I have the following problem. I have to remove the content of some pages (sometimes part of a page) from a PDF dcument that has been created with InDesign CS6. The text frame of the InDesign document overlaps a master page item and the end result looks like this:
Now, I would like to redact the text, but leave the background visible. But if I redact the text, I get (white chosen as color):
A piece of the background is gone too. I understand this, but I was wondering if there is a smarter way to redact such that only the text is removed?
Incidentally, I have also seen this happening:
Nothing was redacted in that area, but somehow Acrobat Pro decided to make the frame non-transparent.
I cannot use InDesign's conditional text here for other reasons (not relevant to this question).
So, is there a smart way. I have been looking at redaction colour, but I cannot choose a transparent colour to replace what I have redacted away.
I have been thinking about using layers, but I have no idea how those work in InDesign or Acrobat.