Simon

No recommendations but something to bear in mind.

I do know one of the problems with using some versions of Adobe for this process is that they can, for want of a better choice of phrase, be reverse engineered to return the original text although this problem has been well known for a while so I assume more recent iterations of Adobe will have addressed this.

This is in contrast to a specific redaction tool like e-Redact which don't have this problem.  That said commercial software may have its own issues as I have only ever seen the sales demos and not used any.

Probably doesn't make things any clearer but I hope it helps.

Thanks

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We use Adobe version 9 and Adobe pro and find it is suitable

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Hi

I d be very interested in this too - we have had adobe version 9 recommended and we've been told its what US federal agencies use But how true that is I m not sure!

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Dear all

We're currently looking at the options regarding redaction software. It's a few years since we looked into this so it is likely that things have moved on.

I've had a recommendation of e-Redact. Is there any other system that anyone has used and would recommend so that we can compare a few options?

The redaction would be for FOIA and SARs, and also for preparing documents to be used in courts, tribunals etc.

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