Redacting a project file
In Redaction mode, you add and remove redactions.
To change to Redaction mode, in the file heading, click the edit icon.
Adding redactions
In a text file, you can select specific text to redact.
For non-text files such as a PDF or an image, you redact a selected area or an entire page.
Redacting selected text in a text file
To add a single redaction of selected text:
Select the text. Note that you can add a redaction of text within an existing redaction.
On the redaction panel, select the reference codes that apply.
Redacting a selected area
For files other than plain text files, you redact an area that you draw over the page. You can draw over a a single word, or you might use this option to redact a displayed image or an entire table.
To redact a selected area:
Click Draw Redaction or press d. This puts you in draw redaction mode.
Use the mouse to draw a box over the area to redact.
After you draw the box, identify the reference codes that apply.
The selected reference codes replace any individual redactions that were within the area.
However, Textual does save those individual redactions. If you remove the redaction for the selected area, the individual redactions are restored.
To exist draw redaction mode, click Draw Redaction or press d again.
Redacting an entire page
For paginated files such as a PDF, you can redact an entire page.
To redact the current page:
Click Redact Current Page.
On the panel, select the reference codes that apply.
The selected reference codes replace any individual redactions that were on the page.
However, Textual does save those individual redactions. If you remove the redaction for the entire page, the individual redactions are restored.
Identifying redactions that do not have reference codes
Every redaction must be assigned at least one reference code. To enable Textual to assign reference codes when it performs its scan, you must assign reference codes to the entity types that are present in the project files.
Redactions that do not have reference codes are not redacted in the downloaded output files. They also are not marked in Review mode or Preview mode.
In Redaction mode:
In the file content, redactions without a reference code are outlined in red.
The redactions list displays a separate list of redactions that do not have assigned reference codes. The list heading includes a link to the reference code settings.
Changing the assigned reference codes for a redaction
For each redaction, you can add and remove assigned reference codes.
From the file content
From the file content, to change the assigned reference codes for a redaction:
Click the redaction.
On the panel, to add a reference code, click Add, then select the reference code to add.
To remove a reference code, click the delete icon for the reference code.
From the redaction list
The redaction list at the right includes the assigned reference codes for each redaction. A + icon displays next to the assigned codes. To change the assigned reference codes:
Click the redaction.
On the panel, check the checkboxes for the reference codes to add.
From the list of entities that do not have reference codes to add reference codes:
Click the entity value, then click Assign reference codes.
On the panel, check the checkboxes for the reference codes to add.
Removing redactions
You can remove redactions from the file.
When you remove a redaction of a selected area or an entire page, Textual restores any individual redactions that were there previously.
Removing an individual redaction
From the file content, to remove a single redaction:
Click the redaction.
On the redaction panel, click the delete icon.
Removing multiple redactions
From the redaction list, to remove one or more redactions:
Check the checkbox for each redaction to remove.
Click Remove.
Adding and removing text highlights
Instead of redacting selected text, you can choose to highlight it.
Text highlights are not assigned reference codes. In the redaction list and output, the text is struck through instead of covered.
Adding a text highlight
To add a text highlight:
Select the text to highlight.
On the panel, click the strikethrough icon.
Removing a text highlight
To remove a highlight:
Click the highlight.
On the panel, click the delete icon.
Selecting multiple PDF redactions to update
In a PDF file, to update multiple redactions:
Either click Bulk Selection, or press b. This puts you into bulk selection mode.
Use the mouse to draw a box around the redactions to select.
On the panel, select the updates to apply.
When you are finished with the updates, to exit bulk selection mode, click Bulk Selection or press b again.
Undoing and redoing redaction changes
Textual maintains a history of your redaction changes.
To undo the most recent change, click the undo icon.
To restore the most recent undone change, click the redo icon.
Note that for changes applied in bulk selection mode, Fabricate only undoes or redoes one change at a time. For example, if you selected 3 redactions and then removed them, when you select the undo option, it only restores one of those redactions. To restore all of those redactions, you would select undo 3 times.
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