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PDF document security

rodduff
Registered: Dec 6 2007
Posts: 6

How do I setup/create a PDF file encrypted with a digital certificate and limit readability by a number of recipiants that also have the digital certificate?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.9, Windows
lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Hi rodduff,

You can use certificate security to control the list of intented recipients for a PDF. You can also control what permissions each recipient might have as well. In Acrobat 8 the the command to use is Advanced --> Security --> Certificate encrypt.Sometimes the process of manually managing individual or group access rights to a PDF can become complex. At this point you might want to investigate a tool that can integrate with Acrobat "and" integrate with authentication systems like LDAP and Active Directory. Once example of this is the Adobe LiveCycle Right Management software -- for more information check out:
[url=http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle]http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle[/url] … depth.php
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle/trial/]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle/trial/[/url]

Hope this helps,
Lori

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