FYI, and a big warning to anyone using this method. It doesn't pass the "select text and copy and paste into another document" test to see what's underneath the black bars. Anyone you send a document to this way should be able to still see what's underneath by doing that.
@fredericmarcotte8272 Жыл бұрын
To overcome this issue, one can select Tools > Redact > Export Redacted PDF
@mgm8075 Жыл бұрын
would it be best just to print and redact the info you'd like with a sharpie?
@pemulis808 Жыл бұрын
@@mgm8075 sure, you could do that and send it electronically by scanning it or faxing it. But some people might prefer to do everything on their computers, in which case they should be aware of copying and pasting to get around black bars.
@hivetech4903 Жыл бұрын
@@fredericmarcotte8272 The problem with "Export Redacted PDF" is it loses the vectors & is low resolution - looks nasty. A better method IMO is just making a backup doc and replacing redacted text with the correct spacing in X's or something, set to highlight color black. Its much faster and neater than manually drawing boxes everywhere, and you can output PDFs as normal selecting specific pages & in high resolution etc.
@ThePizzaCraft9 ай бұрын
@@hivetech4903 Agreed. I did a similar thing, but just deleted the text as a whole, and left the redaction behind as a placeholder.
@yai727810 ай бұрын
I'm working in a non profit organization and I find this App very useful. I've discovered that the text can be deleted so I just replaced with the text that I wish to input. Thanks for sharing this video!
@smoneerify Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video as it directed me to use LibreOffice to redact my documents. Little tip for anyone else who tries it: Don't bother changing any of the properties of the rectangle. When you "export redacted PDF", you have the option of choosing black or white. LibreOffice will automatically recolour all those rectangles to opaque black or white depending on what you select, so messing with the fill colour is pointless. You can also export preview (your current view) in the latest version of LibreOffice, but then the text will not actually be redacted and can still be copied from the PDF.
@swimXY Жыл бұрын
Also worth noting that if you follow the steps in the video, you can open up the resulting PDF file in Draw or Adobe Acrobat and delete the redacted box to uncover the original text. You HAVE to choose "export redacted PDF" to prevent the box from being removed afterwards. I discovered this the hard way, haha.
@loriginsberg242 жыл бұрын
This was great. I ended up being able to use the program to revise information on the PDF instead of blocking it out with black text so I didn't have to worry about a recipient being able to simply move the black box and see the covered information. Very cool!
@forknowledge695911 ай бұрын
Finally a free way to redact. Makes you realize how much you can't trust paying for redaction programs that don't fully redact the digital files. You may notice that when you redact by creating a box over your private text, the private text remainds. Someone can just open the pdf and remove the box covering your text. You must also delete the text you are covering.
@BraytonScott Жыл бұрын
Outstanding, used your method to send emergency redacted bank statement within minutes, thank you for video
@videosrus8631 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I already had the necessary program without the knowledge as to to how to utilise it. You educated me today. Thanks again.
@David_Mbugua Жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@BT-ij2bh Жыл бұрын
Worked. Thanks, David!
@David_Mbugua Жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@tamredphoenix18 ай бұрын
Thank you! This was very helpful!
@anamariahuluba8 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, David!
@David_Mbugua8 ай бұрын
You're welcome.
@MaryGraceGomez-b1v Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, this is a really big help for my work.
@David_Mbugua Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@albacan Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I add, print to pdf first and then redact that
@black_number_one2 жыл бұрын
The problem is you can select the redacted area of the PDF and copy paste it into a Word doc and see what is underneath the redacted area from the PDF... Do you have a fix?
@black_number_one2 жыл бұрын
One way to fix it is saving the redacted PDF into a JPG (picture) file, then save the JPG file back into a PDF file
@redred9882 Жыл бұрын
Amazing. Thank you so much!!
@dhapumdhap2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you David.
@David_Mbugua2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@orome97932 жыл бұрын
This doesn't work. It shows as black, but if I highlight the text in the PDF I can still just copy and paste it somewhere else.
@Chibuz782 жыл бұрын
You’re correct! I found out that in the Redact menu if you use “Redacted Export (Black)”, the text in the output PDF is no longer selectable. Hope this helps…
@cttrumann8961 Жыл бұрын
@@Chibuz78 That's exactly the info I needed, thank you!
@juliew78802 жыл бұрын
Thank you David for uploading this video it really helped. 🙂
@David_Mbugua2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Julie. Happy to help.
@MsHaleyDawn8 ай бұрын
When I open my PDF in libre some of the text goes outside of the margins of the document?
@derekjones4310 Жыл бұрын
Excellent. You clearly definitively answered my question.
@How2Wrench Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@vincentmealing44172 жыл бұрын
This really helped me out. Thanks very much David and have a great day
@xalaanima119411 ай бұрын
I use this technique successfully for a year. Unfortunately all of a sudden I can no longer open a PDF using Libre office draw. I don't know why but I can no longer use the technique because Libre draw will no longer open a PDF
@swimXY Жыл бұрын
DO NOT FOLLOW THE EXPORT STEPS IN THIS VIDEO If you follow the steps in this video then the resulting PDF can still be edited to remove the redacted box and reveal the original text. You HAVE to go to Tools > Redact > Export Redacted PDF Honestly, OP should delete this video because this could end up causing problems for people if they are trying to send confidential documents with redactions.
@janer6099 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the heads up
@bonisoto99842 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much David, very helpful. it fixed my problem . 🙂
@David_Mbugua2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@manshuvkafle82077 ай бұрын
Thank you very much.
@maxexposure62532 жыл бұрын
Just what I needed. Thanks for sharing.
@livertak Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great presentation ! I have added a like and also registered to your channel as I can several topics very useful. Thanks a bunch for sharing these very useful tips David ! All the best to you !
@peterkimanzi1027 Жыл бұрын
What about the painted or covered screenshot can it be remove to see the words underneath it?
@mkacademy5678 Жыл бұрын
thanks a lot brother
@David_Mbugua Жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@Adam-sn7ez2 жыл бұрын
A most helpful video. Thank you🙂
@David_Mbugua2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Adam. :)
@bmla882 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I tried the program you recommended and it is extremely buggy. I try to zoom in and move the square around and it is extremely frustrating. Plus it seems to get stuck on "hand mode" where even though I select the rectangle when I try to resize the triangle it moves around my document. Good video, terrible program.
@ademuoyale407 Жыл бұрын
Please can I send you something for you to help erase the black marker cover on it, it's important and I tried what you said on the tutorial but it's not just working for me
@naomicampbell89332 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@edwardbass2 жыл бұрын
Nice trick!
@David_Mbugua2 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@alski2 жыл бұрын
I was able to highlight the text behind the redacted box, making this useless
@lThellRockl2 жыл бұрын
Theres a password when i tried to open the files with your platform... ?
@turkeyjobsprovider Жыл бұрын
plz make full tutorial libreoffice thanks
@ChakaHamilton Жыл бұрын
im here a year later in 2023 this was a great and simple tutorial thanks!