>From this morning's Washington Post article: "officials said that the manual was posted online in a redacted form on a federal procurement Web site, but that the digital redactions were inadequate. They allowed computer users to recover blacked-out passages by copying and pasting them into a new document or an e-mail."
http://tinyurl.com/ygyna96 Richard P. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. <acker...@astrecg.com> wrote: > I have not found one, per se. What I do is redact using Adobe and then print > (not save as) to PDF, which then makes the PDF as redacted. > > Eschew Obfuscation > > This is a reply from: > Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. > Financial, Managerial, and Technical Services > for the Professional, Non-Profit, and the Entrepreneurial Organization > > 703.548.1343 voice > 703.783.1340 fax > > > From thinking to doing, from sales to profits, from tax to investments- we > are YOUR adjuvancy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] > On Behalf Of Fred Holmes > Sent: 12/09/2009 10:52 AM > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Subject: [CGUYS] Redacting PDF document files? > > Anyone know of a PDF redaction utility that works? E.g., one chooses > (selects) a rectangle to redact, and the "execute" command replaces all > pixels in the rectangle with white, in all layers, and deletes any > accompanying text data (i.e., that which provides text searchability / > copyability)? Does this capability exist somewhere in Adobe Acrobat? > (basic? Professional?). If so, where does one find it? Third party > application/utility? > > It should be equally able to redact text and graphics/pictures. > > One that really does the job, even if the process is more complicated than I > have presumed in the above query? > > TIA > > Fred Holmes > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
