Encryption settings
PDF Manager can apply three different levels of encryption to your PDF documents:
None
This option is selected by default and the documents are not encrypted. You cannot set any of the other options on this screen if None is selected.
High (128-bit RC4 — Acrobat 5.0 and later)
If you set the Encryption level to High, all the following permission options are selected by default. You may deselect or change them, as necessary.
Permission option | Description |
|---|---|
Allow change | Enables the user to edit a PDF document. |
Allow filling in form fields | Enables commenting, filling in form fields and extracting pages when reviewing the PDF document. |
Allow notes | Enables the user to add comments to a PDF document. |
Allow assembly | Enables the user to insert, rotate, delete pages and create bookmarks in a PDF document. |
Allow copy | Enables text, images and other contents in the PDF document to be copied. |
Allow copy for accessibility | Enables screen readers for the visually impaired to read the PDF document's contents. |
Allow printing | Enables the PDF document to be printed by any version of Acrobat application, to any printer and PDF creation software. |
High resolution | Default selection. |
Low resolution | Enables the PDF document to be printed in DRAFT format and restricts printing to a PDF creation program such as PDF Manager to create a new PDF file. |
Low (40-bit RC4 — Acrobat 3.0 and later)
If you set the Encryption level to Low, the following permission options are enabled.
Permission option | Description |
|---|---|
Allow change | Enables the user to edit a PDF document. |
Allow notes | Enables the user to add comments to a PDF document. |
Allow copy | Enables text, images and other contents in the PDF document to be copied. |
Allow printing | Enables the PDF document to be printed by any version of Acrobat application, to any printer and PDF creation software. |
High resolution | Default selection. |