Rectangle over text when using redaction is too big

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Duddi
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Rectangle over text when using redaction is too big

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I hope someone can help me.

When I use the redaction function - the rectangle that is created over the text is too big. It cuts some of the letters off on the sentence above the cencored text.

I used to use Adobe Pro on similar files with no problem.

Is there a solution to this problem?

Thanks in regards
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Re: Rectangle over text when using redaction is too big

Post by Daniel - PDF-XChange »

Hello, Duddi

I see the same, though the size increase is only about 2 pixels from what was drawn. In most cases, that should not be enough to cause any level of overlap... Is your document content particularly small (below 3pt text)?

In any case, I have passed this along to the Dev team for review. I believe that some increase is intended, to ensure that the redaction area fully removes the selected content, for cases where the selection may have been slightly off center, but we will have to see what they say.

RT#7599: Bug: redaction gets larger when applied

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Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
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