Hello,
A document being in protected mode means that it has been encoded so that it
cannot be altered. That is, by using standard means. A protected document,
in itself, does not mean that Window-eyes cannot view it.
You may well find that the document is simply a scanned image of a piece of
paper, put into protected PDF format. This is getting to be a common format
as many scanners have the native ability to scan a document and produce a
PDF image.
It is possible of course for some authors to inhibit the ability to access
the document with a screen reader, but this would generally mean a specific
action has to take place to do this and is unlikely.
You may need to use OCR on it.
Alternatively, contact the author and explain your access issue.
I hope that helps.
Regards, John
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From: Robert Ringwald [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:41 PM
To: gw
Subject: Re: Adobe and Protected Mode
I get the same message that an attachment is in protected mode and it
appears to be blank, even though a sighted person can see print.
using Word 2010.
How do I get it out of protected mode?
--Bob
From: Chao, Matthew (DOC) <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:27 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Adobe and Protected Mode
Hi, Folks. When reading some pdf files, I get the message about taking
Windows out of protected mode so as to more easily read some documents. Can
anyone explain what that means, and where to I change this mode? Thanks in
advance.--Matthew Chao
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