Document Restrictions Summary

Dear all,
Are there anyone wanna help me, how to change "File properties" in Document Restrictions Summary :
1) Content Copying from Allowed to Not allowed and,
2) Content Copying for Accessibility from Allowed to Not allowed ?
Thank you for helping me in that case.
Warm regard,
Serwin

[ moved to the correct forum ]
Document restrictions are controlled by the security policy applied to the PDF file (password, certificate or DRM encryption). You can use Adobe Acrobat to apply security, using the Tools Pane > Protection panel > Encrypt button. It's not possible to apply or change security in Adobe Reader.

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