Redact a Single Section of a Document

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To redact a document, you need to go through it and choose what to hide. You can select specific words, sections, or full pages that should not be seen by the public.

Instructions

  1. Log in to your account.

  2. Click on the All Requests tab:
    The Portal Dashboard screen with the All Requests tab highlighted.

  3. Select the request number in the Request column:
    The All Requests tab with a request number highlighted for selection.

  4. Select the Documents tab:
    The interface shows timeline options with a highlighted 'Documents' tab for navigation.

  5. Hover over the document and click the More button (icon with three dots):
    A list of the request's documents, with the More icon highlighted.

  6. Select Redact file (wrench icon) from the drop-down menu:
    A document's expanded More menu with the 'Redact file' option highlighted.

  7. Select a redaction option:

    • Redaction Block (box icon): Drag a redaction block over the part of the page you want to redact:
      Toolbar interface displaying options for text and color redaction in a document editor.

      • Click this box icon once (fills in dark gray) to apply this redaction type once

      • Click this box icon twice (fills in white) to continually apply this redaction type

    • Text Selection Redaction (pen icon): Select text to redact:
      User interface showing editing tools and options for selecting text to redact.

    • Redact Full Pages (paper icon): Select to redact an entire page
      Popup window for redacting pages in a document with options and buttons.

  8. Click the Save button:
    Document viewer interface with its Save button selected.

  9. Click the Save to Request button in the pop-up window to save the redacted document directly to the request:
    Finalizing redactions with options to attach logs or remove metadata in a document.

    Note:

    The redacted document will be saved under the same file name with the word 'redacted' added at the end.