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Not so long ago, redaction was a technique commonly used by government and multinational corporations to hide sensitive information when dealing with confidential documents. In recent years, however, the tech world has seen an increase in applications that are targeted at individual users and small to medium enterprises. This is largely because of the realization by individuals of the value and importance of protecting personal and confidential information. In this article you will get a solution to redact confidential information for protection.
There are many applications that offer free redaction feature but then end up falling short. Others even end up having the opposite effect and expose confidential information on your document. Wondershare PDFelement is an ideal choice for you. It helps users to permanently hide confidential information from PDF. The redaction tool that comes with PDFelement also allows you to combine redaction with other security features, including the ability to add passwords and digital signatures to ensure your information is fully secured.
Apart from redaction, PDFelement enables users to edit PDF documents more easily and efficiently. You can insert new pages, additional images, and even merge whole PDF documents into one PDF file. It also allows users to convert PDF files to other file formats and vice versa without the need for 3rd party applications.
PDFelement makes redacting confidential info in PDF simple and straightforward. The application also supports Windows XP through to Windows 10, Mac OS X (including El Capitan). Below is a guide that offers simple steps to help you hide secure confidential content in your PDF document.
Launch PDFelement on your computer. Then you can select files from your computer, open recent files, or drag and drop files to the application workspace.
Select "Protect" from the top menu. To begin redaction, click "Mark for Redaction" to enable you to drag your mouse over the text or images you want to redact. Alternatively, you can click on "Search & Redact" if you would like to remove specific phrases or words from your document.
For Mac users, click the "Redaction" button on the top right corner. Then you can simply select text and blot it out. You can also select one or more pages for redaction by choosing the "Mark Pages to Redact" option.
Right click the redaction box and choose "Properties". Then you can change the color and appearance of the redacted area by making adjustments on a sidebar to the middle right section of the application. You can even opt to add overlay text and redaction code over the redacted area.
Once you are confident all the necessary information has been redacted, click the "Apply Redactions" button and save your PDF to commit the changes made.
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