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People often assume redaction involves placing an opaque block over text and images to hide the content. While the hidden content cannot be viewed in plain sight, the hidden text can easily be accessed by copying and pasting the blacked-out text to another program. Businesses and individuals alike stand to lose a lot when the integrity of sensitive information cannot be guaranteed. It is, therefore, important for you to understand how to redact text properly using the right tools. In this article, I will tell you how to search text in PDF for redaction.
Wondershare PDFelement allows users to edit, convert, and perform a host of other activities on PDF documents. It comes with a fully functional redaction feature that permanently removes sensitive information from PDF documents. It has the ability to search and remove specific words and phrases within a complete document. You can customize the redaction marks by adding color, overlay text and redaction codes.
Other features of PDFelement include the ability to modify scanned PDF documents using an industry-leading OCR (Optical Character Recognition) module and the ability to add security features to PDF documents, including digital signatures and passwords. It can also be used to combine two or more PDF documents to make a single file. The combine feature also enables you to combine other file formats such as JPG images and PowerPoint slides into a single PDF file.
The application is also multiplatform, which means you can download PDFelement for Windows and Mac OS X. The following step-by-step guide shows you how to search and remove sensitive, recurring text in confidential PDF documents using Wondershare PDFelement.
Launch PDFelement once the installation is complete. The "Open" button on the Home window will allow you to upload a PDF file from your computer. You can also drag and drop the file to redact onto the window.
For Mac users, you can click the "Open File" button to import your PDF from local folder.
On the top menu bar, click the "Protect" tab followed by "Search & Redact". On the left side window, enter the word or phrase then click on the small "Magnifying Glass" icon to begin searching. The words or phrases that have been found will be listed and you will get a chance to select all entries that apply.
For Mac users, click the "Arrow" icon next to the "Redaction" button on the top right corner. Then choose "Search & Redact" from the submenu. The Search window will appear on the left. Enter the phrases or words to replace and then click "Search & Redact".
Once all relevant entries have been selected, click on "Apply All Marks" and click "OK" on the pop-up dialogue box to confirm. This will black out all selected entries on your document. To save the file, select "File > Save As" and select an appropriate file name.
For Mac users, from the results that you get, select the ones you want to redact and select "Mark Checked Results for Redaction" at the bottom.
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