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tonyalt3
Registered: Jul 9 2008
Posts: 22

Is it possible to post a PDF to the web and NOT allow anyone to save the document? So, they would not have the "save as" function.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.0, Windows
Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi tonyalt3,

Once the PDF is viewed in a browser it is already on the user's system so basically the short answer is no, you can't prevent saving the file. There are DRM ( Digital Rights Management) software solutions that provide various ways to protect your files- the Adobe Document Center is one and there are a variety of third party solutions (LockLizard, FileOpene Systems, etc). I don't believe any of them can totally prevent saving the file locally though.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
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