PDF Output Properties
Generate the type of PDF files you want by setting the PDF output properties.
Property Name | Description | Default |
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Compress PDF output |
Specify "true" or "false" to control compression of the output PDF file. |
true |
Hide PDF viewer's menu bars |
Specify "true" to hide the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active. The menu bar option is only effective when using the Export button, which displays the output in a standalone Acrobat Reader application outside of the browser. |
false |
Hide PDF viewer's tool bars |
Specify "true" to hide the viewer application's toolbar when the document is active. |
false |
Replace smart quotes |
Specify "false" if you don't want curly quotes replaced with straight quotes in the PDF output. |
true |
Disable opacity and gradient shading for DVT chart |
Specify "true" if you don't want opacity and gradient shading for the PDF output. This reduces the size of the PostScript file. |
false |
Enable PDF Security |
Specify "true” if you want to encrypt the PDF output. You can then also specify the following properties:
|
false |
Open document password |
This password is required for opening the document. It enables users to open the document only. This property is enabled only when "Enable PDF Security" is set to "true". When you set the Encryption level to Low, Medium, or High, the password must contain only Latin-1 characters and shouldn't be more than 32 bytes long. When you set the Encryption level to Highest, if your password exceeds 127 bytes, only the first 127 bytes of the password are used for authentication. |
N/A |
Modify permissions password |
This password enables users to override the security setting. This property is effective only when "Enable PDF Security" is set to "true". When you set the Encryption level to Low, Medium, or High, the password must contain only Latin-1 characters and shouldn't be more than 32 bytes long. When you set the Encryption level to Highest, if your password exceeds 127 bytes, only the first 127 bytes of the password are used for authentication. If you set a password in the |
N/A |
Encryption level |
Specify the encryption level for the output PDF file. The possible values are:
This property is effective only when "Enable PDF Security" is set to "true". When Encryption level is set to 0, you can also set the following properties:
When Encryption level is set to 1 or higher, the following properties are available:
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2 - high |
Disable document modification |
Permission available when "Encryption level" is set to 0. When set to "true", the PDF file cannot be edited. |
false |
Disable printing |
Permission available when "Encryption level" is set to 0. When set to "true", printing is disabled for the PDF file. |
false |
Disable adding or changing comments and form fields |
Permission available when "Encryption level" is set to 0. When set to "true", the ability to add or change comments and form fields is disabled. |
false |
Disable context copying, extraction, and accessibility |
Permission available when "Encryption level" is set to 0. When set to "true", the context copying, extraction, and accessibility features are disabled. |
false |
Enable text access for screen readers |
Permission available when "Encryption level" is set to 1 or higher. When set to "true", text access for screen reader devices is enabled. |
true |
Enable copying of text, images, and other content |
Permission available when "Encryption level" is set to 1 or higher. When set to "true", copying of text, images, and other content is enabled. |
false |
Allowed change level |
Permission available when "Encryption level" is set to 1 or higher. Valid Values are:
|
0 |
Allowed printing level |
Permission available when "Encryption level" is set to 1 or higher. Valid values are:
|
0 |
Use only one shared resources object for all pages |
The default mode of Publisher creates one shared resources object for all pages in a PDF file. This mode has the advantage of creating an overall smaller file size. However, the disadvantages are the following:
Setting this property to "false" creates a resource object for each page. The file size is larger, but the PDF viewing is faster and the PDF can be broken up into smaller files more easily. |
true |
PDF Navigation Panel Initial View |
Controls the navigation panel view presented when a user first opens a PDF report. The following options are supported:
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Bookmarks Open |