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
