Restrict copying of a PDF file

Can I restrict copying of a PDF file? Not the content, the entire file. If not, is there an add on I can purchase?

Digital Rights Management is far from complicated - it's just very expensive!
The only way to control the copy or move operations on a file system would be to install a rootkit program that was tied to a proprietary file format - this was attempted by a well-known music and video company several years back and was ruled illegal, it cost them a fortune. There are always ways round it by loading alternate operating systems.

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HT2506 hi i can't seem to copy and paste pdf files from preview to a microsoft word document. it always comes up with nonsense characters in the word document. how do i fix this? thanks in advance

hi i can't seem to copy and paste pdf files from preview to a microsoft word document. it always comes up with nonsense characters in the word document. how do i fix this? thanks in advance

Hi,
The quickest way to do this (tested with OS 10.8.2, MS Word 2011) is in one line:
tell application "Microsoft Word" to close every document whose name begins with "book"
The reason why your script doesn't work is that you aren't specifying to Word which document you want it to close.
So, changing one line ought to do it:
close document incrementvalue -- instead of "close document"
But... when you close a document, you change the document count. Document 2 becomes document 1, document 3 becomes document 2 etc. So eventually you'd get a message saying "The object you are trying to access doesn't exist".
Because of this, if you want to do it in a repeat loop, you have to work backwards:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
set doc_count to count documents
repeat with x from doc_count to 1 by -1
if name of document x begins with "book" then close document x
end repeat
end tell
Hope this helps.

Why copying from particular pdf files and pasting to Words introduces improper fonts?

Why copying from particular pdf files and pasting to Words introduces improper fonts?
I’m wondering copying from particular pdf files and pasting to Words introduces improper fonts! Is there some workaround to avoid this problem?
Thank you for the help
Best
Jamal

Thank you for the answer.
if i save it as Word, then the all goes fine.
my issue here, is why in particular cases copying and pasting from the pdf file to Word is working very well, but in others, it is not!
what might be the reason?
best
Jamal

Disable download a copy option for pdf files in SharePoint 2013

Hi,
We need to disable Download A Copy option of Document library for few users of our site.
We have provided them View Only rights which disables download for other files except PDF files.
Kindly suggest

Hi Nirikshita,
As the “Download A Copy” button was available when the users(View Only permission) clicked a PDF file, you can try to hide the “Download A Copy” option based on user permissions.
There are some links for your reference:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/12c1db29-38ab-45cc-803d-29e5ba4834bc/disable-download-a-copy-submenu?forum=sharepointgeneralprevious
http://www.alaindeklerk.com/conditionally-enabledisable-ribbon-buttons-based-on-user-permissions/
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/eba89b93-6d1b-4453-b50c-5fc7790c1082/how-to-hide-ribbon-buttons-from-sharepoint-2010-page?forum=sharepointcustomizationprevious
http://johanolivier.blogspot.com/2011/12/show-or-hide-sharepoint-ribbon-tab.html
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Can´t open, rename, copy or delete PDF file

I have got a problem opening, renaming, moving, copying and even deleting a PDF file with a very long file name. It does not upload either, so I cannot send it to Adobe via the Support form.
I have now downloaded a PDF repair application, but I get the following error: "The above file name is invalid". It seems the file is corrupted or damaged. I only managed to open it once, after which it stopped working.
My OS is XP. I use Adobe Reader to open PDF files.
Can someone tell me how to deal with this file? Thanks.

You do not need Reader to change the name of a file. If you cannot change the name of a file in Windows XP, then you have major problems that have nothing to do with Reader. You have at a minimum file directory damage, you could have a virus. Reboot your computer, with no applications open try to change the name of the file using Windows' Explorer app.

Copying text from PDF files in another language

When I try to copy text from a PDF file which is written in Greek - the minute I paste it into another document, the text cannot be recognized so comes out as a jumbled mess. How an I solve this problem??

Into what other document type? Word? Do you have a Greek font selected when you paste? Or a Unicode font?

Copying zero byte pdf files infinitely between shared computers

I've just had a nasty experience (which has happened years before in lower operating systems) and is extremely annoying. My Mac Mini and MacBook are set to share files. On my Mini (running 10.7.5) I create a pdf file from a "Print this page" option on a Safari webpage (using "Print this page" => PDF => Save as PDF). The file shows up ok in the finder of my Mini. Then in another finder window I open my shared MacBook (running Mavericks) and navigate to the folder I wish to copy into.
I drag and drop the file into said folder on the shared Mac, and an info window appears to show the copy process. There is a progress bar, but the process is never completed, but appears stalled. I go away and come back an hour later. Same thing still happening. I check on my MacBook and the folder is now filled with tens of thousands (literally!) of zero byte files, being added to infinitely.
Talk about annoying! Then the finder balks at putting these in the Trash. Then the Trash balks at being emptied. I found the best thing is to drag out of the contaminated folder the files I keep, put them into a new folder, and trash the entire folder that has been filled with you-know-what.
I also turned off TechTool's Trash history option in Preferences, because that would be driven crazy by his process. I checked Activity Monitor, and Finder was shown as NOT RESPONDING several times during this process. Finally got rid of the files. Now I'm using DropBox to transfer files. Sharing web PDF's between my Mac's has become a hazardous experience.
Anyone else have this experience? Any idea how to prevent it? Or is Apple needing to make a software update for this?

More likely that Techtool needs to make an update. Ask Micromat.

How to print double sided copy from a pdf file on a HP 8500a plus

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How do i print that PDF 4 page file from the computer to the printer - But double sided.
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Choosing and copying in the pdf file

From the security settings of the file, I see that the pdf author has allowed the copying, but I can't choose and copy. How can I do it?

A scan is basically an image; you can't select any (or all) text on it.
The only way to get text out of a scanned image is to process it with text recognition (OCR), which is available in Acrobat or the Adobe PDF Pack service.

How can I copy text from pdf file to Pages or Word?

I recently changed to Lion. When I try to copy pdf text from either Preview or Adobe reader into either Pages or Microsoft Word I get all undecipherable characters. This did not happen in previous OSX versions. Is there a fix?

I have found that some pdf's are "protected" so that it is not possible to copy text. Does this happen to all your pdfs, or just some?
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Opening pdf in browser leaves copy of pdf file on desktop

Guess I'm having a "bald moment" (never was blond).... Whenever I open a pdf file in a browser (Safari or Firefox) a copy of the pdf file is actually downloaded to my desktop. If I am updating my online bank accounts this leaves dozens of files cluttering the desktop that I have to later delete. I have not been able to figure out how to change this behavior. Any suggestions?
thanks

"How about browser preferences? are you using 10.4.8? that would mean over two years without updates."
There's nothing I can find in the browser prefs that affects this behavior. I'm running 10.5.7 of OSX.
"Are you using Acrobat? latest 9.1+? a browser plug-in? to view pdfs?"
Firefox launches Acrobat to open pdfs. I have the latest version the Acrobat reader. Safari uses Preview.
"I'm not surprised a file is saved to disk. But does the browser delete temp files on quit or closing?"
Actually, I am quite surprised that a copy of a pdf opened via a browser is left lying around. This is bad behavior.
There is no temp file. Immediately upon clicking the url and the pdf file opening, there is a copy of the file on the desktop.
"Other things to try: backup your system (clone, so it is bootable) and repair the drive and permissions with SuperDuper and Disk Warrior. Just to be sure you have backup, and that it is working properly."
I don't really get the fixation on these forums with repairing permissions. It is unlikely to fix anything other that an app that will not run or that cannot access one of its supporting files. I've used Macs since they came into existence and have worked with UNIX almost as long. I have NEVER seen a problem fixed by repairing permissions and have never seen permissions actually repaired except after a software install. And that is a symptom of a poorly designed installer. Sorry to rant.
Thanks for the reply.

Can I use a pdf file as a website and can it be protected?

If I create a pdf file (that will eventually end up around 600 A4 pages)
how can I use that file alone as a website, please?
Is it also possible to do a pdf file for my website that does not allow the visitor
to save, print or in any way store a copy of my pdf file, please?
Any help here is appreciated as I know only just a little about pdf files.
Many thanks for reaidng me.
Kevin

The PDF can be linked on a web site, but it is not HTML and will not display as a web site. It would ALWAYS be downloaded and opened in a PDF viewer -- Acrobat, Reader, GView, etc. You can not restrict the saving of the PDF. Once it has been opened on a client machine, it has been saved locally. Thus a user would only have to copy the file from the download location -- though many users do not know how to do this. If you want the PDF to be secure in some sense so that it can not be used if copied and such, then you have to use Digital Rights at a substantial cost (in the $1000s).

To access pdf files from application server using web.show_document

Hello!
If my pdf file is copied in Oracle_home/forms90/java directory.Then using web.show_document i can access the pdf file.But I can't copy all the pdf files in /forms90/java directory.We have lacs of pdf files which I want to keep in my own directory.But my requirement is if my pdf file is in /home2/docs directory in (Linux application server) ie in my own directory where I store all the pdf files.Then web.show_document does not open the pdf file.It says page cannot be displayed.For that I think we have to configure the directory /home2/docs directory as a webserver.From otn I got something like forms90.conf file in application server where we have to set virtual directory mapping etc.If the pdf is in local machine then in orion-web.xml file we have to mention real path and save the file and shutdown oc4j instance and restart it again.I tried it.But it is not working.Can u give me step by step instructions to solve this problem.I found a few links in discussion forum.But is doesn't work out.My pdf file is in /home2/docs directory in Linux application server.Please treat it as urgent.
Regards
Jayashree

Hi Sandeepmsandy,
There is no available code sample for this scenario. You may write your own.
Step 1: Get pdf URL from sqlite database. Please refer to the following MSDN blog and see a code sample.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertgreen/archive/2012/11/13/using-sqlite-in-windows-store-apps.aspx. Note, you need to retarget the project to 8.1 and then get two sqlite packages from NuGet before building this sample.
Step 2: Use some special classes to get file from serer.
HttpWebRequest can help download small pdf files. For more information to see
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/de96a61c-e089-4595-8349-612be5d23ee6/download-file-with-httpwebrequest?forum=winappswithcsharp. It’s easy for use, but if you want to download the larger or many files, it’s recommend to use
BackgroundTransfer namespace. The classes in this namespace provide a power way to transfer files in the background. See a code sample from MSND.
https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Background-Transfer-Sample-d7833f61.
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Saving a PDF file without the comments

In Acrobat Reader, is it possible to save a copy of a PDF file without the comments.
I'm doing a PhD, and would like to be able to send some scientific papers to colleagues without the annotation I may have added. Of course, manually removing all the comments is not a good solution.

In the Comment panel, go to the Comments List, press Ctrl+A and then Delete.

How to access a PDF file from Oracle DATABASE SERVER

Hi
I have some pdf files in "\home2\docs" directory in Oracle database server 10g. (OS is Linux) I want to access those pdf files from my client system through Oracle Forms. How is it possible?
Please Help!!!! It is very urgent !!!
Expecting fast response!!!!!
Bye

hi
Thank u for ur response.
Initially i tried to access pdf file from database server. I didn't get any solution for that. So I copied all my pdf files to Application server which is in Linux environment at "/home2/docs" directory.
I gave the following command for accessing the pdf files kept in Lnux Application Server from Oracle 10g forms in a button press trigger.
web.show_document('http://192.168.1.53:7779/home2/docs/test.pdf');
It says "page cannot be found"
So I copied one of the pdf file named "test.pdf" to "/oracle/oas10g/IasHome/forms90/java" in Linux Application Server . Then the following command
web.show_document('http://192.168.1.53:7779/forms90/java/test.pdf');
has opened the the pdf file in browser.
192.168.1.53 is my Linux Application Server IP. and 7779 is the port.
Actually we have lacs of pdf files. So i cannot keep all the pdf files in "/oracle/oas10g/IasHome/forms90/java" directory in Linux Application Server. And also all the pdf files not in the same directory , "/home2/docs" some of the pdf files r in the subdirectories of "/home2/docs/" like /home2/docs/sub1, /home2/docs/sub2, /home2/docs/sub3 etc.
Then how to configure my "/oracle/oas10g/IasHome/forms90/server/forms90.conf" file for retrieving pdf files from "/home2/docs/" and its subdirectories. Is Anything other than this, required for solving my problems.
Now My PDF files r in LINUX APPLICATION SERVER not in database server.
Please help!! It is VERY URGENT!!!

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