Redacting

Redacting words directly in the document

In the Redaction tool, every recognised word is clickable. The click logic (also available as a help dialog through the ? in the panel header):

Modifier	Left click	Right click
—	Redact the word document-specifically	Exclude the word document-specifically
Shift	Word into the project dictionary	Word into the project exception list
Ctrl	Collect several words and redact them together (on release)	Exclude several words together
Ctrl+Shift	Relation (word sequence) into the project dictionary	Relation into the project exception list

The distinction matters:

• Document-specific applies only in the current document (the “Document-specific” section in the panel).
• Dictionary entries apply project-wide in all documents — with a Shift click, the entry automatically receives a typo tolerance, so that OCR variants (“Musterrnann”) are matched too.
• Exceptions protect terms from redaction (your own company name, for example); words redacted manually always take precedence.

In the panel you can additionally manage entries through quick entry (“Add word…” / “Add exception…”) and edit them inline (pattern, type, tolerance, style). The Style section determines the rendering: Filled (with a choice of colour), Highlight or Blur.

Redacting areas

The Area redaction tool covers freely drawn rectangles — signatures, stamps or letterheads, for instance: activate “Draw area”, drag a rectangle on the page, and that is it. Clicking an entry in the panel list jumps to the area concerned; areas you have drawn can be moved with the mouse. For recurring positions (every page, or particular pages), your project team defines area rules (…/area-rules).