How can I erase pencil/pen marks on a pdf using Acrobat 11?

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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.

try67

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

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KazamarioAuthor

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

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George_Johnson

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How do you use it from acrobat? Do you remember by chance sir?

Well, because Adobe charges alot more than its competitors, so the software should have a bitmap editor - even a second rate one.

Adobe has a ton of tutorials about workflow in its products.

So, if workflow is a key aspect of Adobe's mentality there is no reason that you should have to exit out of or use another program to erase physical pencil.

It disrupts workflow. Plain and simple. Thank you for your time!

Acrobat 11 allows you to specify a non-Photoshop external image editor, unlike previous versions, but that doesn't mean all image editors will work necessarily. Have you tried using the redaction tool? I use it on occasion for this type of thing.

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