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I've got a word document I'm trying to save to an uneditable, unselectable PDF file. Essentially, I'd like it to look like a JPEG, but in PDF format. I'm trying to avoid "printing to tiff, THEN printing to PDF." I'd prefer to go directly from Word to PDF.
Additionally, I don't want to add a Password or anything.
Does an option exist for this? Thanks!
@HughAllen OCR? If someone really wants data they can just type it in manually. Making something “uneditable” only delays the inevitable if someone wants that data. – JakeGould – 2015-03-29T05:00:51.190
What version of Word are you using? – heavyd – 2010-05-19T21:13:22.973
4Why would you want to do this? If they want to recover the text they can always use OCR - you're just bloating the file and reducing the quality for no good reason. – Hugh Allen – 2010-05-20T06:23:19.100
Not exactly what the OP was talking about, but one reason I've had to do this is because of somewhat evil Word/PDF files intended for print only. I work with several venders whose invoices will convert to PDF but will leave all of the data fields blank (only the formatting appears). If you print as an image into a PDF, then all the data stays intact. – Jack M. – 2010-05-20T16:24:45.917