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Prevent Page Extraction Without Implementing Password

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2008-10-30 10:45:58
akgolden1
Registered: Jan 21 2008
Posts: 7

Hi,

I'm trying to create a PDF that can be signed and inserted into another pdf document (Not as an attachment). I want the users to be able to sign them, but not be able to extract or delete pages once they have inserted PDF 1 into PDF 2. I thought when I saved them as combined PDF 3, I could change the security settings, but it seems that I have to apply a password if I want to do this, or specify a list of users who will have permission to open the document. Is there any way around this? I don't want my uses to have to enter a password and I don't want my managers to have to apply a password and remember it for every document they create.

Thanks!

Anita

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.0, Windows
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2008-11-03 22:13:05
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plevy
Expert
Registered: Jul 8 2008
Posts: 80
Once a document is signed, it can have other pages added to it, nor can its pages be added to another document and remain signed. So it sounds like you'll have to try something different to achieve the result you want.

For unsigned documents, you can set the document permissions, including editing and extraction with an author password and no open password. You can then sign the document. But you can't then do any page changes.
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