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PDF file meta tag cleaner

2008-02-15 14:51:26

brettcartwright

Registered: Feb 15 2008

Posts: 3

Answered

Hi -
Please, is there a utility in Acrobat (.v?) that will clean my Word created pdf's of their meta tags in a batch process? i've quite a few files that i need cleaned, and possibly made secure, and am wondering about the availability of such a utility or tool..

thanks!
- brett

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 8.1.2, Windows

2008-02-16 19:23:42

dbaker

Registered: Feb 10 2006

Posts: 413

Hi Brett --

You have to upgrade to Professional to write a batch sequence. For information, check out this article I wrote recently:

http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/10/baking_batch_of_pdf/

donna.

A prolific author and writer of many Acrobat books, as well as books on graphic and Web design software.
Donna lives on a lakeshore in central Canada, where all manner of wildlife from muskrats to coyotes come to call.

2008-02-19 13:11:38

brettcartwright

Registered: Feb 15 2008

Posts: 3

Thanks Donna,

are there any other utilities that do this that you might suggest?

thanks again,
- brett

2008-02-19 13:20:08

gkaiseril

Registered: Feb 23 2006

Posts: 4308

You can look at

Appligent's products, http://www.appligent.com/products/product_families/redaction.php

Desktop: http://www.appligent.com/products/redax/redax.php
Server: http://www.appligent.com/products/redax_enterprise_server/redax_enterprise_server.php

There are other products, just Google "redatcion PDF" to find additional articles and products.

George Kaiser