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January 14, 2025
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Specific Area Redaction Automation

  • January 14, 2025
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Hello, I've recently picked up a task involving a list of company names.

 

I need to use the redact tool to remove information from this list so that the entries for only one company are visible. I then need to repeat this process for each company.

 

I've tried using the JavaScript function but can't seem to get that to work, specifically with difficulty in labelling variables.

 

I looked in forums for similar posts but these seem to refer to processes which repeat redactions of the same area.

 

Thank you for any help.

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Thom Parker
Inspiring
January 14, 2025

How is the information identified?  It is simple to automate redaction if it's in the same location on every document, or it has a unique pattern that can be identified with text matching.  

 

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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Braniac
January 14, 2025

The poster said "which repeat redactions of the same area" so I linked to your article.

Thom Parker
Inspiring
January 14, 2025

Man, that is a good article, if I do say so myself.  It says it's for Acrobat 9 in the title, but everything in it is still bang on for Acrobat DC. 

 

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often