How to erase in a PDF-XChange Viewer?

Seum

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May 8, 2011, 11:55:24 AM5/8/11

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I wanted to cut out certain pieces from the PDF and could not find any
way to do it. It did have an eraser but not for text - just pencil
scribbles.

Could CutePDF do the erasing, or reduce the PDF to text?

TIA

Dave

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May 8, 2011, 12:06:15 PM5/8/11

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Just use the typewriter or text box tools(PDF-XChange)and put blank space
over what you want to erase.

Dave

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Seum

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May 8, 2011, 2:37:53 PM5/8/11

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Dave wrote:
> On Sun, 08 May 2011 16:55:24 +0100, Seum wrote:
>
>> I wanted to cut out certain pieces from the PDF and could not find any
>> way to do it. It did have an eraser but not for text - just pencil
>> scribbles.
>>
>> Could CutePDF do the erasing, or reduce the PDF to text?
>>
>> TIA
>
> Just use the typewriter or text box tools(PDF-XChange)and put blank space
> over what you want to erase.
>
> Dave
>

Thanks Dave.

I have managed to get a box to blank out a certain section. But what to
do after that - how to delete it or just cover up the text?

TIA

Dave

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May 8, 2011, 11:27:27 PM5/8/11

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Use the text box tool settings,Fill color> white or whatever your
background is,Opacity>100%,border>0pt and it will cover wherever you put
the box with no trace of the edit.After that just save your doc.

occam

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May 10, 2011, 2:30:51 AM5/10/11

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Be careful. There was a recent news story about an MoD (Ministry of
Defence, UK) where a 'reducted' pdf document had lots of classified data
on it. The poor sap who released it used a trick similar to the above,
not realising that the underlying data (that you think you are covering)
was recoverable. A lot of classified data came to light.

occam

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May 10, 2011, 2:37:01 AM5/10/11

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'reducted' should haver read 'redacted'. Here is the link:
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/secrets-revealed-after-newspaper-uncovers-technical-errors-in-mod-data/s2/a543764/

Ninou

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May 11, 2011, 1:02:46 PM5/11/11

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Briss can do that

http://briss.sourceforge.net/

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Craig

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May 11, 2011, 1:26:57 PM5/11/11

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On 05/11/2011 10:02 AM, Ninou wrote:
> Le Sun, 08 May 2011 16:55:24 +0100, Seum<Se...@nowhere.con> a écrit:
>
>> I wanted to cut out certain pieces from the PDF and could not find any
>> way to do it. It did have an eraser but not for text - just pencil
>> scribbles.
>>
>> Could CutePDF do the erasing, or reduce the PDF to text?
>>
>> TIA
>
> Briss can do that
>
> http://briss.sourceforge.net/

<cough> *sputter* </cough> You mean:

> Briss
> n : the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on
> the eighth day of his life [syn: Berith, Berit, Brith, Bris]

?!?

Too funneh!

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Johnw

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May 11, 2011, 6:51:18 PM5/11/11

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After serious thinking Seum wrote :

> I wanted to cut out certain pieces from the PDF and could not find any way to
> do it. It did have an eraser but not for text - just pencil scribbles.

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Oct 4, 2017, 12:36:01 AM10/4/17

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Please flatten the text-box tool, if used to hide the selected area. The box can be flattened by right clicking the mouse and selecting flatten.