Redaction

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#1

I have heard the LO Redaction feature mentioned recently and have never
investigated it. Out of simple curiosity I followed the in-built Help
instructions (not available on-line) "How redaction works in LibreOffice?".

With LO 6.4.0.2 x64 under Win10 the resulting PDF does not show either a
white or black redaction, only a semi-transparent gray blob over the
supposedly redacted area(s) and the text is fully visible.

With LO 6.3.4.2 under Linux both the black and white redactions work as
expected.

Does anyone else see this issue with LO 6.4.0.2 x64 under Win10?

Dave

#2

Howdy Dave,

That is the review mode (the grey out blocks) so that the reviewers can see
what is being redacted.

You get that when you select the 'direct to pdf' button on the tool bar.

To the left are two drop down buttons, White and Black, click either of
those and you get the PDF with the final redaction.

Best wishes,

Drew

#3

Hi Drew,

Thanks for the feedback, but under Win 10 I get a 100% readable PDF
(redactions appear as semi-transparent gray blobs) if I use "Export
Directly as PDF" or either one of the two "Redacted Export" options. No
issue under Linux.

Best Regards
Dave

#4

Sounds like a trip to the bug reporting system is in order then.

#5

Solved the issue by destroying my user profile on this machine.

Now I have the thankless task of rebuilding my profile settings and
restoring numerous valuable templates and possibly isolating the cause
of the original redaction failure.

Dave :((