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Security can't change after Rights Enabled

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2007-03-09 08:23:31
murph
Registered: Dec 13 2005
Posts: 4

Is the following message an Adobe "policy" or an Adobe technical hurdle they could not overcome:
"You cannot change or remove the security settings of a Reader-Enabled document. Please disable Reader-Extensions for this document before changing or removing security settings."
 
As a form developer, it's very inconvenient.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows
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2007-03-10 09:16:08
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tedpadova
ExpertTeam
Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
You can't edit enabled files in Acrobat. Enabling a PDF should be the last step in your editing workflow including enabling after applying security to files.

If you secured a file and enabled it, you need to save a copy of the PDF which strips the enabling, change the security settings on the copy, then go back and re-enable the PDF.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.

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