Every page of your 80-page report has a header with the client's name. Redacting that name on each page manually means clicking 80 times — and missing one accidentally.
Find-and-redact catches every instance. Flint handles it in one operation.
Find-and-redact across all pages
Open redact PDF, enable find-and-redact mode. Type the client's name. Flint scans every page, marks every occurrence. Apply redaction. The name is gone from every header, every body paragraph, every appendix mention. One operation, complete coverage.
Repeated headers and footers specifically
If you're worried about missing one instance, find-and-redact is more reliable than manual page-by-page. Every page that includes the text gets marked. Visual inspection confirms — every header in the thumbnail grid should show a redaction mark in the same position.
Region-based redaction across pages
Some redactions are positional rather than content-based: 'redact the top-right 2 inches of every page' (where a stamp might be). Edit PDF can place identical overlays on every page; for content removal use page-by-page selection with the same coordinates. Tedious but exact.
Verify the bulk redaction
After applying, open the saved file and search for the redacted text. Search should return zero hits. If hits remain, an instance was missed — redact again.
FAQ
Does find-and-redact work on scanned PDFs?
If OCR has been done, yes. Pure image PDFs require manual selection per page.
Can I redact different content on different pages?
Yes — chain multiple find-and-redact passes. Each pass marks new content. Apply all marked content in one save.
How do I redact text in headers but not body?
Find-and-redact targets text content regardless of position. Use manual selection if you need positional precision.
Maximum pages for bulk redact?
Hundreds of pages work fine. Flint scans all of them in one pass.
One find, every instance, redacted. Bulk redact.