Markup with Template

Help Index › Markup Methods

Template-based redaction lets you define fixed-position redacting areas on a sample document, save them as a reusable .amt template file, and apply the same redaction layout to other documents with identical formatting. This is ideal for standardized forms where sensitive fields always appear in the same location.

Creating a Template

  1. Open a sample PDF document that represents the form layout you want to redact.
  2. Use Draw Redacting Areas to place redacting annotations over each area that should be redacted.
  3. Choose Extensions > Mapsoft Redactor > Save Template.
  4. In the Template Info dialog, set the Pages to Store value (how many pages of annotation positions to save) and optionally the Pages to Repeat value.
  5. Enter a description for the template.
  6. Click OK and choose a location to save the .amt file.

Tip

If your form is a single page that repeats throughout a multi-page document, set Pages to Store to 1 and Pages to Repeat to the total number of pages. The template areas from page 1 will be applied to every page.

Template Properties

PropertyDescription
DescriptionFree-text description of what this template redacts (e.g., "Employee W-2 form — SSN and address fields").
Pages to StoreNumber of pages from the sample document whose annotation positions are saved in the template.
Pages to RepeatWhen applying the template, the stored page layout repeats across this many pages. Set to the target document's page count to apply the template to every page.

Applying a Template

  1. Open the target PDF document.
  2. Choose Extensions > Mapsoft Redactor > Markup with Template.
  3. Browse to and select the .amt template file.
  4. Review the template properties in the Template Info dialog. Adjust the Pages to Repeat value if needed.
  5. Click OK. The engine places redacting annotations at the stored positions on each page.
  6. A results dialog shows how many areas were applied.

Note

Template positions are stored in PDF points (1/72 inch). Templates work correctly only when the target document has the same page size and layout as the sample document used to create the template.

Template File Format

Template files use the .amt extension (Area Markup Template). Each file stores:

See Also