Set Passwords & Permissions

The Change Permissions tab is used in jobs that want to set the permission settings of a PDF file. After the document permissions have been set, there are options for routing of the output file. The tab has the following sections:

Unlock the Permissions

Use this section to set the passwords to try when unlocking the permissions before setting the new permission settings.

Passwords to Try: To set a password click in the password field or on the Edit button. Then enter the password you want to be used. Do this for up to four passwords to try on password protected PDFs during the process.

 

New Security Settings

Compatibility

Compatibility - Sets the compatibility for the PDF security in the converted document. The options are either Acrobat 5.0 (High 128-bit RC4) and later or Acrobat 7.0 (High 128-bit AES) and later.

Security for Document

Set the "Document Open" Password – also known as the user password, it is the password that will be required when the documents are opened.

Security for Permissions

Set the "Change Permissions" Password – also known as the owner password, it is the password that will be required when trying to change permissions and passwords on the documents.

Permissions

Allow High Resolution Printing – Print the document at high resolution. When this permission is granted, the following permission 'Printing' is also automatically granted.

Allow Printing - Allow printing the document

Allow Text & Graphics Extraction – Copy or otherwise extract text and graphics from the document. When this permission is granted, the following permission 'Extraction for Accessibility' is also automatically granted.

Allow Extraction for Accessibility – Extract text and graphics in support of accessibility to disabled users or other purposes

Allow Document Changes – Modify the document. When this permission is granted, the following 3 permissions (Document Assembly, Comments and Form Filling) are also automatically granted. When this permission is not granted, the following 3 permissions (Document Assembly, Comments and Form Filling) can independently be granted.

Allow Document Assembly – Assemble the document: insert, rotate or delete pages and create bookmarks or thumbnail images

Allow Annotations & Comments – Add or modify text annotations. When this permission is granted, the following permission 'Filling Form Fields & Signing' is automatically granted. When this permission is not granted, then the following permission 'Form Filling & Signing' can be granted independently. And when this permission is granted and the 'All Changes' permission is also granted, creating or modifying interactive form fields (including signature fields) is allowed.

Allow Filling Form Fields & Signing - Fill in existing interactive form fields including signature fields.

 

Output Routing Options

This section determines what happens once the PDF document has successfully been processed. If the processing fails for any reason the document will instead rout the document using the settings set in the Trouble Handling tab.

Print the PDF Document  

Change the Output File Name

Save the Output File to a Folder

FTP the Output File

E-Mail the Output File