Protect an Adobe PDF File - Public Beta
July 12, 2006 · 2 Comments
My group at Adobe, Hosted Services, has just launched the public beta of a new online service that lets you control access to PDF documents that you distribute.
You can create "policies" and apply them to any PDF document that you want to distribute. The policy determines who can open the document, what they can do with it and the period during which the document will be "valid".
For example, you could create a policy that allows just your team members to open, print and comment on a specification. Or you could create a policy that allows a special offer to be read - but not printed - by anyone for the next 14 days. Or...
The online service also lets you track events on each policy-protected document.
You can sign up for a free trial of this service by visiting the Create Adobe PDF Online site. The trial will allow you to test drive both the Protect an Adobe PDF File Beta as well as the long-standing Create Adobe PDF Online service.
Behind the scenes, the heavy lifting is done by a combination of LiveCycle products.
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1 Jacob Munson // Jul 13, 2006 at 6:57 AM
2 Sean Corfield // Jul 13, 2006 at 7:43 AM
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