Grayed Save and Save as in Preview

Hi,
I have noticed that some downloaded PDF documents are unable to save or save as. There seems little predictability as to which documents this occurs with. Is this a function of the document or a setting i have yet to discover in Preview and can it be undone?
Thanks

I am having the exact same problem under 10.4.11 - there are sites where a certain downloaded PDF has the "save" and "save as" options greyed-out. This isn't the case with all PDF files - only, in my case, files from a particular site.
In my case, I noticed on the very same file on another machine running 10.3.9 that the "save as" option is in fact available. Same thing on my work WinXP PC with Acrobat Reader. So it looks like it's the combination of the file plus the machine which is causing this to happen.
This isn't 100% critical as the files in question are in fact already saved on the disk, as when they're initially clicked they get downloaded before they are opened with Preview. However this is a curious phenomenon.
Anyone have any ideas?

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