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Exporting PDF - Set permission for print and copy to clipboard

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I want to export a PDF from Word 2013, and prevent everyone from printing of copying the content to the clipboard. I can only find the options to set a user and owner password, but no option for setting print or copy permissions. Is there a way to set permissions for printing and copying to clipboard from the PDF, when exporting from Word 2013?
If you send a file to someone, they can do what they like with it, whether with the original file or a copy of it
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Not using Word's built-in PDF creator, no. For this you'll need Adobe Acrobat or some other full-fledged PDF authoring software.
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Not using Word's built-in PDF creator, no. For this you'll need Adobe Acrobat or some other full-fledged PDF authoring software.
Its a pitty that Microsoft didn't add the features. I normally use BullZip or FoxIt to print PDF files, where I can select these security features. I was hoping the built in pdf export function would also have it, but it seems the only security available is a user password. How do I go about recommending this feature to Microsoft? 

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The built-in PDF function is a rudimentary implementation that provides basic PDF creation. If yiou want anything more adventurous you will have to do it externally. It would however be naive to believe that such protection methods will prevent people from printing or copying such a PDF. It will merely slow them down.
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