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I've a .tex file. Most of the times, we use pdflatex to convert .tex to required .pdf. Some times, we use xelatex to convert .tex to required .pdf

These pdfs are editable using various tools; is there any way to disable edit in generated pdf?

Note: I'm looking for non editable PDF (not the one with password)

Martin Schröder
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Pawan Mude
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    Would you like to share with us what you are trying to achieve? The answer may depend on why you want to limit editing (which is generally an inconvenience for your end user). – Brent.Longborough Apr 06 '15 at 11:48
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    Adobe Acrobat has the means to lock a document. Use "File->Properties" tab, and then set the "Security Method" (under the security tab) to password or certificate security. You will get a menu allowing you to restrict editing (and many other features). How to do this inside of LaTeX? That I do not know. – Steven B. Segletes Apr 06 '15 at 11:58
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    Oh, BTW, and of course, if by chance you're trying to stop people copying, those without a secretary can just photograph the pages (or export them as images) and send them off to the google for character recognition. – Brent.Longborough Apr 06 '15 at 12:10
  • pdftk is a possible solution, but it's not TeX - related –  Apr 06 '15 at 12:11
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    In many cases, at least, all somebody need to circumvent the 'security' is a PDF viewer which is not Adobe's. Or CUPS print-to-file functionality. Or... Generally, it is incredibly easy to circumvent this kind of thing. – cfr Apr 06 '15 at 12:37
  • Possibly useful: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/11307/is-it-possible-to-produce-a-pdf-with-un-copyable-text – 1010011010 Apr 17 '15 at 12:59

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