Disable Adobe Create PDF online service conversion for Office on Mac OS
Disable Adobe Create PDF online service conversion for Office on Mac OS
Apart from utilizing a native Office application, Acrobat leverages the Adobe Create PDF online service for converting Office documents to PDFs on Mac OS. IT administrators can deactivate the online service conversion feature and mandate the creation of PDFs through Acrobat or the Create PDF Add-in, ensuring the utilization of the local office application for this purpose.
Feature lockdown to turn off the service conversion in Acrobat.
If you do not want users to see the service conversion workflow in Acrobat, use the feature lockdown keys to suppress it.
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Keys |
bToggleAdobeDocumentServices, bToggleServiceConversion |
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Data type |
Boolean (YES/NO) |
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Default |
NO |
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Version # |
April 2017 (Acrobat continuous) |
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Loc path |
/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro.plist/Root/DC/FeatureLockdown/cServices/ |
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Summary |
Specifies whether to lock the service conversion functionality in Acrobat that allows Acrobat to use the Create PDF online service to convert documents to PDFs. |
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Details |
Possible values include:
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Disable the service conversion feature only from Office Add-in.
Following are the keys to turn off the online service from the Create PDF Add-in:
- ToggleAdobeDocumentServices
- ToggleServiceConversion
Steps:
- Navigate to the following location: /Users/<user>/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Library/Preferences/
- Open the com.microsoft.Word. plist file.
- Create a new key (one or both the keys listed above) of type Boolean.
- Set the value to YES.
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