These forums are now Read Only. If you have an Acrobat question, ask questions and get help from one of our experts.

PDF Package Security — Simultaneous Application to Constituent PDFs?

Forum Index > Security > PDF Package Security — Simultaneous Application to Constituent PDFs?
2009-11-10 08:22:21
JumpingDragoons...
Registered: Nov 4 2009
Posts: 8
Answered

Good morning/afternoon/evening, all,

Acrobat 8 Pro/WinXP

I was digging around the forums, but couldn't find an answer to my particular question. Apologies if it's been tackled previously.

Once a year I'm tasked with preparing PDF packages for third-party review. I watermark the PDFs, add an EULA script to each PDF in the package, and add Password Security to prevent printing, extraction, etc.

My process has been to secure each PDF in the package, cover sheet first, one by one, but this process is extremely time consuming, especially considering there are upwards of 30 PDFs in each package.

Is there a way to apply the security settings to the package and all constituent PDFs en masse? I've tried selecting all PDFs and following the same process as I do for the individual files, but it doesn't seem to apply the settings across the whole.

I've adjusted compatibility on my security settings to various versions, thinking it may simply be an issue of functionality not translating to versions earlier than 7.0, but I've seen the same in each case.

So, I guess that's it. Any help would be most appreciated!

Thanks,
Chris

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.3, Windows
Top
2009-11-10 09:19:14
#1
Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi JumpingDragonBatman,

No you cannot apply security to all files in a Package at once, but what you could do is apply security to all the individual files using a Batch Process, then compile all those files into a Package. So secure first, then create the Package.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
pdfscripting.com

Top
2009-11-10 10:26:25
#2
JumpingDragoons...
Registered: Nov 4 2009
Posts: 8
Thank you very much for the quick response, Dimitri. For some reason, I was under the belief that the PDF Packaging process stripped security from the target PDFs, but after reading your reply and testing, I was proven wrong. This is a great help.

I've created a batch that adds the watermark and security settings, and all is well. I couldn't figure out how to have it create a new script as is possible through Advanced > Document Processing > Document JavaScripts, but with the time saved by Batch Processing security and watermarks, I'm okay with opening the PDFs and adding the script before packaging.Thank you again!
Chris
Top