Security Panel (Organizer)

The Security panel shows all security schemes currently available in your system, both predefined and custom-created, grouped into Password Security and Certificate Security categories.
 

To display the Security panel, do one of the following:

• Select Document > Security > Secure Document
   

• Select View > Organizer Panels > Security

• On the Security Toolbar, click the Security Panel button

• In the View Toolbar, click the Organizer Panels button and select Security from the drop-down list.

Managing Security Schemes

At the top of the Security panel, click the Security Scheme Options button to choose an active item from the drop-down menu.

• Apply Security Scheme: Choose this to apply a selected scheme to an open PDF document. The same function is performed if you double-click a scheme, or drag it into the PDF document, or right-click it and choose this action. For details, see Security Properties.
   

• Create Security Scheme: Choose this to create a Password or Certificate Security Scheme of your own, or click the Create Security Scheme button at the top of the panel or  right-click anywhere in the Security panel area and choose this action. For details, see Security Properties.
   

• Delete Security Scheme: Choose this for a selected custom-created security scheme, or click the Delete Security Scheme button  at the top of the panel or right-click a custom-created scheme and choose this action, or select it and press Delete. Confirm deletion by clicking OK.

Note: Predefined security schemes cannot be deleted.

• Copy Security Scheme: Choose this for a selected Password or custom-created security scheme, or right-click the scheme and choose this action to create a new security scheme on the basis of an existing one, with modified settings. For details, see Security Properties.

Note: Certificate type security schemes cannot be copied.

• Edit Security Scheme: Choose this for a selected custom-created security scheme, or right-click the scheme to be modified and choose this action. For details, see Security Properties.

Note: Predefined security schemes cannot be edited.

The Security Panel offers pre-defined Security templates:

Interactive:

This leads you to the full range of password or certificate choices.
 

Privacy:

This lets you specify an Open password so only you and people possessing that password can access the document.
 

No modification:

This lets you specify a Permissions Password so only you and people possessing that password can make changes to the document or change its permissions.