Hiding information with white fillable fields

One of our users wanted me to hide sensitive information on a pdf file he had so he could use it in a demonstration. I put fillable fields with a color of white and no border over the information and it works well if the user of the form uses page down to view and advance the pages. If the user uses either the down arrow or scroll bar to navigate the form, the information behind the white fields flashes quickly on the screen. Is there any way to prevent the information from being displayed at all, short of just whiting out a hard copy and re-scanning it to a new pdf?
Thanks for the help!!
Ken K.

Works perfectly. Thanks for the help!!
Ken K.

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