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Release OfficeIMO-v3.5.3
Language: C# Updated: 2026-11-03
Cmdlet

Get-OfficePdfRedactionPlan

Module
PSWriteOffice
Inputs
System.String
Outputs
OfficeIMO.Pdf.PdfRedactionPlan

Previews explicit or text-matched PDF redaction areas before content is removed.

Syntax

Get-OfficePdfRedactionPlan
-Height <Double>
[-IgnorePermissionRestrictions]
[-Label <String>]
-PageNumber <Int32>
[-Password <String>]
[-Path] <String>
-Width <Double>
-X <Double>
-Y <Double>
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Rectangle
Get-OfficePdfRedactionPlan
-Area <PdfRedactionArea[]>
[-IgnorePermissionRestrictions]
[-Password <String>]
[-Path] <String>
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Area
Get-OfficePdfRedactionPlan
[-IgnorePermissionRestrictions]
[-MatchCase]
[-Password <String>]
[-Path] <String>
-Text <String[]>
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Text

Description

This command reports redaction impact only. It does not remove or rewrite PDF content.

Examples

Preview a redaction rectangle.

Get-OfficePdfRedactionPlan -Path .\Report.pdf -PageNumber 1 -X 72 -Y 650 -Width 240 -Height 32

Returns line-level text blocks and annotations that intersect the rectangle.

Find content to redact by text.

Get-OfficePdfRedactionPlan -Path .\Report.pdf -Text 'Account number'

Derives reviewable redaction areas from logical text blocks containing the supplied text.

Parameters

-Height Double requiredsets: Rectangle
Rectangle height in PDF points.
-IgnorePermissionRestrictions SwitchParameter optional
After successful password authentication, explicitly ignore owner-imposed extraction restrictions.
-Label String optionalsets: Rectangle
Optional redaction area label.
-PageNumber Int32 requiredsets: Rectangle
One-based page number for the redaction rectangle.
-Password String optional
Password used to read a Standard password-encrypted PDF.
-Path String requiredposition: 0pipeline: True (ByValue)aliases: FilePath
PDF file path.
-Width Double requiredsets: Rectangle
Rectangle width in PDF points.
-X Double requiredsets: Rectangle
Left coordinate in PDF points.
-Y Double requiredsets: Rectangle
Bottom coordinate in PDF points.
-Area PdfRedactionArea[] requiredsets: Area
One or more pre-created OfficeIMO.Pdf redaction areas.
-MatchCase SwitchParameter optionalsets: Text
Use case-sensitive literal text matching.
-Text String[] requiredsets: Text
Literal text used to derive redaction areas from matching logical text blocks.

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.