Is there a way to blur text in Preview?

[Traverse]

I have googled and searched this forum and I think the answer is no, but I wanted to be sure...

Is there a way in Preview or Adobe Reader to blur text/numbers in a PDF file? I have a PDF receipt that I want to submit, but I want to cover/blur my credit card number.

How can I do this? Thanks!

 

[dangerfish]

Just draw a black line through whatever you want to make illegible.

 

[firedept]

I have googled and searched this forum and I think the answer is no, but I wanted to be sure...

Is there a way in Preview or Adobe Reader to blur text/numbers in a PDF file? I have a PDF receipt that I want to submit, but I want to cover/blur my credit card number.

How can I do this? Thanks!

Easy. Just click and hold with the crosshair. Then draw a box over what you want to delete and hit delete. Then save the file. It will be blanked out as I have shown below.

 

[Traverse]

Easy. Just click and hold with the crosshair. Then draw a box over what you want to delete and hit delete. Then save the file. It will be blanked out as I have shown below.

Oh thanks! Why didn't I think of that!?

Edit: What version Preview is that? I can select the portion like you but pressing delete does nothing.

Edit: Oh, Okay. It has to be an image file, not a PDF.

 

[megamace]

Is there a way in Preview or Adobe Reader to blur text/numbers in a PDF file? I have a PDF receipt that I want to submit, but I want to cover/blur my credit card number.

How can I do this? Thanks![/QUOTE]

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Skitch (free app), now owned by Google I believe is great for redacting documents - check out the clip. It also has very user friendly tools like arrows and highlighting tools. However it is more for clips than large documents.

 

[Dave Braine]

Edit: Oh, Okay. It has to be an image file, not a PDF.

In that case, for a PDF, just draw a white box over the text.

Other colours are available.

 

[0002378]

I can select the portion like you but pressing delete does nothing.

EDIT - Never mind, didn't see that you're editing a PDF file. Not sure in that case.