1.Reader Rights Enabling is done in Acrobat Professional only, not LiveCycle Designer. It can be a bit confusing because when designing a form in LiveCycle Designer( a completely separate program that just happens to come in the box with Acrobat Pro) there is a command for applying Reader Enabling Rights via File ->Distribute Form in Adobe LiveCycle Designer- but in fact under the covers it launches Acrobat. All rights enabling is handled by the Acrobat program, so you can apply them inside LiveCycle Designer using the above command, or simply open any PDF in Acrobat (whether created in LiveCyle or Acrobat), and apply them there.2. There are several different "Rights" that can be applied to a PDF for use in the free Adobe Reader. With Acrobat 7 Professional you can apply "Commenting" rights (Comment ->Enable for Commenting in Adobe Reader) but none of the other rights are available. If you have Acrobat 8 Professional, Adobe expanded the number of "rights" that can be applied to a PDF to include Save Form Data (for a fillable PDF form only), Sign an exising signature field, and Digitally signing the document ( this one only works if the end user has Adobe Reader 8). There are even more rights possible but these are only available with the Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server product (uber expensive). 3. Keep in mind there are restrictions to usage of the Rights Enablement features and these are spelled out in the EULA for Acrobat which can be found at this page- [url=http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/]http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/[/url]
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1.Reader Rights Enabling is done in Acrobat Professional only, not LiveCycle Designer. It can be a bit confusing because when designing a form in LiveCycle Designer( a completely separate program that just happens to come in the box with Acrobat Pro) there is a command for applying Reader Enabling Rights via File ->Distribute Form in Adobe LiveCycle Designer- but in fact under the covers it launches Acrobat. All rights enabling is handled by the Acrobat program, so you can apply them inside LiveCycle Designer using the above command, or simply open any PDF in Acrobat (whether created in LiveCyle or Acrobat), and apply them there.2. There are several different "Rights" that can be applied to a PDF for use in the free Adobe Reader. With Acrobat 7 Professional you can apply "Commenting" rights (Comment ->Enable for Commenting in Adobe Reader) but none of the other rights are available. If you have Acrobat 8 Professional, Adobe expanded the number of "rights" that can be applied to a PDF to include Save Form Data (for a fillable PDF form only), Sign an exising signature field, and Digitally signing the document ( this one only works if the end user has Adobe Reader 8). There are even more rights possible but these are only available with the Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server product (uber expensive).
3. Keep in mind there are restrictions to usage of the Rights Enablement features and these are spelled out in the EULA for Acrobat which can be found at this page- [url=http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/]http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/[/url]
Hope that helps,
Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
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Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
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