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Security Method is No Security but Page Extraction and Document Assembly is not Allowed


I have a very strange problem and I am not sure where the issue is. I am creating a PDF and not setting any security restrictions or a password. When I open the PDF in Adobe Reader DC and get the properties,it does show the Security Method as No Security. However, the Document Assembly and Page Extraction are set to Not Allowed.

The PDF was created from a Word document and I simply did a save as PDF, no other options.


Solution

  • In General

    Please be aware that the "Document Restrictions Summary" summarizes restrictions that arise from a number of factors, the following ones coming to my mind:

    There may be additional factors still...

    In Your Case

    The "Not Allowed" entries you see for your file in Adobe Reader DC are restrictions of the third type listed above, they are restrictions applied by the viewer software used. If you opened the file in a superior Acrobat edition, those entries would become "Allowed".