Re: secured pdf
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 03:14:29PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:39:43 +0800, lina wrote:
>
> > I want to take a note (mainly take some essential copy) from a secured
> > pdf, which prevent copying.
> >
> > In this situation, how can I handle it.
>
> Evince and Okular can bypass some of the low security measures so just
> open the PDF file with them and save a copy of the PDF. The resulting
> file should be freely editable.
>
> Also, if the security of the file allows printing, you can use a PDF
> printer to get a "clean" copy (though not sure if this will preserve the
> file "editability").
>
> If the original PDF uses strong encryption or a specific DRM set, you can
> be in a problem :-)
If all else fails, OCR a screenshot.
--
Tarek
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