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In this video, David demonstrates how to redact or block out text from a PDF for free without using docHub or Adobe Pro DC. He suggests using LibreOffice Draw, a software application he has covered on the channel before. To start, open the PDF file in LibreOffice Draw, then select the text you want to redact. This process allows you to effectively hide or remove sensitive information from the document.

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How do I remove black highlight in PDF?

Single-click on the area of highlighted text you wish to remove. A small toolbox will appear with two options, allowing you to change the color of your highlight or delete the highlight altogether. To remove your highlight, click the trash icon.

Can I block out text in a PDF?

To do this, navigate to Tools and select Redact Redact Text Images Find Text Redact. This makes it easy to identify and then black out that content throughout the document.

How do I read redacted text in PDF?

Using the Text Search Tool Open the Redacted PDF Document you wish to check. Open the Text Search Tool by using the shortcut keys CTRL + F (Command + F on a Mac) Type in the word you redacted and click on New Search. This will bring up a list of all the text matching what you typed in the search box.

How do I remove black out text in PDF?

The best way to remove redactions from a PDF. Open Acrobat Pro and select the PDF file. Click on the Edit tab at the top of the screen. Select Redact Text Images. Once you remove the redactions, the colored bars will go away, revealing the information underneath.

What it called when you black out text in a PDF?

Redaction in a PDF. Redaction permanently removes parts of text or images from a PDF file, and replaces them with black rectangles. This lets you remove sensitive information from a paragraph, table, heading, or a bitmap image. The rest of the document is unaffected, and can be viewed and printed normally.

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

Redaction in its sanitization sense (as distinguished from its other editing sense) is the blacking out or deletion of text in a document or the result of doing so. It is intended to allow the selective disclosure of information in a document while keeping other parts of the document secret.

How do you remove crossed out text in PDF?

Remove a highlight, an underline, or a strikethrough: Control-click the text, then choose Remove item from the shortcut menu.

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