How to add signature on a interactive pdf using adobe acrobat xi pro ?
You can find signature options in the menu pane that defaults to the right side of Acrobat. From Tools|Fill&Sign|Comment, select Fill&Sign, and then select "Place Signature" from the menu pane below it. You will be prompted to create a new signature.
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I would like to show a message to the user displaying the pdf reader name. Is there any pdf javascript that can show the reader name (eg: Adobe Acrobat or Nitro Pro)?
Not all pdf viewers support JavaScript and the ones that do, do so in varying degrees so this won't work in all applications but...
app.alert(app.viewerType+" "+app.viewerVersion);
... is intended to show which viewer application and version is running. In Adobe tools, the return values will be "Reader", "Exchange", "or "Exchange-Pro". "Exchange" was the original name of Acrobat so the last two are for Acrobat Standard and Acrobat Pro.
As I need to read help-documentation for Stata, I need to set Acrobat as the default PDF viewer. However, compared to Sumatra, the main drawback is that I can no longer obtain the following menu.
Is there a way to create such menu-entries in Acrobat, so that I can open other PDF editors from Acrobat? The use-case is: first, have Stata open the help-file correctly in Acrobat; and in Acrobat, with this file under view, open the same file (and show the same page, at best) in an external PDF viewer.
Is there a way to create such menu-entries in Acrobat, so that I can open other PDF editors from Acrobat?
No. Acrobat does allow menu items to be added via folder level JavaScript but you can't use it to launch other applications in that way. You can cause PDF files to open, but they'd get opened by the default viewer... which is Acrobat... and defeats your purpose.
I have a fillable pdf with few text boxes in it and a save button. When the user fills the form and clicks the save button using Acrobat Pro I am able to save the data as an attachment in pdf, But the problem is When the user opens the pdf using Adobe Reader and try to do the same thing as above I am getting following error.
I have been searching for a week but no luck. Is there any way to make createDataObject() function work in Adobe Reader? or Is there any other way we can embed data into pdf?
Note: I am using Acrobat Javascript for this functionality. And I am using Adobe Reader version 11 and Acrobat pro version 11 and my OS is Windows.
What I have read so far is that getting file attachments working in Adobe Reader requires certain security settings to be enabled. Check out this Adobe forum post. According to it, attaching files from within Adobe Reader is only possible if you have Adobe Reader Extensions and allow users with Reader to add attachments.
I've been trying to get attachments working in Adobe Reader with Adobe LiveCycle and Adobe Pro myself, but also no luck so far. If anyone can give any workarounds, I'd be very interested in them myself.
Our workaround is to put a JS file in
/c/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Acrobat DC/Acrobat/Javascripts/
or where ever.
This file has things like
app.PermittedFunction = function(some parameters here)
{
app.beginPriv();
Do fancy stuff here
app.endPriv();
}
app.trustedFunction(app.PermittedFunction)
Then we set button or menu Javascript actions as just
app.PermittedFunction(Generally pass in at least this so the file is clear)
And that should get you around the security errors.
I'm wondering if it is possible to force an Open/Save dialog for an inline PDF?
I have a link that opens a new window with an inline PDF in it. I was able to prompt the dialog by changing registry settings, but only if I changed my preferences in Adobe Reader (Internet > uncheck 'Display PDF in Browser'). So basically if the PDF is opening in Reader I can get a dialog.. but is this possible for inline PDFs? Thanks everyone.
You need to change "Content-disposition" attribute of the header of your http respose accordingly.
This answer in SO tells you how to do it in C#
This one tells you how to do it in PHP
This one in Java
I'm a converting my Word document into pdf using the built-in microsoft office converter (save as--> pdf).
I want my pdf to be protected (users cannot copy text from it). i can't seem to find any options for this when converting to pdf.
Any hint?
Thanks.
Found it, Can be done with Adobe Acrobat Professional, not the Acrobat Reader.
PDF, or portable document format, forms were created by Adobe as a form of universal file format. Adobe Acrobat Reader, which allows you to view PDF files, is available for free download. Unfortunately, to manipulate documents and perform functions like changing security settings, you must have the full Adobe Acrobat software. With it, you can create secure PDFs, but you can also change security settings on PDF forms.
You can use export to PDF feature in LibreOffice, just set permission password and then disable Content Copying.