Hello Paul,

Thursday, December 1, 2005, 1:47:50 AM, you wrote:

> I'm  stumped  about  how to generate PDF files from LyX that readers
> can  annotate.  As  far  as  I can tell, the problem is that several
> permissions  (including annotation) are off by default when pdflatex
> emits  its  output. I've tried using pdftk and Multivalent to change
> those  permissions,  but  apparently  Acrobat  Reader  uses the more
> restrictive  of  the  permissions  on  the  source  document and the
> permissions  added/removed  by  the program (e.g., pdftk) generating
> the  modified  output. That makes sense; otherwise I could use it to
> undo restrictions set by an author.
I  have  successfully  used  iText-based PDFTrans utility from command
line  to  modify  pdf metadata and set the encryption options. You can
also  use  iText  directly  (see  its online manual for details.) Btw,
pdftk also uses a modified version of iText.

> If  I'm  right, what I need is a way to generate an initial PDF file
> with  all  permissions set on. I can't find anything in the hyperref
> manual  about  this, and Google (including Google Groups) has failed
> me. Any ideas?

-- 
WBR,
Andrei Popov

Using LyX 1.3.6 on Debian GNU/Linux

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