You're sharing a sanitised version of your internal pricing analysis with a partner. They need the methodology, not the specific client revenues. Redacting confidential figures across a 30-page deck is the right move.
Flint does it permanently.
Identify what's confidential
Before opening the tool, list what needs to go. Client names? Specific revenue figures? Margin percentages? Internal codenames? Strategy timelines? Make a checklist. You'll work through it in redact PDF, marking each category as you encounter it.
Use find-and-redact for repeated values
Specific numbers like '£2,340,000' appear once usually, but client codenames ('Project Aurora') appear repeatedly. Find-and-redact catches every occurrence in one pass. Worth it for any value that appears more than twice.
Manual selection for context-dependent redactions
Some redactions depend on context — you redact a client name in client-specific paragraphs but not in industry-comparison paragraphs. Manual selection (drag a box over each instance) gives precise control. Slower but necessary when find-and-redact would over-match.
Final review with copy-paste test
Apply redaction, save, reopen. Try to copy text from each redacted area. Empty selection means you're safe to share. If anything comes out, redact those instances and re-save.
FAQ
Does Flint show me what was redacted?
Yes — applied redactions show as black bars in the output. You see what's redacted; you don't see the original content.
Can I redact across multiple files at once?
Single file per session. For batch redaction, redact each file separately or use scripted tools.
What about confidential information in charts?
If chart values are text, find-and-redact catches them. If charts are rendered images, manually select the chart area.
Will recipients know what was redacted?
They see black bars where content used to be — they know something was redacted but not what. That's usually the intent.
Mark, apply, verify, share. Redact confidential content.