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Saving pdf copy for Readers

stefankarlssona...
Registered: Jun 14 2007
Posts: 4

Acrobat 8 Pro is claiming to enable users of Reader 7.0 or 8 to fill in and save a copy of a pdf-file. This appears to be wrong!? And the Properties and Security seems to be Allowing the end user just that... Thanks! Stefan

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows
Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi Stefan,

In order for users of the free Adobe Reader to fill and save your PDF you must use the new "Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader" feature in Acrobat 8 Pro. Take a look at this article by Ted Padova that explains how to use this new capability (with screen shots).

[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/articles/2006/09/enabling_reader/index.php]http://www.acrobatusers.com/articles/2006/09/enabling_reader/index.php[/url]

One thing people seem to have some trouble with is that the enabling must be the last action performed on the PDF- if you make any changes to it after applying these Rights you must apply the Rights again and do another save.

Hope that helps,

Dimitri
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stefankarlssona...
Registered: Jun 14 2007
Posts: 4
Thank you Dimitri, brilliant! I guess I thought it would be something more automatic, but this solution is at least "close to automatic" :-)
/Stefan