password protected documents and printing

[Gabbi]

Is there anyway to password protect a document so that when the person opens
the document and enters they password they can view it but CAN NOT print it.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Anything that can be seen on a screen can be printed.

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[Beth Melton]

If you have IRM (Information Rights Management) you can do this:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/office2003/operate/of03irm.mspx

However even though printing capabilities are disabled, such as Print
Screen, one could still take a photo of it with a digital camera and print
it and some third-party screen capture programs could as well.

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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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[imsite]

Hi Gabbi,

Yes, you can certainly achieve it, provided the document is in pdf format,
through document security settings.

 

[Graham Mayor]

You can do that, but it is by no means foolproof. Any document you allow
someone to see can be reproduced.

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