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Adobe redactions

New Here ,
May 25, 2023 May 25, 2023

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Hi All, 
 
One of our teams is using Adobe Pro to complete redactions. They are required to provide the redacted versions back to the client in both PDF and hardcopy. The desired output is a red box around the text with the redaction reason text next to it.
 
Using the overlay text feature in Adobe, they can save the redactions (rather than apply) and the client can hover over the redaction to see the reason for redaction (see PDF-sample).
 
However, when they print the redactions the overlay text is not available and they are manually adding the reason text to the PDF.
 
Is there a way to print the overlay text?
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Adobe Employee ,
May 29, 2023 May 29, 2023

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Hi Shaldon Tully

 

Thank you for reaching out.

 

If you are printing the document, I am afraid there is no option to print the overlay text along with the selected text for redaction. 

For more information on redacting text in PDF, refer to the following help document: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/removing-sensitive-content-pdfs.html

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

 

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May 29, 2023 May 29, 2023

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Hi Meenakshi, 

 

Thank you for the feedback, much appreciated. 

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Community Expert ,
May 30, 2023 May 30, 2023

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It can be done using a custom-made script. If you're interested I could develop such a script for you, for a small fee.

You can contact me privately to discuss it further.

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Community Expert ,
May 30, 2023 May 30, 2023

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I guess a printer driver issue.

So they can print as PDF, then print the new PDF.

 

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Community Expert ,
May 30, 2023 May 30, 2023

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That's not the issue. They want to see the overlay text on the print-out, the thing you see when you hover over the redaction comment, before applying it (and what appears on top of it, after you apply it)...

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May 30, 2023 May 30, 2023

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Something like this:

 

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LEGEND ,
May 30, 2023 May 30, 2023

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You probably know this, but I wanted to emphasise, because of potentially serious legal consequences: if you save the redactions instead of applying, then IT ISN'T REDACTED. That file is not private, and all the original info is there for the taking. 

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Community Expert ,
May 30, 2023 May 30, 2023

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"That's not the issue"

In this case it's the process that's not right. Comments tools are made for this kind of task.

Then use a script to convert the highlights (or whatever) into Redaction marks.

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May 30, 2023 May 30, 2023

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They are Redaction marks already, but they don't show up in full when you print them, since the overlay text is not visible.

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