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attached files, and scripts.
There are two commands you can use to remove hidden information: Sanitize
Document and Remove Hidden Information. To remove all hidden information
from a PDF file in one go, choose Protect > Hidden Data > Sanitize Document.
To select and remove the hidden information you want to remove, do the following:
1. Choose Protect > Hidden Data > Remove Hidden Information.
2. In the pop-up dialog box, select the document information you want to remove,
and click OK.
• Metadata – the data in the document information dictionary and all metadata
streams, such as the information in the File > Properties > Description.
• File Attachments – all file attachments in the document, including the ones
that are added with the File Attachment command in the Edit tab and the
File command in the Comment tab.
• Bookmarks – all bookmarks in the document.
• Embedded search index – the search indexes embedded in the document.
• Comments and markups – all comments added to the document, including
files attached as comments.
• Form fields – all form fields in the document. After the removal, all form fields
are flattened and can no longer be filled or modified.
• Hidden text – the text that is transparent, covered up by other content, or has
the same color as the background in the document.
• Hidden layers – all layers (including both shown and hidden layers) in the
document.
• Deleted or cropped content – the invisible content that has been removed or
cropped, such as deleted or cropped pages.
• Links, actions and Javascripts – the links created using the Link command,
the actions included in the properties of content like form fields and
bookmarks, and all JavaScripts in the document.
• Overlapping Objects – If a page includes objects (not including text objects)
that overlap one another, the whole page will be changed to an image object
after the removal.
Note: When you remove hidden information with the Sanitize Document command, the
multimedia files added using the Audio & Video command will also be removed.
Redaction (Pro Only)
The redaction feature allows you to remove sensitive information from your
document prior to making it available to others. You are able to mark the text, graphics,