Which Adobe product can create a PDF that cannot be altered or printed by the recipient?

Hi quoman,
It sounds like you're asking how to add security to a PDF file. You'll need Acrobat Pro or Standard to do that. If you don't have Acrobat, you may try it for free for 30 days. See www.adobe.com/products/acrobat.html for more information.
Best,
Sara

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Hi,
We're looking for a solution where a PDF can be created and distributed to multiple people - each with their own username/password to open - and also when opened created a user based water mark on the document. Is this something that can be done inside Acrobat Pro or is there a higher end product that does this?
Thanks!

If the list of people who and only who you want to be able to open this PDF is predefined, then you can use Certificate Encryption in Acrobat. For this method to work each of possible recipients of the encrypted PDF needs to procure a digital certificate with a private key enabled for encryption and send you the public key version of this certificate. Then you encrypt this PDF with public key certificates (there may be many of them) of all recipients you want to be able to open this PDF. Then you distribute this PDF to all recipients and each of them can then open this PDF with their private key certificates.
You can also create PDFs with Optional Content which contains different watermarks with the selector for a watermark based on user ID or some other identification of the user. I do not know, though how to create such Optional Content using just Acrobat Pro. You may need to write a plugin to Acrobat to do that.

If Wallaby can't help me right now, which Adobe product can?

I've built this website using Flash, and I'd like for it to work on iOS:
http://brianharkin.com/situated/
Each of the nine animation loops uses audio (so Wallaby is out).
Is there an application I can use to build these to work on iOS? After Effects? I'm assuming that Dreamweaver, even with its new HTML5 capabilities, doesn't handle animation and audio in this way. Any ideas?
Thanks.

While Wallaby doesn't support audio at this time, HTML5 does. So you could use Wallaby for the animation, export the audio from Flash Pro, and then add the audio to the Wallaby output manually.
There currently are no Adobe applications which would allow you to do content like this in HTML5. We hope to have audio in a future Wallaby release.
Note that Wallaby doesn't support video at this time. It wasn't clear if your content was actual video or animated stills.

How (with help of which Adobe product) can I compose such short videos as those at the link down?

http://vimeo.com/44513538
Thanks a lot!

By learning how to use After Effects. Here are just a few links to tutorials
http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2012/02/after-effects-basics-tutorials-by-andrew-devis .html FREE
http://www.lynda.com/member.aspx
http://www.crishdesign.com/books/Creating-Motion-Graphics/index.html
http://www.video2brain.com/en/after-effects-learn-by-video

Which Adobe program can delete all of the background behind an item? That is: chair has busy backgro

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Wogdon,
Depending on the object, you may try to Image/Live Trace it (with suitable settings), or you may lock the image and draw a path round (and maybe one or more inside) the object with the Pen Tool.

Which Adobe product should I use ?

Hi!
I'm going to generate, merge and put a waterstamp on PDF's. I want to do that from C# code on a 64-bit server. There is no need for a GUI.
Which Adobe product can help me do hat ?
Regards
Wiggur

Hi Wiggur!!
All you said is possilbe by creating Actions in Acrobat X. That will be a silent process and will do everything automatically. Installation of Acrobat on servers depends on the license that you purchase. But certainly you can do that. That will be a silent process and you can call those actions by any programming language, i guess!
I want to do that from C# code on a 64-bit server. There is no need for a GUI.
Which Adobe product can help me do hat ?
I am not sure if i followed the quoted part.. If you wanna do all that using C#, y do you need an adobe product for?
~Sandeep V.

Creating a PDF that has editable fields and replaceable images

I've been trying to figure out how I can create a PDF that has editable texts and replaceable images. I'm working for a company in which all computers only have Adobe Reader as means to view or edit a PDF file. So far I have managed to create a file that has editable text fields with customized appearance, which is great! The next step however was to create 'fields' that can be filled by an image. Is there a way to create replaceable images with LiveCycle or any other prorgram for that matter.
My goal is simple: Create a PDF that has editable textfields and replaceable images. All of which should be done in Adobe Reader.
I'm using Adobe Acrobat X Pro to create this file and I'm wondering if Live Cycle can help me with this problem, or if this is even possible to begin with. Thanks in advance.

Your goal is very simple with the LCD. You are have to use only an Image Field (important no Image) from the object library.
Any time you can click on it and select a new picture.
Hope this information is helpful?
Kind regards Mandy
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want to create fillable PDF that can be used by many people running on both MAC and PC. What Adobe product should I use?

Hans-Gunter
Thanks so much. I downloaded Acrobat XI. It's been "extracting" for the past 30 minutes (even with a fast wi-fi). Hope this is not a problem.
Anne

I have created a PDF form with multiple drop downs, all with the same drop down values. When I select a value from 1 of the drop down fields, it replicates in all of the others - which I do not want. How can I fix this?

I have created a PDF form with multiple drop downs, all with the same drop down values. When I select a value from 1 of the drop down fields, it replicates in all of the others - which I do not want. Can I fix this?

I'm fairly new to this, but I think it has to do with the way you have the drop downs named. Did you copy one then keep pasting it in each field? If so, that is the problem. You should rename each one with a different number: Dropdown1, Dropdown2, etc. I think that might solve the issue.

Creating a .pdf that someone can sign digitally

Where I work we FAX out hundreds of drawings per year for customers to sign. These are 8.5" x 11" documents usually between one and five pages. Is there anyway to create a .pdf that that has some kind of signature line or signature button that the customer can click to indicate approval of the drawing? This would alleviate the need for both the original FAX and for the customer's return FAX. I know how to create the .pdf but don't know how to put in a signature option.
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With Acrobat 8 (Pro or 3D) or Acrobat 9 (Standard, Pro, Pro Extended) you can "Reader enable" a PDF.
One thing this provides is that users of Adobe Reader (back to, I think, Reader 7.(something)) can use the Comments & Markup tools.
So, you send me this PDF of a drawing. It is "Reader enabled".
I use Adobe Reader (knowing "good tools" is "good business", I'm using Reader 9 - fully updated <g>).
I open the PDF. I add a "Sticky Note", maybe add some text, and use the Options drop-down to go to Set Status > Review > Accepted.
Maybe I get fancy and go into the Sticky Note Properties to change the "appearance" from the default "Comments" to one of the other icons available.
You get the annotated PDFs back. Perhaps an individual PDF has more than one annotation.
Open the Comments List. Looking over the Tool bar for this you will see that you can show/hide/sort and output PDF reports.
Of course, a small learning curve is involved.
Pay off is that the turnips go to market via a truck versus a horse drawn cart (fax). 8^)
Be well...

Is it still possible to attach sticky notes to a pdf file? Which Adobe product will enable this?

Is it still possible to attach sticky notes to a pdf file? Which Adobe product do I need to do this?

Both Acrobat and Reader 10/11 can, and previous versions of Reader can if the document is enabled to allow it. Mobile versions of Reader can too.

What adobe product can i use to create a video scribe?

I need to create a video scribe for a project. Does anyone know if there's a video scibe product in creative cloud or any other adobe product?

Try with After Effects CS 6 as its one of the best tool in Creative cloud but be ensure that you have a 64 bit machine as it will work with only 64 bit machine .
For more info , please refer to the following link :
http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects.html?promoid=DJDRI

Creating a PDF that is customizable/interactive for different companies and representatives

I am rather new to Adobe, however I am able to use most of the software (illustrator, indesign, Photoshop, LiveCycle) just fine.
My issue is I am not sure which program/technique I should use for an interactive PDF I need to create.
I am trying to create a PDF document that will be around 50 pages. This document I will distribute to representatives in my company who work for many different financial institutions. I somehow want to create this PDF for them to be able to customize by inserting their financial institution's logo and date to the footer and insert their name to title page (and any other applicable pages).
If possible, I was hoping there was a way to include a page where our representatives could select from a checklist which of the 50 pages of the PDF they wanted to include in their document. The representatives also are not that tech savvy and think just telling them to delete the pages from the PDF could cause potential problems. Also a checklist would be simple and look much more professional.
The representatives would not have access to any Adobe design software, so the final document would have to be some sort of interactive/customizable PDF through Acrobat.
I am kind of lost as to how I can create this PDF and so if anyone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it! It's also possible I may be in the wrong program forum. So apologize if I am.
Thanks!

This can be done using Adobe Acrobat yes.
You need to decide how many uses this item will get. The reason is you have to specially enable the forms so that the users can use Reader to save the changes afterwards. These enabled files have use restrictions. You can send them to 500 people and they can use them as many times as they want or you can send them to as many people as you want but can only collect the item back 500 times.

Creating a pdf that contains forms

I am trying to create a pdf that combines three pdfs and several forms that I created in LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2. I have enabled using Reader to complete the forms so that they can be saved once completed.
My problem is that when I try to combine file in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, it won't let me add the forms because they are Adobe XMS forms.
I did not intend to save the forms as XML forms, so I'm wondering how to save the forms so that they can be combined into one pdf.
I tried the portfolio option, but feel that this format will be confusing to the people who need to use the packet.

I actually found a workaround, although it doesn't save a lot of work...
I opened the form I created in Designer in Acrobat, and then I printed it to a file. That generated a post-script file, which I ran through the Distiller to create a new pdf that is unaffected by the XML problem.
Yes, I had to re-enter my fields, but at least I didn't lose all of the work - and formatting - I did in Designer.
Cindy

I want to scan typed documents to Word for Mac and change them. Which Adobe product is best for this? This is not my area of expertise. Thank you.

Can someone tell me which Adobe product to use? I'm compiling a manuscript of poems and short stories for a friend, which are typed and handwritten and I need to edit them. Thank you.

Scanning to Word won't do what you want.
You see, a scan of a page is just like a photograph of it. You have photos of letters and stuff, but no actual letters. There is a special process called "optical character recognition" (OCR) which analyses the picture in detail, and decides - hey that pattern of dots looks like it might be a letter A - and that would could be an S... it is difficult and time consuming but if the original is clear then you can get a lot of text text with the need only for careful proof reading.
Check the software which came with the scanner first. It may well offer options for OCR. Yes, Adobe Acrobat Pro can do this, but you have unnecessary complication, because you'll then need to get the text out from Acrobat to begin the tedious process of typesetting each page. To be honest, you might find retyping everything the quickest and most reliable approach. If you aren't already experienced in dealing with long documents in Word you are in for a long haul. Back up a lot, so you don't lose everything due to a mistake.
(I'm assuming you don't want a "facsimile" - a warts-and-all exact copy of each original page, as typed and scribbled, with no changes at all - that would be a different story).

Which Adobe product can create a PDF that cannot be altered or printed by the recipient?

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