Search, replace, and redact

1.Open your PDF document in FineReader PDF.

2.Click on the Search tab resembling a magnifying glass located in a vertical pane on the left-hand side of the screen, or click View in the Main menu and select Search from the drop-down menu.

3.In the text field, type the word or phrase you want to find.

4.The search results displayed will be arranged into groups (by source: text, comments, or bookmarks) for easy viewing and sorting.

5.Highlight, cross-out, or underline the search hits directly in the text of the document.

6.Use the “Replace” tab to substitute words from the displayed search queries with replacement text, and click Replace.

7.Use the “Redact” tab to mark a single word or phrase to be redacted throughout the whole document (including metadata), or a list of words and phrases. With a single click on “Redact,” the selected words or phrases will be replaced with black rectangles, rendering the content impossible to retrieve.

8.Save changes.