Eraseure

[GregMiller]

Is it possible to erase areas of a document being viewed? I do not see an "eraser" option in the menu structure, but may have missed it. Very nice product, BTW.

Thanks,

Greg

[Ivan - Tracker Software]

No, there are no such feature.

[Don Schmidt]

But what you can do is use the Rectangle Tool, fill it with the background color and then use the Typewriter to replace text.

[GregMiller]

Thanks for the suggestion. I can use PaperPort to do erasures, but I'd like to use a single product when editing PDF's.

Greg

[Don Schmidt]

My suggestion was an almost quote from the Tracker guys when I asked for a "whiteout" function.

[GregWente]

I am also using the solid white/black to do an overlay of the text BUT we still are able to highlight the text behind it and paste it into another document. Sort of defeats the purpose of the "whiteout" feature. I hope Tracker can add those features to the product very soon.

My suggestion was an almost quote from the Tracker guys when I asked for a "whiteout" function.

[Don Schmidt]

Try Comments, Flaten Comments which should solve your problem.

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi GregWente,

when you add the text box on to the document it is still considered a comment and can be selected and modified as can the text underneath it. If you wish the comments to become a part of the document such that text underneath the comments cannot be selected you can "flatten" the comments using the Comments --> Flatten Comments function.

Do be aware that this applies to a whole document and can change the way forms function for example.

Know also that we are working on a new version of PDF-XChange Viewer that will be capable of editing the body of a PDF document. I think this will give you what you are asking for.

Sincerely

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

HI GregWente,

the Viewer Active-X SDK has this functionality as far as I know but the Simple DLL Viewer SDK does not. I'll confirm this and get back to you.

Which are you using?

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi again GregWente

Since you are using the Active-X SDK then yes, it's possible by executing special Java-Script:

1. to flatten comments on all pages:
ax.RunJavaScript("this.flattenPages();", ...);

2. to flatten comments on two first pages:
ax.RunJavaScript("this.flattenPages({nStart:0, nEnd:1});", ...);

See also:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdf ... erence.pdf
page 294.

hth