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We are in the midst of upgrading our acrobat from 9 to XI.
We've done lots of redacting in 9 but at times we need to edit the redaction code or the overlay text. When we do that in Acrobat XI it does not keep the Outline Color of red but changes it to blank. When I look at the redaction code before I make the change in XI I can see that it doesn't have a outline color which is why when I edit it it doesn't have one after.
How can I ensure the outline color statys from what was in 9 in XI without having the users change the properties for each change they need to make.
Thanks,
Tyler

Thanks for getting back to me.
The problem isn't creating redaction's in XI its editing the redaction's in XI that were created in 9.
For instance we are needing to change the Overlay Text and the easy simple way is right clicking on it and picking the right overlay text. When you do that though it's making the outline color nothing and you cannot tell you have a redaction there and now someone else might attempt to create another one over the same text. Now you can right click on that box and then change it but that's a waste of time if I'm changing 50 redact boxes in a document.
Even just right clicking on that redaction will make me lose the Outline Color.

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