Reviewing and editing redactions
The following features and actions are available for redactions:
Manual review of automatically generated redactions
Review the markings in the text and the respective annotations.
How to edit redactions:
Click on a redaction in the document.
Click the Resize icon
.A selection box appears. Drag it over further letters or reduce its size. In the case of rectangle redactions, you can enlarge or reduce the selection box independently of the text lines. Confirm your selection by clicking on the tick.
Click the Edit icon
to change the redaction reason.A dialog opens. You can change the redaction reason and add a comment. For users with the User role, adding a comment is mandatory. Then, save your selection.
Click the Remove from Dictionary icon
to delete the entry from the dictionary.A dialog opens, and you can add a comment and confirm that you want to delete the entry from the dictionary. RedactManager will then note in the dictionary that the word shall no longer be redacted. It is not possible to completely remove authors from the dictionary like this. In case of further questions, please get in touch with your Admin.
Click the False Positive icon
to note in the dictionary that you do not want to redact a term in this particular context.This might be the case for terms that can be both a name and have another meaning. RedactManager will then note in the dictionary that the term is not a name in this case and therefore does not have to be redacted.
Click the Trash icon
(Remove only here) to delete exactly this redaction.A dialog opens, and you can insert a comment and confirm that you want to delete the redaction from this position. The highlighted word will not be redacted at this point in the document. Other parts of the document and/or other dossier documents will not be affected by the change. In other words: The term is redacted elsewhere.
You open a document in the Editor.
Click on a Skipped redaction in the document.
Edit skipped redactions
Skipped redactions (or "Skipped" only) are terms that do not need to be redacted in this specific context, according to the dictionary.
How to manually overwrite a Skipped redaction:
Click the Resize icon
. Drag the selection box around the text to redact over more letters, or shorten or make it smaller. See Resize Redaction for more information.Click the Remove from dictionary icon
to delete the respective dictionary entry.The highlighted term will no longer be listed as skipped redaction.
Click the Force Redaction icon
in order to redact the corresponding term manually.The "Force Redaction" form opens. Mandatory fields are marked with a red asterisk.
Enter remarks and explanations into the Comments box. Entering a comment is optional for the Dossier Owner and mandatory for all other users.
"Remove Redaction" dialog
There are two types of imported redactions:
Redactions imported from RedactManager preview documents:
Redactions on preview documents created with RedactManager that are uploaded to a dossier are labeled as imported redactions.
Redactions imported from redacted documents:
redactions from redacted documents that are imported into the source version of the document. ( It is also possible to import redactions that were not created with RedactManager.)