify if you want to search the current PDF or all PDFs in another location.
3 Do one of the following:
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To search for only one word or phrase, choose Single Word Or Phrase and type the word or phrase in the text box.
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To search for multiple words, select Multiple Words Or Phrase, and then click Select Words. Type each word in the
New Word Or Phrase text box and click Add. You can also import a text file with the list of words or phrases to
search for.
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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. (English only)
4 Click Search And Redact.