Adobe Acrobat XI - Manual (Page 370)

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Security
Last updated 1/14/2015
3 Review and modify the security settings as needed, and then click Export.
4 Select the method to use to encrypt the security settings (if desired), and then click OK.
5 Choose Recipients and click OK twice.
Sign the file.
Copy, edit, or delete a policy
1 Choose Tools > Protection > Encrypt > Manage Security Settings. If you don’t see the Protection panel, see the
instructions for adding panels at
Task panes .
2 From the Show menu, choose whether you want to display all policies that you have access to, user policies that
you’ve created, or organizational policies.
3 Select a policy, and then use the options you want:
Note: Options to edit or delete organizational policies aren’t available unless you have administrator rights to Adobe
LiveCycleRights Management ES. Changes to these policies can be made only on Adobe LiveCycleRights Management
ES, which opens automatically when you select an option.
Copy Use to create a policy that’s based on the settings of an existing policy.
Edit Editing a user policy that is stored on a local computer affects only documents to which the policy is applied
after the policy is edited. For user policies stored on a server, you can edit the permission settings and other options.
This option isn’t available for organizational policies.
Delete This option is not available usually for organizational policies.
Favorite If this option is selected, a star appears next to the policy. To remove a policy from the favorites, click
Favorite again. You can apply the Favorite option to multiple policies. Use this option to make a policy easier to
retrieve.
Revoke a policy-protected PDF
To restrict access to a policy-protected PDF that you made available to a group of users, you can revoke the document.
1 Do one of the following:
• For a single PDF or a component PDF in a PDF Portfolio, open the PDF and log in to Adobe LiveCycle Rights
Management ES.
• For a PDF Portfolio, open the PDF Portfolio, log in to Adobe LiveCycleRights Management, and choose View >
Portfolio > Cover Sheet.
2 Choose Tools > Protection > More Protection > Rights Management > Revoke. If you don’t see the Protection panel,
see the instructions for adding panels at
Task panes .
3 From the menu on the web page, choose an option that explains why you’re revoking the document, or type a
message. If you’re replacing the revoked document, type the URL location of the new document.
4 Click OK to save your changes.
More Help topics
Securing documents with certificates
Securing documents with passwords