It's not PDF security. It's only for comments. All of the option of the Security tab are not affected.
Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Art Campbell wrote: > Always good to know about a program that totally trashes PDF security, Shmuel. > Thanks for sharing... > > Art > > On 10/24/07, Shmuel Wolfson <sbw at actcom.com> wrote: > >> What's this "shared review thing"? Is it anything more than enabling the >> reader to add comments? >> I still recommend using PDF-XChange PDF Viewer for adding comments. I've >> found it to work on all PDFs including encrypted and PDFs that did not >> have commenting allowed. >> >> Regards, >> Shmuel Wolfson >> >> >> >> Tammy Van Boening wrote: >> >>> All, >>> >>> >>> >>> I have installed Acrobat 8 Professional on my system (Windows XP, SP2) >>> and have used the save as PDF successfully with Framemaker 7.2 to create >>> my PDFs. I want to be able to send out these PDFs for review to my >>> users who have only Reader 8.0. According to all the hulla-bulloo about >>> this 8.0 release, I can enable commenting rights in a PDF so that my >>> Adobe Reader users can participate in shared reviews of the PDF. So, I >>> followed the instructions to the "T" provided in the Adobe Acrobat >>> Online Help and this is the problem: >>> >>> >>> >>> 1.) Create the PDF. >>> >>> 2.) In the open PDF, choose Comments > Enable For Commenting in >>> Adobe Reader and save the PDF. >>> >>> 3.) Start the wizard to initiate the shared review. Step 4 in this >>> wizard is to select the PDF that is to be reviewed (natch!), so I select >>> the PDF that I saved in Step 2, but here's the rub: >>> >>> >>> >>> When I click Next in the Wizard after selecting the PDF, I get the >>> following error message: the document that you have chosen cannot be >>> sent for shared review because the security permissions do not allow >>> modifications. Please select another document or change the permissions >>> on this document to allow for modifications. So, I checked the security >>> permissions and yes, the document does not allow for changing but that's >>> because certain features must be restricted to allow for extended >>> features in Adobe Reader. I GIVE - it's an infinite loop here. If I do >>> change the security permissions on the doc, then the doc is not enabled >>> for commenting by my Reader users, but if I follow Adobe's instructions >>> to extend the features to my Reader users, then Acrobat barfs and won't >>> let me set up a shared review - all in direct contradiction of what >>> Adobe claims can happen. >>> >>> >>> >>> Anyone familiar with this apparent contraction and/or knows what to do >>> to enable Reader users to be able to participate in a shared review? >>> >>> >>> >>> Any and all help is appreciated. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> >>> TVB >>> >>> >>> NOTICE BY HEALTH LANGUAGE, INC. >>> This message, as well as any attached document, contains information from >>> Health Language, Inc. that is confidential. The information is intended >>> only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended >>> recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, >>> distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of >>> this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited, and may be >>> unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all >>> electronic copies of this message and its attachments, if any, destroy any >>> hard copies you may have created, without disclosing the contents, and >>> notify the sender immediately. Unless expressly stated otherwise, nothing >>> contained in this message should be construed as a digital or electronic >>> signature, nor is it intended to reflect an intention to make an agreement >>> by electronic means. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> You are currently subscribed to Framers as sbw at actcom.com. >>> >>> Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >>> framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >>> or visit >>> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sbw%40actcom.com >>> >>> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >>> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. >> >> Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >> or visit >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> >> > > >
