Setting PDF security options

When you print a chart as a PDF document, you can protect the document. You can password protect it, and control whether recipients of the PDF can print it, modify it, copy its contents, or add and edit notes.

  1. Click the Publish tab, and then in the Print group, click the arrow below Print to PDF.
  2. In the menu, click PDF Security Options. The PDF Security Options window opens.
  3. Optional: In the Document Open Password field, type the password that the reader must enter to open the PDF document.
    Note: Do not rely on PDF password protection to secure sensitive documents.
  4. Optional: To control what the reader can do with the document, you must enter a permissions password then select which actions are permitted. If you do not enter a permissions password, all the actions in the Permissions group are permitted.
    1. In the Permissions Password field, type the password that the reader must enter, and then modify which actions are permitted to the reader.
    2. In the Permissions group, select actions.
  5. To save the settings, click OK.