Redaction cursor - How to Change from Text to Drawing a Square

[Lindsay16E5]

Does anyone know how to change Adobe Redaction Tool from picking up text to being able to redact a block rather than letters?

Sorry, I’m not explaining this very well – I want to draw a square, the size of my choosing, round some handwriting, but I can’t get Adobe to see hthe handwriting as anything other than text and it won't redact the whole of the piece of handwriting – I want the ‘crosshairs’ cursor to display so I can draw round it.  It's in the middle of a page containing both typewritten and handwritten wording.

[Bernd Alheit]

In the redaction tool mouse click on "Redact Text & Images" 

[Lindsay16E5]

Thanks Berndt ,,, you have no idea how much I appreciate that!

[Lindsay16E5]

Berndt, sorry, is clicking on that supposed to toggle between the 2 types of cursor?  I have tried it on the document I am wroking on and it is only giving me the option to redact the wording as text, not to draw a box the size I want around it

[Lindsay16E5]

Sorry, this hasn't been resolved ... how can I change they type of cursor from redacting text to drawing a shape, please?

[Bernd Alheit]

You can draw a rectangle.

[MortalWounding · Accepted solution]

AHA! I figured it out. If you hold Ctrl it'll allow you to draw a box, instead of selecting the text.

[Lindsay16E5]

Superstar!  Thank you so much - tried it and you've revolutionised our world!

[default6608hbyz3xnc]

seriously !!!!! I was about to cry over these. Redacting thousands of medical records. You are a ROCKSTAR indeed. haha

[Kristy30192660tvo6]

Yes, it worked for me too!  Thank you!!!

[Kimberly5EEC]

Thank you so much for telling the rest of us how to do it.

[Music Editor]

Dear Mortal Wounding, 
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I give you thanks

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THANK YOU!!!!

[Deborah Gearhart]

Adobe--please learn from this...why is this simple instruction NOT in the help center documents?  It is NOT in the instructions on how to use Redact.  

[Justin39069352vk7k]

3 years later and I add to the chain of thank yous. 

[Chrisseymc]

Thank you! I was dying over here.

[kJR_6613]

OMG - LIFE. CHANGED. Thank you!!

[Gaju Bhat]

For those on macOS, the key to hold is Command.

[haven_5477]

Thank you for the macOS instructions!!!!!!!