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Disable Save as option in PDF

chockalingam
Registered: Nov 28 2007
Posts: 2

How to disable save as option in Adobe PDF

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 7.0.0, Macintosh
pddesigner
Registered: Jul 9 2006
Posts: 858
Here's two solutions:

From the menu bar, click Edit Preferences, select Documents, go to the Save Settings section and un-check Save As optimizes for Fast Web View.

or :

(1.) Create a button
(2.) Right click and select Properties
(3.) Click the Actions tab
(4.) For the Select Trigger : Mouse Up
(5.) For Select Action: Execute a menu item
(6.) Click Add
(7.) Click the File > Close option

My favorite quote - "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
This question gets asked a lot and there really isn't a way to disable the Save As menu item. You can, of course, disable the toolbar and menu but these are user preferences so they can be turned on again as well.
There is another solution posted in the following question that might be helpful:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/ask_an_expert/questions/view/2717/

Lori

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

akr
Registered: Apr 30 2010
Posts: 1
how to disable Save as option in PDF
gkaiseril
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Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
You can not prevent the saving for a number of reasons. First Acrobat/Reader down loads a local copy of the PDF for viewing. Next if saving not possible, then system backups could not occur.

You might want to look at DRM, Digital Right Management.

George Kaiser