Can Acrobat 9 Pro Redact "Page X of X"?

You can use JavaScript to perform the Redaction and you can use the Reg Exp object to build the search string.

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Thank you for your reply! I appreciate it.
I was really hoping for a way to make it part of a "pattern", but I guess we are out of luck.

I will work on this to see how to make it work for this project.

If anyone else has any ideas, they would be welcomed, too. The client doesn't have any real technical people on board and they don't want to spend much money to make something happen.

I know, I know.
Thank you again for this solution.

I will pass it along.

The REgExp does allow for the use of a pattern.

Thank you! I will explore this further.

you might experiment with AA9's redaction tool (on advanced toolbar) and read the relevent help section. the answer depends in part on whether the PDF is 'text' pdf or 'image' pdf. it also depends on whether you want to leave a black rectangle in place of the redacted text (as would be done with passages that you hold confidential in a document being submitted in response to subpoena) or whether you want to white out the redacted text as if it never existed. if you could post a sample of a few pages to acrobat.com, someone might be able to give you a more definitive answer.

Thanks. I am familiar with the Redaction tool. It doesn't innately do what I need it to do.
I believe the person who responded previously had the answer, although, I would rather it be some buttons to select rather than having to do with code. But, perhaps that will be an option in another version.

It's not anything more complicated than what I said --- Page 1 of 10, Page 2 of 10, Page 3 of 10, etc.

Thanks again!
I appreciate the response.

no java code is needed to do this; you can do it with the redaction tool. but it's important to know if the document is 'image' pdf or 'text' pdf. many on this forum could provide more definitive advice, if they could see a sample of page or two. is it image or is it renderable text?

There are a number of articles on Acrobat's Developer Net for Acrobat.


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