Erase (whiteout) part of an image

[Dan_Lipofsky@adobeforums.com]

I have Acrobat 6.0 Standard for Windows XP.

I have a document that was converted from an
electronic FAX (TIFF), so it is all one large
image. I want to erase the lines that the FAX
machine puts at the top of the document. I
have not been able to figure out how to do it.

I can add a white opaque rectangle comment,
which makes it look OK on the screen, but
when I print I still see what is under the
comment. I looked at the "print with comments"
option but these all look like they print the
comments separately. So how can I get it to
print exactly what is on the screen, or otherwise
remove part of the image.

Thanks,
Dan

[Nathan_Strong@adobeforums.com]

You won't be able to, because your document is a giant image and Acrobat is not Photoshop.

If you just need a hardcopy without the headers, click File > Print and change the "Print What" setting to "Document and comments." This will cause your white boxes to take effect when you print. However, other Acrobat 6.x users will need to make the same settings change. Also, the covered information will still be present in the file. If you are redacting a sensitive document, this will NOT be sufficient to release to the public in PDF form.

If this is a 1-page PDF file, another solution would be to open the document straight into Photoshop and use the drawing tools to blot out or crop off the part you want removed.

Nathan

[Dan_Lipofsky@adobeforums.com]

Thanks. That was just what I needed to know,
I was just failing to see that print option.

[Unregistered]

Hi ... looks like if you print the PDF to another PDF (i.e. select "Adobe PDF" as printing destination), that will do what you want. Good luck! --Tom, frethoa AT aol DOT com

I have Acrobat 6.0 Standard for Windows XP.

I have a document that was converted from an
electronic FAX (TIFF), so it is all one large
image. I want to erase the lines that the FAX
machine puts at the top of the document. I
have not been able to figure out how to do it.

I can add a white opaque rectangle comment,
which makes it look OK on the screen, but
when I print I still see what is under the
comment. I looked at the "print with comments"
option but these all look like they print the
comments separately. So how can I get it to
print exactly what is on the screen, or otherwise
remove part of the image.

Thanks,
Dan