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SecurSign 5 Now Available! Includes Signature Validation to Detect Tampering.
Lansdowne, PA (July 13, 2011)
Encrypt, digitally sign and verify digital signatures on PDF documents.

Redax 5: Advanced Redaction for PDF Documents
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The latest Redax adds new patterns, regular expressions and more!

Redax Enterprise Server 3 Ships!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
New Redaction Engine, Powerful New Markup Options and More!

Survey: Server Based PDF Applications
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
The 2010 Survey asked about PDF server application development.

5 PDF Readers Compared
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Expanding on our previous review, we've included Nitro's Reader and Adobe's new Reader X.

PDF Form Aids Sales Team Collaboration
Friday, November 26, 2010
Take a document, add a dash of JavaScript, a sprinkling of PDF know-how, and serve.

Section 508 Center for PDF now online!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
A key resource for document authors, content managers and Section 508 coordinators concerned with PDF accessibility.

Case Study: MedWiz Technologies
Friday, November 12, 2010
It's a lot more than simply knowing JavaScript; it's the background, the analysis and the thought that counts.

Redax

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Redact PDF with the 
professional's choice
since 1997

Now updated for Acrobat X

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Redaction is a daily process for organizations that manage classified, sensitive or private information.

Failures to redact can be costly, as many government agencies, corporations, law firms and others have learned to their chagrin – and cost.

Appligent invented and holds a patent on PDF redaction. We originally released Redax®, the first software to redact PDF files, back in 1997. Redax completely redacts (removes) text and graphics from the PDF page. Hacking the file cannot reveal properly redacted information.

Redax 5, released in March 2011, celebrates 14 years of leadership in electronic document security with a major update to the most reliable and capable redaction technology for PDF files. While Adobe includes basic redaction in Acrobat Professional, it's not as full-featured or workflow-friendly as Redax, nor does Adobe offer a client-server redaction solution like Redax Enterprise Server.

Thousands of national, state and local government agencies, law firms, corporations and institutions world-wide protect sensitive information with Redax everyday.

Redax 5 requires an existing installation of Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional 7, 8.1, 9 or X. Redax will NOT work with the free Adobe Reader.

Redaction Markup

  • New in 5.0! Advanced patterns allow you to automatically find and mark social security numbers (SSN), ZIP codes, international postal codes, US and international phone numbers, credit card numbers, dates, URLs, email addresses and more!
  • New in 5.0! Support for Regular Expressions allowing you to define your own custom pattern searches
  • New in 5.0! All-new Markup Engine performs 'Find Using List' markup up to 30 times faster than Redax 4.6!
  • Automatically finds and marks lists of words and phrases for redaction
  • Finds words and phrases that break across lines
  • Supports Acrobat's standard text mark-up (highlight, underline and cross out / strikethrough)
  • Available Full Page or multi-page redaction options

Redacting documents

"We've used Redax since 1998, and there's still no better PDF redacting tool.  What else can I say?"

- Steven L. FOIA Coordinator

Support for Acrobat 6, 7, 8.1, 9 and X!

Redax works with Adobe Acrobat Standard OR Professional.

Redax 4.6 works with Acrobat 6, 7, 8, 9.

Redax 5.0 works with 7, 8.1, 9, X.

Redaction Processing

  • New in 5.0! All new Redaction Engine!
  • Automatically preserves the original document
  • Safely removes text, graphics and images based on markup
  • Redaction from single or multi-page templates
  • Appearance of redacted areas is fully customizable
  • Optional page consolidation in cases where multiple pages are fully redacted
  • Automatic removal of document metadata
  • Optionally removes all annotations and bookmarks

Exemption Codes

  • Exemption code palettes are fully customizable
  • Includes built-in exemption codes for the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act
  • Optionally place exemption codes at the bottom of the page
  • Optionally, use selective "redaction by category" capabilities

Redaction Workflow Automation

  • May be integrated with existing document management systems
  • Generates redaction reports to facilitate record keeping
  • Supports semi-automated and multi-user FOIA and redaction workflows, including in conjunction with Redax Enterprise Server

Enhanced User Interface

  • New in 5.0 Expanded toolbar and improved user experience

Redax Toolbar Tools

Redax Documentation

Redax documentation is provided via the installer and online. Additional resources include the Redax Getting Started Guide, Redax FAQs and the ReadMe file.

How to Buy

Redax single-user pricing starts at $249.00 (USD), and is available for Windows XP, Vista and 7 in 32 and 64 bit. Redax requires an existing installation of Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional versions 7, 8.1, 9 or X.

Redax Five (5) Pack is available for $999. This price includes one year of support and maintenance and represents a savings of $495 compared to the single-user price. Contact us for more information on other volume discounts.

Redax now available on NMCI Clin23

Redax has been certified by EDS and is available on NMCI; the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI Clin23).

Section 508 Compliance

Appligent Document Solutions is committed to making its client software accessible to persons with disabilities. Our plug-in software uses Adobe Acrobat as a rendering engine and relies on its feature set for presenting content.

Please see our Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) and Adobe's Voluntary Product Accessibility Template for more information.

Why Redax is Different

The appearance of redacted areas is fully adjustable

Redax Preferences 

Advanced Patterns allow you to find and markup text

Find Using Pattern dialog

Redax is Patent Protected

Appligent invented PDF redaction. We hold U.S. Patent No. 7,428,701: Method, system and computer program for redaction of material from documents.

Redax is a registered trademark of Appligent Inc.