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PDF question

pshrynk

SOC-11
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I'm trying to slog my way through the PDF of T5, but keep running into problems with it. I want to break the book up into smaller chunks like "Chargen", "Worldgen", etc. However, when I try to move pages with my Acrobat (full version, not the free one) it asks for a password. I don't recall getting a password from DTRPG when I bought it. Is there a way to use these functions? I'd like to insert bookmarks, also.
 
PDF allows for 2 passwords as far as I know, user level and owner. My guess is that there is an owner password and no user password, meaning you can open, read, etc, but no re-arranging. Permissions, when used (and not all PDF readers follow all the rules) can prevent a user from re-arranging items. Perhaps another PDF writer (and there are dozens out there) may allow you to do that. Or even load it up in Google Docs or Windows Live and edit that way. Not as easy but it *may* work.

At least that has been my experience in writing PDFs for the healthcare industry. The users are limited in what they can do, owners (us) can do what we want/need.
 
I'm trying to slog my way through the PDF of T5, but keep running into problems with it. I want to break the book up into smaller chunks like "Chargen", "Worldgen", etc. However, when I try to move pages with my Acrobat (full version, not the free one) it asks for a password. I don't recall getting a password from DTRPG when I bought it. Is there a way to use these functions? I'd like to insert bookmarks, also.

Easiest way is to use an unlocker, like PDFKeyPro...

Note that, under current US copyright regulations, use of methods to bypass DRM for personal use is not in fact unlawful. In some countries, it may be unlawful.
 
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Easiest way is to use an unlocker, like PDFKeyPro...

Note that, under current US copyright regulations, use of methods to bypass DRM for personal use is not in fact unlawful. In some countries, it may be unlawful.

So there's not a password hidden in here somewhere? Poop. I guess I'll have to look up that program, then. Thanks!
 
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