Adobe 22020737 Acrobat X Pro Manual - Page 252

USING ACROBAT X PRO 246 Security • To search for a pattern (for example, phone numbers, credit card numbers, e-mail addresses, social security numbers, or dates), click Patterns. Choose one of the available patterns. You can change the language version of the patterns. (See "Select a different language version for patterns" on page 246.) 4 Click Search & Remove Text. 5 In the search results, click the plus sign (+) next to the document name to see all occurrences of the word or phrase. Then, select the occurrences you want to mark for redaction: • To select all occurrences in the list, click Check All. • To select individual occurrences, click the check box for each one you want to redact. Click the text next to a check box to view the occurrence on the page. • To mark none of the occurrences, close the Search window or click New Search to start over. • To mark whole words or partial words (characters) for redaction, select the option under Redaction Mark Options. For partial words, click Settings and specify the number and location of the characters for redaction. Character redaction is useful if you're searching for a pattern, like credit card numbers, and want to leave part of the number visible for identification purposes. 6 If you selected occurrences that you want to mark for redaction, click Mark Checked Results For Redaction. The items you selected in the list are shown marked for redaction. Note: If you haven't saved the file, you can select redaction marks in the document and press Delete to remove the redaction mark. The redaction marks become permanent after you save the file. 7 To remove the marked items, click Tools > Protection > Apply Redactions, and then click OK. The items aren't permanently removed from the document until you save it. 8 If you want to search for and remove hidden information in the document by using the Remove Hidden Information feature, click Yes. Otherwise, click No. 9 Choose File > Save, and specify a filename and location. If you don't want to overwrite the original file, save the file to a different name, location, or both. More Help topics "Searching PDFs" on page 349 Select a different language version for patterns Localized patterns appear in the Search panel (Protection > Search & Remove Text). 1 Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS). 2 From the Categories on the left, select Documents. 3 In the Redaction area, choose a language from the Choose Localization For Search & Remove Text Patterns menu. Change the look of redaction marks By default, thin red outlines appear around images and text you mark for redaction, and black boxes appear in place of redacted images and text. You can set the default appearance of redaction marks before you mark items for redaction. You can also change the look of redaction marks before you apply the redactions. Set the default look of all marks 1 Click Tools > Protection > Redaction Properties. If you don't see the Protection panel, see the instructions for adding panels at "Task panes" on page 9. Last updated 10/11/2011