Need to change redaction color after redaction editing has taken place

[melb5]

I have redacted a document using the default color black. I have been told, the redaction color should be blue instead of black. Is there a way to apply the color change to all redacted text at the same time or must it be done individually?

[try67]

Did you already apply the redactions?

[melb5]

The content is marked for redaction, but the redaction has not yet been applied.

[defaultuzot5jnydnvp]

Does anyone know the answer to this?  We are currently being asked to mark up documents to be redacted in red, but aren't yet applying the changes as the client has to approve them first.  There is a posibility that the client will decide to change the redaction colour.  Is there a way to apply a blanket change to all of the existing marked up redactions at once, ore do we have to do them all individually?

[Bernd Alheit]

Use Tools > Comment

Select the redact markups and change the properties.

[try67]

You can do it using this code to change all the redactions markups to be red, for example:

this.syncAnnotScan();
var annots = this.getAnnots();
if (annots!=null) {
	for (var i in annots) {
		var annot = annots[i];
		if (annot.type=="Redact") annot.fillColor = color.red;
	}
}

[vartavaterfarter]

Thank you so much for this, you saved me a ton of time!

By the way, if you want grey redactions, change the "color.red" to "color.gray" – US spelling, not UK spelling 🙂

[Test Screen Name]

Here's a tutorial on specifying colours/colors in Acrobat JavaScript. https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/using-colors-acrobat-javascript/

[vartavaterfarter]

Amazing, thank you! I did want to specify my RGB values, but didn't have time at that moment to look into it. Your link will be very helpful in future 🙂

[Guest]

Where do you enter this code?

[LINDA24896610rfmg]

Go to "All Tools", then Select "Use Java Script". 

Go to Document Javascript Strings and paste the above, changing the color from "red" to whatever you want it to be.

[Douglas250443993k1h]

I have figured out an easier way, that does not involve code.  Open the document, go to the comments tab.  Select all redactions (you can do this by clicking the top one and then Shift clicking the bottom one on the list.).  Then right click the selected comments and choose properties.  This will open the window that allows you to change the color of all the redactions.

[Glen Braddy]

Thank you!  So much easier than messing around with any coding.  Also your method allows me to change the color of individual redactions if I want to, rather than just a blanket color change.