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Remove Color that hides text

tsirimpi
Registered: Feb 9 2008
Posts: 4

Hello,
i 'm new and i dont know if this is the right place for my post.if not i apologize and i trust that it will be moved by the mods to the right place.
i have a pdf that has been embedded with solid color(black) from the creator to hide partially the text.is there a way to find out what is written under the color or to remove permanently the color?i can use all three kinds of platforms OS if that helps
thank you

My Product Information:
Reader 8.0
tsirimpi
Registered: Feb 9 2008
Posts: 4
i would like also to add that im not trying to pirate anything it hasn't got any form of security on it.
dbaker
Expert
Registered: Feb 10 2006
Posts: 413
Hi --

It depends on what process was used to hide the text. If your file uses a black highlight or black text fields, they are simply comments that can be removed or deleted.

If the file has been redacted, it means the author has used a method that removes the content from the document altogether, and replaces it with solid black. In that case, you can't change the appearance.

donna.

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