Include Security Settings in PDF Presets

Boy does Illustrator go out of its way to make saving a PDF painful. No export, so we have to Save a Copy. Then we have to change the filename, directory, and pick a preset because it always defaults to Illustrator Default. And if we want to add security features we need to set all of them each time we export.
There needs to be a PDF export, and the presets need to be more robust.
Actually, there needs to be a replacement for Illustrator, jsut as inDesign replaced PageMaker.

Ok I understand your point.
you have tons of Illustrator files that need to be saved as pdf format with a specific pdf preset and encrypt it as well.
What i do is to create/record an action saving my Illustrator file to the pdf format with the preset i need(Do not encrypt yet, that's another step ahead), then use the batch dialog box, located in the action flyout menu, this dialog box lets you select the action you just recorded, select a Source folder where all your Illustrator files to be converted need to be and a Destination folder where your new pdf will be created,be aware that the check fields "override actions open" as well as "save" need to be selected in order to avoid a dialog box asking you what file to open and where to save it, after all this click Ok to play the action over the files in the source folder, wait some seconds and voilá.
Check your pdf files in your destionation folder.
Now we'll use Acrobat Pro to encrypt the files in the destination folder.
You need to create your own sequence to automate this process by going to the Advanced>Document Processing>Batch Processing... menu.
A new dialog box appear, click on new sequence, type a name for this new sequence(ie. encryption test), click on select commands... button, Select the Security action from the Document Set then click add>>, then select the new added action in the right click edit and set up the encryption you want in all your documents then click ok.
leave run commands on to ask... and select output location to same folder as originals.
click Ok and test it, i know the setup time is long but this technique will save you time.

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