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    From Dieter Britz@21:1/5 to Julian Bradfield on Thu Apr 14 08:21:18 2016
    On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:08:16 +0000, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    On 2016-04-12, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    Can I tell pdflatex to allow sticky notes somehow? it must be some
    property or attribute of the pdf files that either allows or disallows
    these, and I'd like to have control of it.

    pdflatex itself can't do it, but pdftk can.

    What option is that? I don't find it in the man file.

    --
    Dieter Britz

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  • From Julian Bradfield@21:1/5 to Dieter Britz on Thu Apr 14 08:46:45 2016
    On 2016-04-14, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:08:16 +0000, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    On 2016-04-12, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    Can I tell pdflatex to allow sticky notes somehow? it must be some
    property or attribute of the pdf files that either allows or disallows
    these, and I'd like to have control of it.

    pdflatex itself can't do it, but pdftk can.

    What option is that? I don't find it in the man file.


    Quoting from the man page:

    [allow <permissions>]
    Permissions are applied to the output PDF only if an encryption
    strength is specified or an owner or user password is given. If
    permissions are not specified, they default to 'none,' which
    means all of the following features are disabled.

    The permissions section may include one or more of the following
    features:

    ...

    ModifyAnnotations
    Also allows FillIn

    ...

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  • From Dieter Britz@21:1/5 to Julian Bradfield on Fri Apr 15 07:50:52 2016
    On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 08:46:45 +0000, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    On 2016-04-14, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:08:16 +0000, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    On 2016-04-12, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    Can I tell pdflatex to allow sticky notes somehow? it must be some
    property or attribute of the pdf files that either allows or
    disallows these, and I'd like to have control of it.

    pdflatex itself can't do it, but pdftk can.

    What option is that? I don't find it in the man file.


    Quoting from the man page:

    [allow <permissions>]
    Permissions are applied to the output PDF only if an
    encryption strength is specified or an owner or user
    password is given. If permissions are not specified, they
    default to 'none,' which means all of the following
    features are disabled.

    The permissions section may include one or more of the
    following features:

    ...

    ModifyAnnotations
    Also allows FillIn

    ...

    OK, that seems promising. But I can't work out how to
    phrase that. I have the file p1.pdf and tried to modify it,
    and here is the dialogue:

    pdftk allow ModifyAnnotations p1.pdf output P1.pdf
    Error: Unexpected command-line data:
    allow
    where we were expecting an input PDF filename,
    operation (e.g. "cat") or "input_pw". Exiting.
    Errors encountered. No output created.
    Done. Input errors, so no output created.

    Where should the allow option go?
    --
    Dieter Britz

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  • From Joe Beanfish@21:1/5 to Dieter Britz on Fri Apr 15 13:57:40 2016
    On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 07:50:52 +0000, Dieter Britz wrote:

    On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 08:46:45 +0000, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    On 2016-04-14, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:08:16 +0000, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    On 2016-04-12, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    Can I tell pdflatex to allow sticky notes somehow? it must be some
    property or attribute of the pdf files that either allows or
    disallows these, and I'd like to have control of it.

    pdflatex itself can't do it, but pdftk can.

    What option is that? I don't find it in the man file.


    Quoting from the man page:

    [allow <permissions>]
    Permissions are applied to the output PDF only if an
    encryption strength is specified or an owner or user
    password is given. If permissions are not specified,
    they default to 'none,' which means all of the following
    features are disabled.

    The permissions section may include one or more of the
    following features:

    ...

    ModifyAnnotations
    Also allows FillIn

    ...

    OK, that seems promising. But I can't work out how to phrase that. I
    have the file p1.pdf and tried to modify it,
    and here is the dialogue:

    pdftk allow ModifyAnnotations p1.pdf output P1.pdf
    Error: Unexpected command-line data:
    allow
    where we were expecting an input PDF filename, operation (e.g. "cat")
    or "input_pw". Exiting.
    Errors encountered. No output created.
    Done. Input errors, so no output created.

    Where should the allow option go?

    pdftk wants the file first, then options.

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  • From Dieter Britz@21:1/5 to Joe Beanfish on Fri Apr 15 16:02:03 2016
    On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:57:40 +0000, Joe Beanfish wrote:

    On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 07:50:52 +0000, Dieter Britz wrote:

    On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 08:46:45 +0000, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    On 2016-04-14, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:08:16 +0000, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    On 2016-04-12, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    Can I tell pdflatex to allow sticky notes somehow? it must be some >>>>>> property or attribute of the pdf files that either allows or
    disallows these, and I'd like to have control of it.

    pdflatex itself can't do it, but pdftk can.

    What option is that? I don't find it in the man file.


    Quoting from the man page:

    [allow <permissions>]
    Permissions are applied to the output PDF only if an
    encryption strength is specified or an owner or user
    password is given. If permissions are not specified,
    they default to 'none,' which means all of the following
    features are disabled.

    The permissions section may include one or more of the
    following features:

    ...

    ModifyAnnotations
    Also allows FillIn

    ...

    OK, that seems promising. But I can't work out how to phrase that. I
    have the file p1.pdf and tried to modify it,
    and here is the dialogue:

    pdftk allow ModifyAnnotations p1.pdf output P1.pdf
    Error: Unexpected command-line data:
    allow
    where we were expecting an input PDF filename, operation (e.g.
    "cat")
    or "input_pw". Exiting.
    Errors encountered. No output created.
    Done. Input errors, so no output created.

    Where should the allow option go?

    pdftk wants the file first, then options.

    I tried that:

    pdftk forslag.pdf allow ModifyAnnotations output new.pdf
    Error: Unexpected command-line data:
    allow
    where we were expecting an input PDF filename,
    operation (e.g. "cat") or "input_pw". Exiting.
    Errors encountered. No output created.
    Done. Input errors, so no output created.

    Still no sausage. Exactly what should I type in?

    --
    Dieter Britz

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  • From tlvp@21:1/5 to Dieter Britz on Fri Apr 15 23:14:00 2016
    On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:02:03 -0000 (UTC), Dieter Britz wrote:

    On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:57:40 +0000, Joe Beanfish wrote:

    On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 07:50:52 +0000, Dieter Britz wrote:

    On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 08:46:45 +0000, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    On 2016-04-14, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:08:16 +0000, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    On 2016-04-12, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
    Can I tell pdflatex to allow sticky notes somehow? it must be some >>>>>>> property or attribute of the pdf files that either allows or
    disallows these, and I'd like to have control of it.

    pdflatex itself can't do it, but pdftk can.

    What option is that? I don't find it in the man file.


    Quoting from the man page:

    [allow <permissions>]
    Permissions are applied to the output PDF only if an
    encryption strength is specified or an owner or user
    password is given. If permissions are not specified,
    they default to 'none,' which means all of the following >>>> features are disabled.

    The permissions section may include one or more of the
    following features:

    ...

    ModifyAnnotations
    Also allows FillIn

    ...

    OK, that seems promising. But I can't work out how to phrase that. I
    have the file p1.pdf and tried to modify it,
    and here is the dialogue:

    pdftk allow ModifyAnnotations p1.pdf output P1.pdf
    Error: Unexpected command-line data:
    allow
    where we were expecting an input PDF filename, operation (e.g.
    "cat")
    or "input_pw". Exiting.
    Errors encountered. No output created.
    Done. Input errors, so no output created.

    Where should the allow option go?

    pdftk wants the file first, then options.

    I tried that:

    pdftk forslag.pdf allow ModifyAnnotations output new.pdf
    Error: Unexpected command-line data:
    allow
    where we were expecting an input PDF filename,
    operation (e.g. "cat") or "input_pw". Exiting.
    Errors encountered. No output created.
    Done. Input errors, so no output created.

    Still no sausage. Exactly what should I type in?

    Is your input pdf one for which "an encryption strength is specified" ? Alternatively, is it one for which "an owner or user password is given" ?

    As I read the reference materials you included above, one or the other is a necessary Gewürz for the Wurst you're trying to erzeug :-) .

    HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp

    --
    Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.

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