disable adobe pdf maker

[cathal]

is there any command I can place in a word document to prevent a user
generating a pdf file? thanks, cathal..........

 

[Graham Mayor]

Uninstall adobe acrobat - or if that is too simplistic, you could run a
macro that will unload the add-in, but that would not prevent the user from
printing to the Acrobat printer driver and achieving much the same thing. I
think we need a bit more information on why you want to do this, but the
bottom line is that you need to setup Windows permissions for what
applications the user has access to.

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[cathal]

i have a form I want people to fill in, then return to me by e-mail.
want to extract some information from the form, but if the word form i
converted to pdf I won't be able to extract what I want. Hence m
asking how pdf can be disabled. Pointers etc. appreciated. thanks
cathal..

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

i have a form I want people to fill in, then return to me by e-mail.
I want to extract some information from the form, but if the word
form is converted to pdf I won't be able to extract what I want.
Hence my asking how pdf can be disabled. Pointers etc. appreciated.
thanks, cathal...

Disabling pdf maker won't make any difference, as it simply facilitates
adding some extra formatting to documents processed via the Acrobat printer
drivers. What you want is a user fix, not a technical fix.


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[Graham Mayor]

See Mike's reply - but bear in mind that you don't have to convert the
document to PDF - and if you do, it effectively becomes a graphics image.
This, I fear, is not going to help you very much.

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