Scanned PDFs
How to redact a scanned PDF with Cleardox
PDFs are different and no PDF is exactly the same. But generally we distinguish between a text PDF and a scanned PDF. A scanned PDF contains a picture as an overlay and maybe som text underneath it.
The way we redact and anonymizes the two types of PDFs are different. When we redact a text PDF we perform text editing. When we redact a scanned PDF we perform picture editing (or a combination of text and picture). But don´t worry about the technical aspects. Cleardox knows when a PDF is scanned or not and will guide you through the redaction process.
Since many organizations still print and sign documents manually, we still tend to see a lot of scanned PDFs when organizations use Cleardox for redaction.
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When you upload a scanned PDF to Cleardox the redaction flow is a little different. This is because we are now essentially editing a picture. If the PDF has a text layer underneath it, Cleardox will still highlight sensitive information in the PDF. But you need to manually redact the content with your cursor.
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If there is no text layer, Cleardox will in the current version not be able to detect sensitive information in the document. (Psssst! we are working on a new version that will make that possible)
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As soon as you mark something that needs to be redacted the usual pop-up redaction box appears. But with a scanned PDF we have added an additional drop down menu underneath the category menu. This allows you to associate a redacted word with an already redacted word.
