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

  1. Select PDF File or PDF/A.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.