Black out PII in HWP

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How to black out PII in HWP

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in this video iamp;#39;ll show you how to block out or redact texts from a pdf for free without using docHub welcome to this video my name is david i hope youamp;#39;re well wherever you are hereamp;#39;s the pdf i need to redact some sections from letamp;#39;s assume we want to redact this particular title or maybe anything else inside here so how can we do it without using docHub robot pro dc we can reduct or block out the text using an application called libreoffice draw and this is an application of covered on the channel a couple of times so iamp;#39;ll leave a link to libreoffice the whole suite but this is libreoffice draw so what we need to do is we need to open our pdf this particular pdf file inside libreoffice letamp;#39;s just close it out so that we donamp;#39;t get conflicts that another application is using that particular pdf and then go to file open the particular pdf that we want to reduce the text or block out the text from click on open and this

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What information should be redacted? Social Security Numbers (SSNs) Drivers License Numbers (DL) Date of Birth (DOB) Medical Record Numbers (MRN) Account Numbers. Addresses. Phone Numbers.
Click and drag your cursor across the text you want to redact to do so. drop-down arrow to the right of the ab highlighter bar, which is in the Font section of the Home tab. A drop-down menu with different colored boxes will appear. Click the black box. How to Redact or Black Out Text in Word: 3 Ways - wikiHow wikiHow Software Office wikiHow Software Office
Go to Settings Masking. Under Masking mode, select a masking mode. Masking content | Microsoft Learn Learn Microsoft clarity clarity-masking Learn Microsoft clarity clarity-masking
Use opaque (100% impenetrable by light; neither transparent nor translucent) tape or paper to cover over the sections to be redacted. Do not use plain-paper as the scanner may pick up images through the paper. Even some black paper may allow some light reflection - so be careful.
To use the redaction tool in Word, you first need to select the text or images that you want to redact. Then, go to the Review tab in the ribbon and click on the Redact button. This will open the Redaction pane on the right side of the window.
I want to redact information in a document I want to redact information in a Microsoft Word document Open the new . Select Mark for Redaction. Apply redactions: Click on Apply to save your changes when you have finished marking up text for redaction. You may also want to sanitise your document. Save changes. I want to redact information in a document - Loughborough University Loughborough University data-privacy help redact Loughborough University data-privacy help redact
0:35 1:44 So go to save. So we assume it that its already saved on our laptop. We go back again to file openMoreSo go to save. So we assume it that its already saved on our laptop. We go back again to file open and then browse. We save it as extract. Convert Screenshot to Editable Word Document - YouTube YouTube watch YouTube watch
Open the PDF in Acrobat, and then do one of the following: Choose Tools Redact. On the Edit menu, choose Redact Text Images. Select the text or image in a PDF, right-click, and select Redact. Select the text or image in a PDF, and choose Redact in the floating context-menu.

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