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January 21, 2013
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How can I erase pencil/pen marks on a pdf using Acrobat 11?

  • January 21, 2013
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I have googled this question with no success. I know that you can erase pencil marks made with the pencil tool in Acrobat, but I need to erase physical pencil marks from a scanned document.

I know that I can use Photoshop to erase, but I have seen an eraser tool in far inferior pdf programs! Can anyone tell me if this is even possible to do with Acrobat 11?

Thank you for your time!

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Correct answer try67

Try: Edit > Preferences > Touchup > Choose Image Editor

That's for Acrobat 9. I'm not at my Acrobat 11 machine at the moment, but it should be something similar.


In Acrobat XI it's under: Edit - Prefs. - Content Editing - Image Editor.

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try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 21, 2013

Your best option is probably the Redaction tool in Acrobat Pro.

KazamarioAuthor
Participating Frequently
January 22, 2013

So, its not possible to natively edit pencil marks in Acrobat 11?

Phillip M  Jones
Inspiring
January 22, 2013

The redaction won't do it.

If you were on a Mac I would recommend a Graphic program called GraphicConverter. You could open the PDF in GraphicConverter and remove the pencil marks. Then you can resave as a PDF.