Permissoins/Security Question

Hi Steve,

If you use the File > Create PDF Portfolio menu item, you could then put all of your files into the portfolio. Everyone would be able to open the portfolio, but if the individual PDF is encrypted then only those who have rights to the specific file can open it. Let's say you password protect one file using the Document Open Password "foo" and another file using the Document Open Password "bar". If you tell a select group of individuals only one password then they will only be able to see the contents of (i.e. open) one file. The same concept would apply to those who only know the other password.You're not limited to just using Password Security. The same concept applies if you are using Certificate Security or encrypting the files using a Rights Management server. Also, you are not limited to only putting PDFs into the portfolio. You could add any file you want and you could even add a password encrypted Word document.

The portfolio is just a repository of other files wrapped up into a PDF file that can be mailed around or accessed from a server.

Good luck,
Steve

Sorry, but you can't use a Portfolio with secured content within the Acrobat Shared Review workflow. It will only work on individual files, and the originals must start off without security so Acrobat can apply the reader-rights-extension needed for the collaboration plugin to access it.