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Redaction question

Blackmatt
Registered: Jun 11 2010
Posts: 3
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My supervisor asked me to review and mark for redaction several thousand documents. It took a couple of days, but now I've finshed. The supervisor reviewed my redactions, approved and told me to now apply my redactions (i.e., make them permanent).

Question: Is there a way to apply the redactions to all the documents all at once or will have to open each individiaul document and select "apply redaction" ?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.3.1, Windows
try67
Expert
Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
Yes, there is.
Create a new batch process (under Advanced - Document Processing) and select the folder where the files are saved.
There might be an action to apply the redactions in the list of available actions. If so, choose it.
If not, select Execute JavaScript and enter the following code:
this.applyRedactions();

BE AWARE: Once you run this process there's no going back. The old files will be overwritten (unless you specify a different output folder).
so create a backup of the files if you think you might need to undo or change the redaction marks.

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Blackmatt
Registered: Jun 11 2010
Posts: 3
try67 - I followed your instructions and was successful. You saved me at least a couple of hours of tedious work.

The one thing I can add is if "Apply the redactions" is not a command (and it was not for me) to find Execute JavaScript you need to select "Edit Sequences" and then look under the "Select Command" drop down menu. You will find "Execute javaScript" located there. -- there may be an easier way to accomplish this step, but that was successful for me.

Thanks for your help.
try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
Glad to hear it...

And yes, I didn't provide the full instructions on how to do it (I don't have the application in front of me at the moment).

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UVSAR
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Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
"Apply Redaction Marks" is a default command choice under the documents tree in the batch dialog.