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MarkJu
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October 17, 2019
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MS Word can edit Acrobat editing restricted PDFs and vice versa

  • October 17, 2019
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Good Day,

We have to prevent users to edit important content controled files and it seems that since MS Word 2013, it can open for editing PDFs that were secured by password with Adobe Acrobat for editing. In fact it transforms the PDF into a docx file just like if it was opening it. We also tried with MS Word to restrict editing and Abobe does not see the security set by MS Word. I know that the MS Word part is Microsoft's matters but shouldn't Adobe secure the files for any software that would open it?

Is the editing restriction only to restrict Abobe Products users only to edit?

Thanks,

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Adobe warn when setting security that third party apps may not respect it. They should, the rules were published over 20 years ago, but nothing compels them to. Yes, setting security is pointless, that's why Adobe warn about it; some people are still required to do it for policy reasons.

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October 17, 2019

Adobe warn when setting security that third party apps may not respect it. They should, the rules were published over 20 years ago, but nothing compels them to. Yes, setting security is pointless, that's why Adobe warn about it; some people are still required to do it for policy reasons.

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