Select the encryption type. By default this is set to No Encryption. Advanced 128-bit Encryption will provide you with more options, however, remember that no encryption is 100% secure and should not be used as such.

Standard 40-bit Encryption is compatible with Acrobat 3.x and higher.

Advanced 128-bit Encryption is compatible with Acrobat 5.x and higher.

Set the user password. The user password is the password required to open the document. This is the password which is actually used to encrypt the entire PDF. A blank password will allow anyone to open the PDF. The first and second entry for the user password must match.

Set the master password. The master password is the password required to change the permission settings in a PDF. This password does NOT encrypt the entire file and often can be easily removed. The first and second entry for the master password must match.

Both 128-bit and 40-bit encryptions have slightly different settings.

Setting the Printing to Fully Allow will allow a user to fully print the PDF.   The Allow Only Low Quality Printing option will limit users to a lower DPI printing, thus preventing them from just printing it to another PDF Printer Driver to remove the encryption, without sacrificing some loss of quality.   No Printing option prevents the user from printing entirely.   Only the Master would then be allowed to print the PDF.

Setting the Extraction to Allow Extraction of Text and Graphics will allow anyone to copy and paste images and text out of the PDF.   The Allow Only for Accessibility Programs will only allow programs marked as “accessibility programs” (programs that help blind or visually impaired users to read text on a computer) to extract the text and graphics from a PDF.

Setting the Allow Users to Edit the PDF will allow anyone to edit the PDF, if you uncheck it, only those with the master passwords will be able to edit it.

Setting the Allow Annotations will allow anyone to add an annotation (posted-notes and such) to a PDF, unchecking it will reserve this to those with a master password only.

Setting the Allow Users to Fill In Forms will allow anyone to fill out PDF form fields, unchecking it will only allow those with the master password to fill out the PDF form fields.

Setting the Allow Users to Assemble the PDF will allow anyone to assemble the PDF.   Unchecking it will reserve this to those with the master password.

NOTE: Encryption is not 100% secure (as no encryption truly is) and should not be regarded as such.   Use with caution.   CTdeveloping is not directly or indirectly liable for any damaged caused, loss sustained (because of loss of profit or any other reason) because of belief that this encryption would protect your PDF or the data / media it contains.

Select the printing permissions that the user (not master, as they will have full permission) will be allowed to print.

Select the extraction of text/graphics permissions that the user (not master, as they will have full permission) will be allowed.

Set user permission for editing the document in other softwares.

Set user permission to annotate the PDF in other softwares with objects such as notes and hyperlinks.

Set user permission to fill out form fields in the PDF file. (Note, this does not allow them to save the form field data to their computer without software such as PDFtypewriter or Adobe Acrobat)

Set user permission to assemble this PDF document into other PDF documents. This means allowing the PDF to be split or merged with other files.

Click Here to bring up the save as dialog for the PDF file about to be created.

Click Here to bring up the save as dialog for the image file(s) about to be created.

Click Here to bring up the save as dialog to choose the PDF file which will have the printer output appended to it.

Click Here to cancel the creation of a PDF file.

Click Here to bring up the help documentation for the PDFtypewriter PDF Printer Driver.

Click Here to save the current settings as a profile for creation to be used in the future. Saving them as "DEFAULT", will make the current settings the default settings to be loaded when the Load Default button is clicked. See PDF Creation Profiles for more information about these saved settings.

Click Here to load a saved creation profile. See PDF Creation Profiles for more information about loading these saved creation settings.

Click Here to load the default creation profile. See PDF Creation Profiles for more information about loading these saved creation settings.