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Oct 28th, 2008

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Can an Adobe PDF file *any version* be set up so that when you email it to someone they can't print to it?

I am trying to help my director and he can print any file but this one particular file he can't print - I'm wondering if Adobe has a feature where you can take away the print option from File>PRINT the print is grayed out.

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Re: PDF file

Yes, you can prevent printing on a .pdf file. But you should be able to printscreen or do a screen capture and paste and edit with Paint or another image tool.

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Click to Expand / Collapse Quote originally posted by ArtChess ...

I'm wondering if Adobe has a feature where you can take away the print option from File>PRINT the print is grayed out.

if you mean adobe reader ,i dough it ,if you mean a full version of adobe writer ,i think it has features to used to prevent the file from being printed and edited by others when the file is being created !!
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Re: PDF file

It can be done, if you know who created it have them disable the feature and send a new copy. It's not something you're likely to click by accident so they'll know how to change it.

If that's an option use the "print screen" option or use a program to convert it to an image or word document.

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See also if your snapshot tool (little camera icon) on top of the pdf window work, then just snapshot the document with that, and paste it in paint.

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Re: PDF file

you can check more pdf security features here http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Adobe/Gal...DFsecurity.pdf

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