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Inspiring
December 3, 2018
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Redacting in a PDF

  • December 3, 2018
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I have an Adobe PDF (not scanned) document, and I am trying to redact some information.  When I use the redaction select tool, it selects slightly below the tex (off-center), and then places a black mark on the document slightly lower than all other text, and even partially covers some text on the next line.  is there a way to adjust this, so that the redaction happens in the center of the text?

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Correct answer barbara_a7746676

Interestingly, we have tried to redact from different PCs, with different users, and all have the same results - not lining up with the text.  


I have had the same issue myself. Instead of dragging through the text in the usual way, hold down the Control key and drag over the area that you want to redact. That will allow you to pinpoint just the right area.

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Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 5, 2018

How did you mark the text?

Inspiring
December 5, 2018

I use the Redact Tool:

Then I select Text and Images

Then I move the marker next to the text I want redacted, and click and drag over the text, and the red box appears (but not lined up with the text)

Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 5, 2018

What happens when you try it with other documents?

barbara_a7746676
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 5, 2018

Before marking for redaction, you can click Properties and choose a color. Probably No Color would work best in your case.

Inspiring
December 5, 2018

That was a good suggestion - however, it does not solve my problem.  Now, portions of text are just missing with white, instead of black...  The redacted text should be the middle line of text - but since it doesn't line up correctly, it redacts most of the text in the line below also....

Dov Isaacs
Legend
December 4, 2018

Moving this to the Acrobat General Troubleshooting forum since this really isn't a PDF workflow issue.

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)