Re: Editable PDFs

["Chris Madsen" cmadsen@xxxxxxxx]

Patricia,
I can't create a PDF to test this. But if you want to send me a
password-protected PDF, I can experiment for you.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia M Godfrey" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 12:25 PM
Subject: Editable PDFs


> Daniel Say's post about PDF Converter for Microsoft Word is rather
> alarming to me. My professional association puts our small booklets about
> topics of interest to freelance editors, and we are planning to switch to
> storing and distributing them as PDFs, instead of sinking $ in paper
> inventory. We're already concerned about the possibility of someone's
> reprinting and reselling them without our knowledge or permission, but if
> people can convert and change them...? I know Acrobat has a
> password-protecton scheme. Would this defeat that? It seems odd that the
> control freaks in Redmond would be party to this.
> Patricia
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