Black out marking in text

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How to black out marking in text

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okay this is why you shouldnamp;#39;t use the marker to protect text in the mark-up tool if you have a photo that you want to black out some text to protect someoneamp;#39;s identity or something and you go to edit and then you go to the mark-up tool which is at the top here but itamp;#39;s also at the bottom for iPhone pluses itamp;#39;s the circle with the three dots mark up you shouldnamp;#39;t use this marker here to block out text because that can be recovered using Photoshop so Iamp;#39;m gonna hit undo this is not the way to do it and the reason is because the marker can be sort of erased in Photoshop itamp;#39;s fairly easy to recover and Iamp;#39;ll put up an example here the one on the left has the marker and the right is using Photoshop to recover the text if you zoom in on that itamp;#39;s pretty easy to read the next example shows the block outbox that we used right after this slide and thatamp;#39;s that that canamp;#39;t be recovered so use that one so

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How do I blackout text in Word?

Blacking Out Text Manually Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the ab highlighter icon in the Font section. Click the black box in the drop-down menu. Click the black line below the highlighter icon. Repeat this process of highlighting with black to cover text.

What is it called when you black out text in a document?

In Microsoft Word, redaction is the process of obscuring or deleting sensitive or confidential information from a document. When you redact a section of a document in Word, it is permanently blacked out or removed, and the original text cannot be retrieved.

How do I black out text in a PDF without redacting?

Locate the Annotate toolbox on the PDFgear editing page Click the Highlight tool Select black color in the brush color selection Use your mouse to drag over the text that needs to be covered to blacken it all.

How to black out sensitive information?

Print your digital document, use a black sharpie (or black paper pieces) to cross-out/cover/hide the sensitive information, re-scan the document, and then save it as a new, redacted version.

How do I black out text in a screenshot?

How to redact a screenshot Make sure it is in edit mode. Click the edit screenshot shortcut. Click Redact Forever Press, hold, and drag over the area you would like to redact. Before you save make sure the redacted area looks good. Click Done to permanently redact.

How do you black out text?

Heres how to black out text in a PDF: Open your PDF in docHub. Select Tools, then Redact. Select text. Either double-click to select the text or drag to select lines of text. Apply redaction. Once youve selected the text you want to remove, click Save to apply the changes and save the document.

What is it called to black out text?

Redaction involves physically obscuring the text in question by deleting it or covering it up with a black marker or other material so that the documents contents cannot be easily accessed.

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