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openoffice.org package

problem with pdf encryption

Bug #173437 reported by Panosz
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openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

I tried to export a document to pdf format, using encryption in order to prohibit copying. While this seems to work very well with adobe acrobat as well as with foxit, it does not work at all with evince, ie when I open the produced pdf with evince it allows copying, as if there was not any encryption.

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

Does evince work for other pdfs that have 'encyption'? It may be that the encryption is just a flag that evince doesn't abide by... which would then not be a bug in OpenOffice

Thanks,

Chris Cheney

Changed in openoffice.org:
assignee: nobody → ccheney
status: New → Incomplete
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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

OpenOffice.org 2.4.0~rc2 properly restricts use in the pdf, evince doesn't care, and actually probably shouldn't care since DRM sucks. But if the user happens to be using official acrobat then the document restricts them from being able to do anything useful if the security options are used when exporting in OpenOffice.

Thanks,

Chris Cheney

Changed in openoffice.org:
assignee: ccheney → nobody
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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