Redaction is a daily process for organizations that manage classified, sensitive or private information. Failures in redaction can be costly, as many government agencies, corporations, law-firms and others have learned to their chagrin.
Appligent invented PDF redaction in 1997 with Redax 1.0. Redax completely removes text and graphics from the page. Hacking the file cannot reveal properly redacted information.
Now at version 4.6.1, Redax remains the most reliable and capable redaction technology for PDF files available.
Thousands of national, state and local government agencies, law firms, corporations and institutions world-wide protect the sensitive information in distributable documents with Redax everyday.
Redax requires an existing installation of Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional 6, 7, 8 or 9. Redax will NOT work with the free Adobe Reader. While Adobe includes basic redaction in Adobe Acrobat, it's not as full featured or workflow-friendly as Redax. We encourage you to compare Redax with Acrobat, and select the product that's right for you.
Key Features
- Adds a comprehensive set of redaction tools to the Adobe Acrobat menu bar
- Safely removes text, graphics and images
- Automatically find terms to be redacted using lists
- Pattern matching to automatically mark Social Security numbers, ZIP codes and phone numbers for redaction
- Full-page and multi-page redaction
- Automatically protects the original document
- Optional page consolidation in cases where multiple pages are fully redacted
- Redaction from single or multi-page templates
- Includes built-in exemption codes for FOIA and Privacy Act
- All exemption code palettes are fully customizable
- Appearance of redacted areas is fully customizable
- Optionally place exemption codes at the bottom of the page
- Automatic removal of document metadata
- Optionally removes all annotations and bookmarks
- Supports multi-user workflows
- Supported by document management systems
- Generates redaction reports to facilitate record keeping
- Redaction by category
- Supports Acrobat-standard mark-up (highlight, underline and strike through) on text.
The appearance of redacted areas is fully adjustable
White Papers on Redaction
Redaction Methods in PDF Files (PDF)
The Case for Content Security (PDF)
Documentation
See the Redax User Guide for complete documentation. Redax FAQs and current release information are also available.
Appligent Document Solutions continues to make Redax 4.0 and 3.8 available for those customers who have not upgraded to newer versions of Acrobat. Redax 3.8 and 4.0 support Acrobat 5, 6 and 7.
How to Buy
Redax Single user pricing is $249.
A Five (5) Pack of Redax licenses is available for $999. This price includes one year of support and maintenance and represents a savings of $495 as compared to the single user price.
Contact us for more information on other volume discounts
Now Available on NMCI Clin23
Redax has been certified by EDS and is now available on NMCI; the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI Clin23) maintained by EDS.
NMCI is a key component of FORCEnet, the Department of the Navy's strategy for implementing network-centric warfare, and it supports the Department of Defense’s goals for information technology superiority.
Section 508
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.
