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Elliot Kirk
Former Employee
Nov 19, 2019

PDF Inking on Microsoft Edge

Using a digital pen or touch to write directly on PDF files has been one of the top feature asks from Microsoft Edge insiders. We are pleased to announce that inking mode for PDF files has rolled out...
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schumatt
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Nov 22, 2019

Elliot Kirk Great work so far!  Would really like to see the ability to redact a PDF -- mark over text and have the underlying text actually removed.  As it is today, I can change the pen to a wider stroke and make the text appear to be hidden, but even after saving, closing, and reopening, the text is still (understandably) present and can be copied out and pasted into another app.

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vygadeka
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Nov 23, 2019
This is great suggestion. Currently, we only support annotating the file and not editing the contents of the file. This is a very valid use case for PDFs and definitely in consideration in the backlog.

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