Privacy – Permanently locking a flattened document

  • Privacy – Permanently locking a flattened document

    Posted by Bailey Smith on November 6, 2024 at 10:37 am

    Hello! If I am blacking out content with black markup boxes and then flatten my document, how do I ensure whoever I send it to can’t unflatten it and see the hidden content?

    Also, how do I erase the digital footprint of the content so that someone can’t search for text that they think may be behind the blacked out sections?

    Thank you for any help!

    Troy DeGroot replied 4 weeks, 1 day ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Doug McLean

    Member
    November 6, 2024 at 10:54 am
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    you should be using the Redact function rather than blacking them out and flattening.

    Edit> PDF Content> Mark for Redaction (<Shift> +R)
    apply your redaction boxes
    Edit> PDF Content> Apply Redactions (<Shift> + A)

    This will stop anyone being able to search for underlying text.

    • Bailey Smith

      Member
      November 6, 2024 at 11:34 am
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      Rank: UC2 Brainery Newbie UC2 Brainery Newbie Belt Rank

      Thank you!!

  • Troy DeGroot

    Organizer
    November 7, 2024 at 10:38 am
    Points: 23,573
    Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt III UC2 Brainery Brown Belt III

    Great question @bailey-smith , welcome to the Brainery Community.

    And just the solution I was going to suggest @Doug McLean , thank you as always

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