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eCase Redact
eCase Redact is a tool that can be used to help you redact documents prior to sending out to the correspondent.
eCase Redact conforms to National Archives standards, as described at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/redaction_toolkit.pdf - more specifically appendix 2. It converts each page in the source PDF to an image and 'burns in' the redactions (i.e. converts all redacted pixels to black or white, depending on the redaction colour selected). It then combines these images into a new PDF file, so none of the metadata on the source PDF (for example, the author) is included in the redacted PDF. This is the 'roundtrip redaction' method recommended by the National Archives in paragraph 7.3 of appendix 2.
eCase Redact can be used to redact any PDF document.
A review of eCase Redact and its features and functions
The Pages view shows you an overview of the pages in the document. You can use this to move to another page, or you can select the Set Filter option to filter the document to show pages that are as yet unredacted, those where redaction has started, but are incomplete and the pages that are composed of an image only.
The search function allows you to search for text within the document you are redacting.
There are two Redaction Modes in eCase Redact. Redact by drawing and Redact by highlighting.
Once a word or section of a document is redacted, you can add a comment or exemptions/exceptions to that redacted area.
If you are part of the way through redacting a document and you would like to continue the rest later, click on the Close link on the redaction toolbar.
When the redaction is complete, click on the Finalise button on the eCase Redact toolbar. A secure PDF is then generated which conforms to the National Archives standards.