#Redact in word for mac pdf#

#Redact in word for mac pdf#

Word tells you that its going to make a copy of the PDF and convert its contents into a format that Word can display. Find the PDF, and open it (you might have to select Browse and find the PDF in a folder). Run the document inspector, which will then do a search of the document properties and indicated if any document property fields contain any information. This works best with PDFs that are mostly text.Uncheck all of the checkboxes except 'Document Properties and Personal information'.Under the File menu select 'Prepare for sharing.'.Save the document and close the document property field section.Delete all of the information in the document property fields that appear under the main menu options.Select 'Properties' for the 'Prepare' menu options.Select 'Prepare' from the menu options.Click on the office button in the upper-left hand corner of the office application.Under the Summary tab remove all of the identifying information from all of the fields.Under the File menu select 'Properties.'.Under the File menu select: Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.įor MacIntosh Word 2008 (and future versions).With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file.įor Microsoft 2003 and previous versions, and Macintosh versions of Word: The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with 'Author' and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties: methods 1 Redacting a Text File 2 Redacting a PDF Document Start by replacing all the text you want redacted with the word REDACTED. On the Insert menu, click Hyperlink, and then click Remove Link. Select the text or object that represents the hyperlink that you want to remove. To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. Select the hyperlink that you want to change.