Change the look of redaction markers

By default, black boxes appear in place of redacted images and text. You can change the appearance of redaction marks that you’ve already applied, or you can change the default appearance of all redaction marks before you apply redactions.

Set the default look of all marks

  1. On the Redaction toolbar, click Redaction Properties.
  2. On the Appearance tab, select options you want to change, and then click OK:

    • Click the Redacted Area Fill Color icon and select a fill color from the Color palette for the boxes that replace removed items. Choose No Fill to leave the redacted area blank.

    • Select Use Overlay Text if you want to select the custom text or redaction code options. Select the font, size, and text alignment.

    • Select Custom Text, and type the text you want to appear in the redacted area.

    • Select Redaction Code and then either select a code within an existing set, or click Edit to define a new code set or a new code.

Change the look of a mark

  1. After you apply redactions, right-click/Control-click a redaction mark, and choose Properties.
  2. Select the options you want, and then click OK.

Properties for redaction text

Custom Text

Displays text you type into the Custom Text option over the redaction mark.



Font

Displays custom text in the selected font.



Font Size

Displays custom text in the selected point size.



Auto-Size Text To Fit Redaction Region

Resizes custom text to fit within the redacted area. When selected, this option overrides the Font Size setting for the overlay text.



Font Color

Displays custom text in the selected color, which you can change by clicking the color swatch.



Repeat Overlay Text

Fills the redacted area with as many instances of the custom text as needed, without changing the font size. (For example, if you specify the letter x or a hyphen (-) as the custom text, these characters are repeated throughout the redacted area.)



Text Alignment

Sets the text alignment.