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Newbie question: What does "allow" creation of template pages mean?

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2010-04-22 13:39:29
MaggieS
Registered: Apr 21 2010
Posts: 38

I have a PDF form created in Word and ported to Acrobat 9.3.2. Form was created using the Form Wizard.

When I finished with the doc and turned off "Form Editing", I saved the doc with Password Security, and selected Allow Printing, and Allow Filling in Forms and signature. However, when I check the security properties, I see that "Creation of Templates Pages" is also allowed. I don't know what this means, but it sure sounds like someone could copy the whole thing and create a new document from it. Might not be a problem if all the security went along with it, but a big one if not. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks!

M

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.3.1, Windows
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2010-05-23 17:06:42
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angeldavis
Registered: May 23 2010
Posts: 1
was wondering this myself.
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2010-05-24 09:20:45
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
PDF page templates were an early feature for creating dynamic forms. If you look on the "Advanced > Dcoument Processing" menu in Acrobat 9 you'll see an entry named "Page Templates...". This dialog can be used to turn any page into a Template. Then from JavaScript the template can be "Spawned" into new pages with unique form fields. Spawning a template requires special Reader Enabling to work in Reader, which is why they never caught on.Templates are also the mechanism used to create PDF Stamps. But that's a different thing.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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2010-05-24 11:34:35
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MaggieS
Registered: Apr 21 2010
Posts: 38
Thank you! I checked it out on one of my protected documents, and Page Templates was greyed out, which is what I was hoping would be the case. I just didn't know where or what to look for!

Maggie
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2011-09-16 08:40:11
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Psalty
Registered: Sep 16 2011
Posts: 1
What’s the “Page Template” equivalent to spawn a new page in Acrobat X?
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