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Rights-Enabled PDF Files

Additional Usage Rights

Livecycle Reader Extensions sets permissions within a PDF document that would otherwise

be disabled through the usage of a certificate issued by the Adobe Reader-Extension Root

Certificate Authority. Permissions for Reader-enabled PDF files (also known as certified PDF

documents) are determined by the combination of the user rights settings in the PDF file

and and a special Object Identifier (OID), embedded within the certificate, specifying the

additional permissions to be made available. The permissions are listed below:

Form: fill-in and document full-save

Form: import and export

Form: add and delete

Form: submit standalone

Form: spawn template

Annotation: create, delete, modify, and copy

Annotation: import and export

Form: barcode plain text

Embedded File: create, delete, modify, copy, and import

LiveCycle Reader Extensions

During the design process, a PDF document may be created through the usage of LiveCycle

, or Adobe Document Server

. Then the document creator

may assign appropriate usage rights using the LiveCycle Reader Extensions. The PDF

document is made available on the Web, and users may complete the form on the web site,

or save it locally and subsequently complete and annotate it, digitally sign it, add

attachments, and return it.

In effect, LiveCycle Reader Extensions will enable functionality within Adobe Reader for a

given document that is not normally available. After the user has finished working with the

document, those functions will be disabled until the user receives another rights-enabled

One major advantage of LiveCycle Reader Extensions is that it supports data automation

through XML-based representation and transfer via SOAP, thus ensuring seamless

integration with business logic and advanced data transport capabilities available within

enterprise applications.

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