Mark and review · Autessa Redact
Redact selected text
In Autessa Redact you select words on the page and redact exactly those words. The box is built from the PDF’s own text geometry, not from how your browser draws the page, so it fits the glyphs tightly at any zoom, on rotated pages and across line breaks.
Payment was received from Jordan A. Whitfield on the account ending 4471.
After: Payment was received from on the account ending 4471.
The problem
Boxes that miss a letter or cover a whole line
Hand-drawn boxes over text tend to either clip the last character of a name or swallow the words around it. Selecting the text you mean, and letting Redact compute the box from the document itself, gives a clean, tight redaction every time.
- Select text with the mouse and press Enter to redact it as a plain black box, or pick a label first.
- Boxes come from the PDF’s text positions and font metrics, so they are the same at every zoom level.
- Rotated pages and pages with an offset layout land exactly, because boxes use page coordinates.
- A selection that wraps across lines becomes one box per line, with nothing in between covered by accident.
- The mark bar shows the last label you used, a label picker and Copy text for the selection.
- Find all occurrences on a selection searches the whole document for the same words.
How it works
How does redact selected text work in Autessa Redact?
Select the words
Drag across the text you want to hide. The mark bar appears beside the selection.
Choose a label, or none
Press Enter for a plain black box, click Redact as your last label, or pick another from the quick palette.
Adjust if needed
The new box is selected: drag its edges, nudge it with the arrow keys, or press Delete to remove it.
Find the rest
Choose Find all occurrences to mark the same words everywhere else in the document.
Every option
Options on a text selection
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Redact (Enter) | A plain black box, or the label shown on the button. |
| Redact with label… | Pick a quick label or type a new one. |
| Find all occurrences… | Open Find with the selected words. |
| Copy text | Copy the selected words to the clipboard. |
| Cancel (Esc) | Clear the selection without marking. |
Permissions
Who can do what?
| Who | Can |
|---|---|
| Members with the Redact permission | Select and redact text on files they uploaded. |
| People the Drive folder is shared with | See the burned result, where the selected words are gone. |
Connected
How it connects to the rest of Autessa
FAQ
Questions about redact selected text
Can I select text in a scanned document?
Yes. Redact reads the page image of a scan so its text can be selected and searched. Check that boxes found this way cover the words, since they come from the image rather than real text.
Do I have to label every redaction?
No. Labels are optional. Press Enter and the selection becomes a plain black box.
What if my selection spans two lines?
Redact makes one tight box per line, so the words between the two lines’ ends are not covered unless you selected them.
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