Trying to find a Forum/solution for Save a Copy task in Acrobat 9

[Guest]

I have over 3,000 PDF's that I need to remove the "extended rights" from. I've searched and the only solution I've found suggests opening one-by-one using "Save a Copy" which is taking me forever! Is there no other option available for this task?

Thank you in advance for any more efficient resources you can point me towards for accomplishing this.

[maxwyss]

I am not sure whether you could do it as an action; it would not be much faster, but you could do other stuff while it runs.

If you are on Mac, you could also create an Applescript which, if needed, uses System Events to accomplish the job; and if suitable, you could also create a droplet for that.

A third thing to look closer (but I am not sure whether it does indeed exist) would be a Preflight fixup; here, you too, can create a droplet to automatize things. If suitable, converting to PDF/X1-a may also work.

For a command line solution, you might contact for example Appligent, they may have a tool which would recreate the PDFs, and get rid of the Extended Rights.

Hope this can help.

[Guest]

Thank you, I do appreciate you taking the time to provide some suggestions. I did research actions but didn't get too far for my needs. I'm not on a Mac but can share this with someone who is and see if I can go that route or not.

I also previously found javascript (bCopy) that will make the copies, but it still won't remove the extended rights. seems like a solution is just one step away there...

If I can get results with the Mac solutions will mark this as correct!

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I think you'll find that there is no automation for this in Acrobat, just as there is no automation for adding extended rights. Adobe sell LiveCycle Reader Extensions for adding extensions, and it might also have a removal option.

It's too late for this issue, but I'd recommend considering the following as FINAL:

- signing

- setting security

- reader extending

Final because removal is not always possible or convenient. Hence, I recommend that you systematically archive the "before" files in every case.

[Guest]

Thank you.   yes going forward I will account for this differently than before - good advice!