Sanitize documents removes all sensitive information, hidden or not, from your document so that the information is not passed along when you publish or file your PDF.
Sanitizing removes:
Metadata
Embedded content and attached files
Scripts
Hidden layers
Embedded search indexes
Stored form data
Review and comment data
Comments hidden within the body of the PDF file
Hidden data from the previous document saves
Obscured text and images
Unreferenced data
Links, actions, and javascripts
Overlapping objects
Here is how to Sanitize a PDF in Acrobat:
1. Open the PDF in Acrobat, and then do one of the following:
– Choose Tools > Redact.
– On the Edit menu, choose Redact Text & Images.
The Redact toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar.
2. Click Sanitize Document. The Sanitize Document dialog box is displayed.
3. Click OK. Specify a filename and locaton. If you don’t want to overwrite the original file, save the file with a different name, at a different location, or both.
4. Click Save to save the document and automatically finish the sanitization process.
The sensitive information is permanently removed when you save the file. If you close the file without saving it, repeat this process, making sure to save the file.
Now you know how to sanitize a document.
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