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SECURE PDF PRODUCT WALKTHROUGH TO SECURE PDF FILES
This is an overview of how publishers create protected PDF files and administer customers and licenses. For a more detailed description on using the Safeguard Secure PDF Writer please refer to the product manual.
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STEP 1: Download and install Lizard Safeguard Secure PDF Writer
The Writer software can be download from here. You will need to fill out some details such as your name and email address so that a 15 day trial license can be automatically generated for you on the server and the registration license file sent to your email address. Once you have downloaded the software, double-click on the .exe file to install it.
STEP 2: Register Lizard Safeguard Secure PDF Writer
Before you can start using the Secure PDF Writer software you must first register it. The license file required for registration (safeguard_w_license.llw) will have been emailed to you when you filled out your details for a 15 day trial.
Double-click on the license file and select the 'Open It' option. The Writer software will automatically connect to the Internet to register your license.
STEP 3: Secure your PDF files
Right-click on one or more PDF files in Windows File Explorer to start the process of protecting them.
STEP 4: Set PDF document usage controls
Select the appropriate document access rights from the tabbed dialog. For detailed use, please refer to the product manual.
NOTE: If you select more than one file to protect then the Publish All button will not be grayed out.
When you select the Publish button your PDF files are encrypted and the document usage and access controls are applied. You will end up with encrypted PDF files that have a .pdc file extension.
STEP 5: Generate user licenses
Once you have protected your documents you need to create customer/user accounts on the administration system.
Off the Windows Start > All Programs > LockLizard > Lizard Safeguard > PDF Writer menu select the Administration System to start generating user licenses.
This opens up a web page where you enter user names and email addresses by selecting the Create link from the Customer Accounts section.
Enter their name and email address and the system will automatically email unique licensing information to them. You can specify the number of licenses and when they will expire. Existing users are also administered from the same web page along with your publications and documents.
STEP 6: Send protected PDF files to your users / customers
Now you are ready to send your protected PDF (PDC) files to users by email, or you can publish them on CD-ROM, DVD, removable media, etc., or from your web site. You do this just the same as you would with any other type of file.
SECURE PDF VIEWER WALKTHROUGH TO VIEW SECURE PDF FILES
This section explains how customers view protected PDF documents. For a detailed description on using the Safeguard Secure PDF Viewer please refer to the product manual.
Once you have created a customer account on the administration system, the system will automatically email their license information to them. Users install the Safeguard PDF Viewer from the download link in the email and double-click on the license file to register. The secure viewer software will automatically connect to the license server, validate the license code and install the necessary decryption keys.
STEP 1: Download and Install Lizard Safeguard Secure PDF Viewer
Once downloaded, double-click on the .exe file to install the software.
STEP 2: Register with the Publisher
Double-click on the license file (safeguard_v_license.llv) in your email application and select 'Open It' to register with the publisher.
STEP 3: View the protected PDF documents
Double-click on the PDC file (secured PDF file) in Windows File Explorer.
The protected PDF document is transparently decrypted and displayed in the secure Safeguard viewer.
Once registered, any other files you are allowed to access will be transparently decrypted and displayed in the secure viewer - this process is totally transparent - you won't even realize they are encrypted.
Decryption keys are transparently relayed to the client computer if you have been given access to view a protected PDF document. If you have not been given access to a protected PDF document then you will not be able to view it. Instead, a dialog box will be displayed with the publisher contact details.
Document usage controls are enforced by Lizard Safeguard PDF Security and cannot be circumvented. Details of when the account expires and when the document expires (if at all) are displayed at the bottom of the secure PDF viewer.
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