Is there a way to automatically add in author name to metadata when user edits PDF?

[chewmelody]

I am trying to see if there is a setting/script that will be activated to automatically add in the author name into the metadata when a user edits and saves the PDF. We are basically trying to find a way to track users who make a quick edit on a PDF when it does occur.

I know you can technically look at the Modified Date to see when the PDF itself was changed/edited, but this would mean we would have to look and cross check for each PDF, even the ones that are not edited. If we have it so that the author metadata is added in only when users edits and saves the PDFs, it will be a red flag we can easily see.

[try67]

It's possible, but will require installing a script on the local computer of each user, as well as in each file...

[chewmelody]

Installing the script for each user may not be an issue as long as it's a one time thing, but if a script will need to be added into each file, it's just as worthless anyways.

I do know there are Actions and Commands, but you would have to select these specific action/command, versus something just activating for all documents when a user edits and saves it from the File menu.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

You can use an Action to edit multiple files at once and embed this script in them, but it has to be done for all the files you want this to happen to. There's no global event-handler in Acrobat that runs each time a file is saved, only document-specific ones.

[chewmelody]

Right. Ok! Thank you for your reply and help.