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July 9, 2024
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  • July 9, 2024
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I use a color highlight in word in certain places to call out redactions. I then create a pdf and manually redact everything highlighted in this color. Is there a way to automatically select all for a color in acrobat to redact all at once?

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Correct answer try67

That makes sense!! Is there a work around for making colored highlights comments? I feel like I might need a different program other than acrobat. Our files range up to 4000 pages. Manually redacting take a bunch of people and a lot of time.


Like I said, if you added the highlights in Acrobat instead of in Word you could automate the redaction process. It's just a question of moving where you add them to a different application. If you're redacting specific terms (or even patterns) that can be automated in Acrobat as well, without the need to actually add highlights first. You can use the Search & Remove Text tool for that.

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try67
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July 9, 2024

Not directly, but it's possible to use a script to convert all highlight with a certain fill color to redaction markups, and even apply them, if desired.

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July 10, 2024

Where would I find instructions to do that?

try67
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July 10, 2024

You would need to be familiar with Acrobat JS, which is a very wide subject. There are code examples on this forum on how to convert Redactions to Highlights, though. The process is the same, only in reverse, with the added twist of checking the fill color. Which color do you want to convert, exactly?