Re: How to make a pdf read only?

2021-08-10 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
Try master pdf editor, this makes you hate pdf's less. Use the old/free one, or you will hate it again. I deal with the whole "you need to sign *this* thing" all the time, so I open their crap pdf in master pdf editor, insert a transparent png of my signature, save, and send it back. They never

Re: How to make a pdf read only?

2021-08-10 Thread Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss
On 8/10/21 1:01 PM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote: > PDF files can only be edited with something like Acrobat or a tool that > lets you do that. There are plenty of Linux tools that let you edit PDF files. Here is a short list, but far from complete list: * Libreoffice Draw * Okular * Sc

Re: How to make a pdf read only?

2021-08-10 Thread David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss
PDF files can only be edited with something like Acrobat or a tool that lets you do that. So they’re effectively “read only” by default without the right tools. Even then, when you create a PDF file, depending what you use, you can set an option that prevents or allows the text to be selected

Re: How to make a pdf read only?

2021-08-10 Thread Shawn Badger via PLUG-discuss
One option would be to turn it into an image which is then put into the pdf. Not impossible to change just more work to change. On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 11:48 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > joe--- via PLUG-discuss said on Fri, 06 Aug 2021 16:48:59 -0700 >