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Inspiring
March 19, 2025
Question

HOW DO YOU delete or Paint over or fill a couple words of text/ numbers??

  • March 19, 2025
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I have a bank document PDF, and just need to delete, or paint over in white, a select fill of words of text/ actually bank account numbers.

 

Even though I'm 25 years in PHotoshop. I could not after fifteen minutes figure out how to select a couple of words of text and delete.  I also could not find a pen tool to write over or paint over.

 

Also could not find a way to select and fill.  Extremely frustrating, as I'd have this done easly in 1 min in Photoshop. I was able to bring it into photoshop, but then PS seperates the pages.

 

I even googled how to do this , but did not help, some goofy tips on commeing .. Totally flustred.

I knew Acrobat would be harder than photoshop, but I though after 15- 20 mintues, I'd find one of those three methods, but no totally stuck. Thanks!

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Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 19, 2025

In Acrobat Pro use the redaction tool.

larry45Author
Inspiring
March 19, 2025

Great thanks Bernd, can you please send a screenshot of where it is  (extremely hard to find anything in this software), and how to use it. appreicate it as so frustrating...

larry45Author
Inspiring
March 19, 2025

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/removing-sensitive-content-pdfs.html

 


Thanks Bernd, I'd need a good 6 months to read that page fully, but thanks apply , in lower left! Who would guess!  OK apply, the apply is GREYED OUT, so I cannot apply the simple change.

Being redaction not work apply grey out, I tried fill, but fill also problem.  It does not fill, no apply fill or checkbox to get it to work.

 

And cannot even find a brush or painbrush,  which would be good idea too.
Ok read page bit, apply hidden in lower right, but actually lower left, yet greyed out. I cannot send screenshot and bank numbers

 

Also, I chose fill but nothing happens. So still stuck