Cleaning up scanned PDFs
Article ID: 697 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:08 AM
There are two ways to "erase" elements from a PDF.
Edit PDF Image
A) Using Eraser Tool
Assuming you’re on the latest version of Enterprise Organizer:
- Open the PDF in the Edit tab
- Click the Edit PDF Image button on the main toolbar (if you see a warning about text, or you don’t have this button, skip to the alternate method below)
If you see the Warning message above, please skip to Alternate Method else proceed further.
- Select the Eraser
You can change the size of the Eraser by hitting the small down arrow on the Eraser icon.
- Erase
- Click Commit Changes
B) Erasing an area on the document using ’Erase Area’ tool
- Click on ’Erase Area’ icon in the Image Editor window.
- Select a portion on your document that you want to erase. Repeatedly select areas on the document till you achieve desired results.
- Click Commit Changes
C) Erasing using "Erase Outside" Tool
- Click on ’Erase Outside’ icon in the Image Editor window.
- Select the area that you want to keep as using ’Erase Outside’ tool, all the area outside the purview of the selected area will be deleted.
- Click Commit Changes
Alternate Method: Masking
- Open the PDF in the PDF Editor
- Click on the Rectangle Tool button on the editor’s toolbar; this will display a Properties Toolbar
- On the Properties Toolbar, set both the Fill Color and the Stroke Color to white and make sure the Opacityis 100%
- With your mouse, select the area on the PDF page that you want to "erase"
- Finally, click the Flatten Commentsbutton on the editor’s toolbar to merge your rectangle into the PDF
- Save your changes