[pdftex] By default, pdfLaTaX removes some right to the pdf file.

[Roboco Sanchez]

My impression when I first saw the original question was that Loïc was
just confused by the way Adobe Reader 6 displays document security in
Document Restrictions Summary dialog which is different from Adobe
Acrobat Reader 5 Document Security dialog in the way that operations
not supported by the viewer (Reader 6) are always shown as Not
Allowed:

                            Printing: Allowed
                   Document Assembly: Not Allowed
       Content Copying or Extraction: Allowed
Content Extraction for Accessibility: Allowed
                          Commenting: Not Allowed
              Filling of form fields: Allowed
                              Signed: Not Allowed
         Creatioin of Template Pages: Not Allowed
                    Submitting Forms: Not Allowed

which could lead Loïc to believe that readers wouldn't be able to add
comments to the pdf because those Not Allowed restrictions were
imposed onto the pdf at the time it was created by pdflatex when in
fact it's not the case.

I might be wrong of course.

Rob.


On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:40:55 -0700 (PDT), Mick McQuaid
<mick at mickmcquaid.com> wrote:
> I have added plenty of comments to pdflatex documents
> under various versions of Acrobat 5 and 6, but not the
> free versions.  This thread seems to ask Adobe to make
> some of the features in the pay versions be available
> in the free version, or to publicize the API so that
> someone (not the poster) can make a free version with
> features not available in some of the other free pdf
> readers out there, some of which (e.g., qpdf2) provide
> comments but not ones that look like post-it notes.
> It would also be nice if someone would give away some
> free tickets for any planes that are not full or free
> tuition at Harvard for any classrooms that aren't
> crowded.
> 
> In a previous message in this thread, I claimed that
> it may not be sufficient to allow users to add
> comments since they may only offer enigmatic comments,
> but this claim has gone unremarked.
> 
> --- Roboco Sanchez <roboco at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm not sure I understand this thread. Does it mean
> > if I have a pdf
> > created by pdflatex I can add comments to my pdf
> > using Acrobat 5 but
> > cannot do so using Acrobat 6 ?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rob.
> >
> > 
> > On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:58:40 +0200, Lo�c Joly
> > <loic.actarus.joly at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> > > [Previous post did not seem to work, so posting
> > again]
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am using acrobat reader 6 (it seems that it
> > works fine with version
> > > 5), and when I create a document with pdfLaTeX, it
> > has the following
> > > permissions (among others):
> > >
> > > Review & Comment : Not autorised
> > > Fill In Form : Autorised
> > > Sign : Not autorised
> > >
> > > I would like to create a pdf document where
> > readers would be able to add
> > > comments. Does someone have an idea how to do it ?
> > (I have been told a
> > > way using some post-processing tool, but I would
> > prefer something
> > > integrated into pdfTeX if is was possible.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Lo�c
> 
> 
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