PDF maker (with security and hyperlinks)

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My friend would like a freeware PDF maker that allows for document
security (e.g. no changing document, no comments/anotations, no
printing) as well as including hyperlinks e.g. If there are hyperlinks
in a Word document, then they will be clickable to a website in the PDF
document.
Ideas/suggestions please.
PS - Do any of the free ones allow for filling in the form?

 

[H-Man]

My friend would like a freeware PDF maker that allows for document
security (e.g. no changing document, no comments/anotations, no
printing) as well as including hyperlinks e.g. If there are hyperlinks
in a Word document, then they will be clickable to a website in the PDF
document.
Ideas/suggestions please.
PS - Do any of the free ones allow for filling in the form?

PDFCreator http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
is AFAIK the only free PDF maker that allows for security, however it
does not support hyperlinks.
HK

 

[MightyKitten]

My friend would like a freeware PDF maker that allows for document
security (e.g. no changing document, no comments/anotations, no
printing) as well as including hyperlinks e.g. If there are hyperlinks
in a Word document, then they will be clickable to a website in the
PDF document.
Ideas/suggestions please.
PS - Do any of the free ones allow for filling in the form?

Paperlessprinter (http://www.rarefind.com/paperlessprinter/index.html)
can also do security, but like PDFCreator, no links)

By the way, you know you can set word documents to read only, right? (it is
in the "Save as..." option)

I know, there are a zillion crack apps aviable, but it is a basic security
non the less. But then again, there are also programs that can crack PDF
security, but more effort is needed.

MightyKitten

 

[JanC]

My friend would like a freeware PDF maker that allows for document
security (e.g. no changing document, no comments/anotations, no
printing)

I hope you know this is not really secure?

(It's a flag set in the file that most PDF viewers acknowledge but is
easily circumvented by those who want...)