Allow users to save only to server, not locally?

Hi there,
I'm pretty new to Mac OS Server and before I jump in and look at setting my business up with a Mac server I'd like to find out how I can achieve one key requirement.
Essentially, I want my users to be able to access, open, modify and save documents ONLY on the server. For security and confidentiality reasons, I don't want anyone to be able to save documents from the server onto their Macs.
Is there a straight forward way to achieve this?
Cheers,
Pete

Hi,
Agree with Willard Martin, there is no way to prevent users from saving mail with attachment in the Drafts folder.
Best regards,
Belinda Ma
TechNet Community Support

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I am throughly confused about what I need, so I'm sorry, I'm sure this thread is a duplicate of several that are out there, but most of it seems to talk over my head.
I have a VERY old version of Adobe Acrobat (version 5.0, yes gasp in horror). I have the VERY old version of Acrobat Distiller (version 5.0). I have a form that was created in these versions of Acrobat. It works perfectly, even in the new version of Reader (v9), excpet that the form data can't be saved, not a shocker.
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