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I have an Adobe PDF (not scanned) document, and I am trying to redact some information. When I use the redaction select tool, it selects slightly below the tex (off-center), and then places a black mark on the document slightly lower than all other text, and even partially covers some text on the next line. is there a way to adjust this, so that the redaction happens in the center of the text?
I have had the same issue myself. Instead of dragging through the text in the usual way, hold down the Control key and drag over the area that you want to redact. That will allow you to pinpoint just the right area.
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Moving this to the Acrobat General Troubleshooting forum since this really isn't a PDF workflow issue.
- Dov
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Before marking for redaction, you can click Properties and choose a color. Probably No Color would work best in your case.
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That was a good suggestion - however, it does not solve my problem. Now, portions of text are just missing with white, instead of black... The redacted text should be the middle line of text - but since it doesn't line up correctly, it redacts most of the text in the line below also....
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How did you mark the text?
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I use the Redact Tool:
Then I select Text and Images
Then I move the marker next to the text I want redacted, and click and drag over the text, and the red box appears (but not lined up with the text)
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What happens when you try it with other documents?
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Same on all of them that I have tried.
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Try a repair of the Acrobat installation.
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Interestingly, we have tried to redact from different PCs, with different users, and all have the same results - not lining up with the text.
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I have had the same issue myself. Instead of dragging through the text in the usual way, hold down the Control key and drag over the area that you want to redact. That will allow you to pinpoint just the right area.
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This is a great workaround - it does allow me to select just the right portion of text - now we just need to see a software update to fix the actual problem - but this definitely solved my problem in the mean time. Thank you!
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You're welcome.