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Find redactions in nuance power pdf advanced

I have Nuance power pdf advanced ver 2.0 If I have a document that has had redactions, even after I've saved it already, is there a way to find which text had been previously redacted? Basically, where are the redaction codes?
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If done properly there is no way of recovering redacted words. Nuance states that once redacted and saved there is no way of getting the data back
Redaction cannot be undone once applied. To avoid mistakes, we strongly advise you to make a copy of the original PDF before you perform redaction; or save the redacted PDF as a new file with a different name and/or location. Conversely, if you mark and/or apply redaction to a document, but then close it without saving, all the redaction work is lost.
 
https://www.nuance.com/products/help/NuancePDF/en_US/Redacting_Content.htm
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I think I need to rephrase my question after re-reading it, sorry. After redacting, is there a way to run some sort of report to just show which pages had redactions on it, not to view what was redacted, just to show which pages have redactions on them?
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This is what I needed to know. The Expert gave me the answer to inform me that the current version I am using of this program will not display the report I want, but an upgraded version will do so.
The Expert gave me the answer to inform me that the current version I am using of this program will not display the report I want, but an upgraded version will do so.
Hi contrain,
Based on your post above, I want to be sure that you understand what I said. I do recommend that you upgrade your v2.0 to v2.1, as v2.1 has numerous new features and bug fixes. However, even v2.1 will NOT create a comment summary report AFTER you apply the redactions. You must create the comment summary report BEFORE applying the redactions. I don't have v2.0 installed anymore, but I think that it can also create the comment summary report BEFORE applying the redactions. Regards, Joe
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You're welcome.