If you have adobe acrobat professional software, you can use the option
File>Create>Combine files into one single PDF. This will combine the
password-protected PDF plus a coversheet PDF containing the metadata you
are looking to add.
Good luck!
Monica
On 10/28/2013 1:16 PM, Matthew Sherman wrote:
Correct, it is locked only to editing. The professor is around so I
probably should contact him as you suggest. I was asking in the case I ran
into something where I could not contact the professor, but asking him
directly is probably the best move. As for adding it to the metadata I am
just a bit unsure as the e-mail they sent me requested that I "Please add
this text to the pdf file:"
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Jim DelRosso <[email protected]> wrote:
Just to clarify: the password's only necessary to *edit *the PDF?
In my experience, most publishers are fine with required statements going
in the metadata, so long as the metadata is visible to users. That being
said, it does depend on the publisher, and their specific request.
Is it possible to contact the author directly about getting the password,
or a PDF that's not password-locked?
Jim
*Jim DelRosso, MPA, MSLIS
Digital Projects Coordinator*
*Hospitality, Labor, and Management Library*
Catherwood Library
ILR School
Cornell University
239D Ives Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
p 607.255.8688
f 607.255.9641
e [email protected]
www.ilr.cornell.edu
*Advancing the World of Work*
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Matthew Sherman
<[email protected]>wrote:
We use DSpace for our repository so any editing to the PDFs have to be
done
in Acrobat before uploading. I can add a note to the metadata in DSpace,
but I am not sure if that fulfills the permissions agreement. I was
recently hired for this position so I do not know who provided us the
file
to upload in the first place. That is why I am asking if anyone else has
dealt with this since I am unsure if I can ever get the password.
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Jim DelRosso <[email protected]> wrote:
Matt,
Does the software you use generate cover pages that you can edit? Or
can
you add the note to the metadata page associated with the document?
Jim
*Jim DelRosso, MPA, MSLIS
Digital Projects Coordinator*
*Hospitality, Labor, and Management Library*
Catherwood Library
ILR School
Cornell University
239D Ives Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
p 607.255.8688
f 607.255.9641
e [email protected]
www.ilr.cornell.edu
*Advancing the World of Work*
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Matthew Sherman
<[email protected]>wrote:
Hello Code4libbers,
I had a question for for others who work with institutional
repositories.
I have a file given by the a professor that I have permission to post
if
I
add a note to the PDF, but the file is password locked. Has anyone
else
run into this problem before? Can anyone give me some advice in how
I
can
edit this to add the required note to the top of the PDF? Any advice
is
welcome.
Matt Sherman
