

Reader is free at least, and is likely to give the best results when sharing with third parties they’re most likely to receive form additions/edits intact.įull-featured: Acrobat Pro is likely the only (almost) completely reliable software. The things I’ve heard here and elsewhere seem to be:įorms: use Acrobat Reader (or Pro, if you have it). I suppose things are open to constant change with each app update, contributing to making such hard-and-fast determinations difficult anyway, along with each user’s individual needs & usage. So it seems there is basically no clear answer here on best app usage. It also happens to contain the letters P, D and F in order. To save you reaching for Wikipedia, podophyllin is a pretty toxic resin which is extracted from the roots of the mandrake plant (a favourite in alchemy and witchcraft) and is sometimes used to remove warts. So I’m experimenting with PDFKit in another free tool, Podofyllin. † FYI, the app’s named after a tree resin used to remove warts, lol!: Why Acrobat Pro cannot isolate selected areas only is unknown. template with graphics is separate from patient text data) that are “flattened” into a single layer after save in Preview app.
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delete last page), then opened in Acrobat Pro DC and repeat same steps above, Redaction works and nothing else is removed.īehavior demonstrates “layers” in PDF bill (ie. if opened in Preview first, and re-saved (ie.

due, address) is whited out regardless of Sanitize choice. on Apply Redaction, any added info on page 1 (“monthly statement”, page number, your info, acct summary, messages, amt.make any Redaction (either highlight and choose Redact, or click Redact tool icon and then highlight or create box around area to obscure.).“This file claims compliance with the PDF/A standard and has been opened read-only to prevent modification.” open PDF bill downloaded directly from Medical web site.I described an anomaly in the MacInTouch forums about an Acrobat redaction issue back in 2020. That being said, the “flattenting” of layers you mentioned is something that happens with Acrobat itself. The heavy form problems you describe sound like classic PDFKit issues.
