[muglo] Re: PDF Security
- From: Dean Danis <dean_danis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:57:19 -0400
Thanks Mary, but we're not using Acrobat Pro, just Reader and Lion. Also,
security is an issue in this case although I would have gone with your
suggestion of forgoing the password.
Dean Danis
519-494-8639
90 Caprice Cr.
London Ontario
N5V 3M2
> Subject: [muglo] Re: PDF Security
> From: m.k.read@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:58:39 -0400
> To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Sometimes the simple solution is to open the generated PDF in Acrobat, and
> "save as". This resolves the icon issue and other non-Acrobat generated
> glitches.
> As an aside, there few things more annoying than a password-protected PDF.
> Unless it's a state secret, why bother? One of my clients (a gov't agency)
> invariably provides me with source documents that come with a password code.
> This only leads to a hunt and chase to get the unlocked version and ends up
> costing me time and them money. Although I guess this cumbersome process does
> keep government workers busy. Sort of like when you see five city workers
> standing around a pothole, and only one digging.
>
> Mary
> On 2012-03-20, at 10:37 AM, Wayne Dobson wrote:
>
> > Although I can't help with your specific problem, I will offer this:
> > I have had compatibility problems with Mac-generated pdf's for many years.
> > Using the print menu to generate a pdf will result in a pseudo-pdf with a
> > different icon than an Adobe one. I used to send these in emails and
> > Windows systems couldn't read them. If I emailed them to myself first, the
> > result was a regular pdf with the Adobe icon in return mail which I could
> > then forward. It seems to me there are options in 'save as' for a generic
> > pdf as well as a regular one. could this be the problem?
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