Advanced style template properties - General tab
You can configure security, permissions, and PDF/A conformance levels for published PDF files. This topic does not apply to the DITA Rendition Engine.
To configure general properties
- Select PDF File or PDF/A.
- If you select PDF File, you can specify security information as follows:
- Set Password Required to Open Document
- Set a user password to restrict user access when opening a specific PDF document. Users are prompted to enter the password you specify here. A password must contain 6 - 32 characters. The user and master passwords cannot be the same.
- Set Password Required to Change Permissions and Passwords
- Set a master password to allow users to set or change permissions or passwords. A password must contain 6 - 32 characters. The user and master passwords cannot be the same.
- No Printing
- Prevent users from printing the file.
- No Changing the Document
- Prevent users from creating form fields as well as making any other changes.
- No Content Copying or Extraction, Disable Accessibility
- Prevent users from copying text and graphics, and disabling the accessibility interface.
- No Adding or Changing Comments and Form Fields
- Prevent users from adding or changing these areas. Users can still fill in the fields.
- If you select PDF/A, you can specify the level of conformance to the PDF/A ISO standard.
- Conformance level
- Specify the level of conformance with the PDF/A standard. PDF/A is an ISO standard for using the PDF format for the long-term archiving of electronic documents.