To apply redaction manually, open the document and click on the redact functionality. This will open the document in redaction-ready mode.
What's beneath?
To view what's beneath the redacted parts, enable the ‘Redaction View Mode’ by clicking the eye icon. 
Redacting paragraphs and areas
- Click on the “ Filled Rectangle” icon or the “Text Selection Redaction” icon to start redacting
- Filled rectangle tool is for free areas to be redacted
- Text Selection Redaction tool is for text areas
Multiple areas to redact?
Clicking on the icon twice will allow multiple redactions in one go (the icon will then turn blue). Click once more to disable it.
- Drag your cursor over the word/area that needs to be redacted
Save before closing
Don't forget to save your changes (top right icon) before closing the document. A pop-up will remind you this action if some changes are unsaved and you try to close the window. Once a document has been manually redacted, this will be shown next to the document under the Redaction column as “ Manual”.
Search based Redaction
With Smart Redaction, you can search for specific words to be redacted.
- Under search-based redaction, type the specific word and click ‘Search’
- Tick the results box to have the results redacted all in one go
- And/or click on the Add button to add it to either a new or an existing list
- Redact: for words to be redacted
- Exclude: for words to be excluded from redaction (whitelisting)
Save before closing
Don't forget to save your changes (top right icon) before closing the document. A pop-up will remind you this action if some changes are unsaved and you try to close the window. Once a document has been manually redacted, this will be shown next to the document under the Redaction column as “ Manual”.
Creating and Updating lists
If the list was already existing, it will be automatically updated on other related documents.
If the list was created, you will need to apply it to other related documents by using the Automated Redaction.
Redacting pages
- Click on the “Redact Full Page” icon to start redacting full pages
- Specify which pages should be redacted in the pop-up
Save before closing
Don't forget to save your changes (top right icon) before closing the document. A pop-up will remind you this action if some changes are unsaved and you try to close the window. Once a document has been manually redacted, this will be shown next to the document under the Redaction column as “ Manual”.
Publish your changes
As for any other changes within the room, Smart Redaction ones must be published, allowing external users to see the redacted document.
