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"Black out" Text into PDF
Word 2003 on XP (both SP2)
I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH |
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Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the
redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH |
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"Black out" Text into PDF
Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the
redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH |
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Hi Graham.
Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . |
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Hi Graham.
Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . |
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"Black out" Text into PDF
The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method.
The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single PDF file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . |
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"Black out" Text into PDF
The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method.
The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single PDF file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . |
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Hi Graham.
Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single PDF file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . |
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Hi Graham.
Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single PDF file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . |
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Hi Graham, Redact AddIn error solved.
There was one image half way through the document that for some reason the AddIn did not like and would error out. I rejigged the image and reset it into the document, now no error. I would still like to know the sequence you used with SnagIt for future reference. Maybe the trail does not have full functionality? All the best DeanH "DeanH" wrote: Hi Graham. Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single PDF file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . |
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Hi Graham, Redact AddIn error solved. There was one image half way through the document that for some reason the AddIn did not like and would error out. I rejigged the image and reset it into the document, now no error. I would still like to know the sequence you used with SnagIt for future reference. Maybe the trail does not have full functionality? All the best DeanH "DeanH" wrote: Hi Graham. Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single PDF file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . |
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The trial of SnagIt does have full functionality. From the SnagIt program
tools SnagIt Printer capture settings set the output to file (preview in editor if you wish to monitor) and the file properties to PDF. Print to the SnagIt driver. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham, Redact AddIn error solved. There was one image half way through the document that for some reason the AddIn did not like and would error out. I rejigged the image and reset it into the document, now no error. I would still like to know the sequence you used with SnagIt for future reference. Maybe the trail does not have full functionality? All the best DeanH "DeanH" wrote: Hi Graham. Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . |
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The trial of SnagIt does have full functionality. From the SnagIt program tools SnagIt Printer capture settings set the output to file (preview in editor if you wish to monitor) and the file properties to PDF. Print to the SnagIt driver. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham, Redact AddIn error solved. There was one image half way through the document that for some reason the AddIn did not like and would error out. I rejigged the image and reset it into the document, now no error. I would still like to know the sequence you used with SnagIt for future reference. Maybe the trail does not have full functionality? All the best DeanH "DeanH" wrote: Hi Graham. Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . |
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P.S. Use a black highlight to redact the text when using SnagIt.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham, Redact AddIn error solved. There was one image half way through the document that for some reason the AddIn did not like and would error out. I rejigged the image and reset it into the document, now no error. I would still like to know the sequence you used with SnagIt for future reference. Maybe the trail does not have full functionality? All the best DeanH "DeanH" wrote: Hi Graham. Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . |
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P.S. Use a black highlight to redact the text when using SnagIt.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham, Redact AddIn error solved. There was one image half way through the document that for some reason the AddIn did not like and would error out. I rejigged the image and reset it into the document, now no error. I would still like to know the sequence you used with SnagIt for future reference. Maybe the trail does not have full functionality? All the best DeanH "DeanH" wrote: Hi Graham. Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . |
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"Black out" Text into PDF
Hi Graham.
Yes, I did use the black highlight to redact the text when using SnagIt. Many thanks for the instructions to get the PDF of the whole document via SnagIt print. Unfortunately the output was 18MB :-( The customer requested 5MB max, where the original Word file (non-redact version) was ok at 5MB. Also the quality was not very good, are there any options to change the resolution in SnagIt? I used the Redaction AddIn (for 2003) and after a few hiccups got it working well and got a resulting Redact version at 2.5MB. Keep the customer happy :-) Many thanks and all the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: P.S. Use a black highlight to redact the text when using SnagIt. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham, Redact AddIn error solved. There was one image half way through the document that for some reason the AddIn did not like and would error out. I rejigged the image and reset it into the document, now no error. I would still like to know the sequence you used with SnagIt for future reference. Maybe the trail does not have full functionality? All the best DeanH "DeanH" wrote: Hi Graham. Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . . |
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"Black out" Text into PDF
Hi Graham.
Yes, I did use the black highlight to redact the text when using SnagIt. Many thanks for the instructions to get the PDF of the whole document via SnagIt print. Unfortunately the output was 18MB :-( The customer requested 5MB max, where the original Word file (non-redact version) was ok at 5MB. Also the quality was not very good, are there any options to change the resolution in SnagIt? I used the Redaction AddIn (for 2003) and after a few hiccups got it working well and got a resulting Redact version at 2.5MB. Keep the customer happy :-) Many thanks and all the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: P.S. Use a black highlight to redact the text when using SnagIt. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham, Redact AddIn error solved. There was one image half way through the document that for some reason the AddIn did not like and would error out. I rejigged the image and reset it into the document, now no error. I would still like to know the sequence you used with SnagIt for future reference. Maybe the trail does not have full functionality? All the best DeanH "DeanH" wrote: Hi Graham. Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . . |
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"Black out" Text into PDF
I believe you can change the resolution from the adfvanced properties of the
SnagIt driver, but that will probably make your file even larger. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message news  Hi Graham. Yes, I did use the black highlight to redact the text when using SnagIt. Many thanks for the instructions to get the PDF of the whole document via SnagIt print. Unfortunately the output was 18MB :-( The customer requested 5MB max, where the original Word file (non-redact version) was ok at 5MB. Also the quality was not very good, are there any options to change the resolution in SnagIt? I used the Redaction AddIn (for 2003) and after a few hiccups got it working well and got a resulting Redact version at 2.5MB. Keep the customer happy :-) Many thanks and all the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: P.S. Use a black highlight to redact the text when using SnagIt. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham, Redact AddIn error solved. There was one image half way through the document that for some reason the AddIn did not like and would error out. I rejigged the image and reset it into the document, now no error. I would still like to know the sequence you used with SnagIt for future reference. Maybe the trail does not have full functionality? All the best DeanH "DeanH" wrote: Hi Graham. Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . . |
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"Black out" Text into PDF
I believe you can change the resolution from the adfvanced properties of the
SnagIt driver, but that will probably make your file even larger. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message news Hi Graham. Yes, I did use the black highlight to redact the text when using SnagIt. Many thanks for the instructions to get the PDF of the whole document via SnagIt print. Unfortunately the output was 18MB :-( The customer requested 5MB max, where the original Word file (non-redact version) was ok at 5MB. Also the quality was not very good, are there any options to change the resolution in SnagIt? I used the Redaction AddIn (for 2003) and after a few hiccups got it working well and got a resulting Redact version at 2.5MB. Keep the customer happy :-) Many thanks and all the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: P.S. Use a black highlight to redact the text when using SnagIt. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham, Redact AddIn error solved. There was one image half way through the document that for some reason the AddIn did not like and would error out. I rejigged the image and reset it into the document, now no error. I would still like to know the sequence you used with SnagIt for future reference. Maybe the trail does not have full functionality? All the best DeanH "DeanH" wrote: Hi Graham. Many thanks for the resposne, I downloaded the Redaction add-in from MS site, works very well EXCEPT on the document I need to do quickly, all the tests I have done work wonderfully. On the document I need to redact I get an error message that Redact could not complete and try later :-( Anyway, I have downloaded SnagIt trails, can you explain how you did the full document PDF, as I cannot find the instructions, method to do so. Many thanks DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: The number of pages shouldn't affect the suggested method. The SnagIt printer driver will output each page as a separate file. However on further testing if you set the SnagIt output to PDF the process outputs the whole document as a series of graphics in PDF format as a single file, precluding the requirement for a separate process with Acrobat. Try it! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Hi Graham. Thanks for the response, the document is over 200 pages and the number of "redacted" pages is over 100 so far and growing :-( I have found on the MS website "Redaction Add-in for 2003", has anyone used this that can tell me if it is worth while? All the best DeanH "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use SnagIt (there's a working trial) to create a bitmap image(s) of the redacted document page(s) and then print the bitmap(s) to PDF and if necessary use Acrobat to combine the PDFs into a single document. If you create PDFs from bitmaps there is no text in the document to select - just a series of black splodges. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "DeanH" wrote in message ... Word 2003 on XP (both SP2) I need to "black out" some confidential text in a document, which then requires PDFing. But whatever I have tried, black highlight, black background, etc., still allows the confidential text to be selected, copied and pasted into a new application (Word again). Has anyone have a solution or workaround so the confidential text is not selectable in Acrobat? Many thanks in advance. DeanH . . . |
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