Is there an eraser in Adobe Acrobat XI

[stefanz87133332]

This is Stefan.  I have a question.

I sent a form to a parent and they hand wrote on the form and scanned and emailed the form back.  I would like to use an "eraser" to erase the handwritten note on the form.  Can I do that? 

I have Adobe Acrobat XI

Thank you.

Stefan

[AnandSri]

Hello Stefan!

Acrobat can turn your scanned PDF document into an editable PDF file. Open the scanned PDF file with Acrobat 11 and it will run the OCR (optical character recognition) in the background and converts the document into editable image and text with correctly recognized fonts in the document.

However, you won't be able to edit any images in the PDF file, but you can delete them.

For detailed information and steps, you may refer to Adobe help articles https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-to-edit-a-scanned-pdf-file

Edit scanned PDFs, turn off automatic OCR, Adobe Acrobat

Note: Acrobat 11 is old and out of support product because the security updates and patches are no longer available. For product support information, please refer to End of support for Adobe Acrobat XI and Reader XI

Feel free to update this discussion if you have any further question or need assistance.

Thanks,

Anand Sri.

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

Hi stefanz,

If it‘s just one area, you can Redact it out. Open the Redaction pane. Set the properties to transparent because you want to erase. Then click Mark for Redaction.

Typically you want to drag across text, but you want the handwritten note, so instead, Cmd + drag (Ctrl + drag if you’re on Windows) to cover the area. If you make a mistake, delete it. Once you are happy, Apply Redactions to permanently accept.

Set the Properties back to Black so you are not confused next time you redact.

~ Jane