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On Oct 28, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Matthew Sherman wrote: > We use DSpace for our repository so any editing to the PDFs have to be done > in Acrobat before uploading. I can add a note to the metadata in DSpace, > but I am not sure if that fulfills the permissions agreement. I was > recently hired for this position so I do not know who provided us the file > to upload in the first place. That is why I am asking if anyone else has > dealt with this since I am unsure if I can ever get the password. I'm not an IR person, but I know that PDFs are effectively a container. It *might* be possible to create a PDF that had a page w/ the notice, then insert the locked PDF. A quick search on the topic suggest there might be problems ... I don't know if it the default of a locked document is to not allow it to be inserted: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/874857 (the last suggestion was trying it as an attachment, and no follow up after that) -Joe > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Jim DelRosso <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Matt, >> >> Does the software you use generate cover pages that you can edit? Or can >> you add the note to the metadata page associated with the document? >> >> Jim >> >> *Jim DelRosso, MPA, MSLIS >> Digital Projects Coordinator* >> *Hospitality, Labor, and Management Library* >> Catherwood Library >> ILR School >> Cornell University >> 239D Ives Hall >> Ithaca, NY 14853 >> p 607.255.8688 >> f 607.255.9641 >> e [log in to unmask] >> www.ilr.cornell.edu >> *Advancing the World of Work* >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Matthew Sherman >> <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >> >>> Hello Code4libbers, >>> >>> I had a question for for others who work with institutional repositories. >>> I have a file given by the a professor that I have permission to post if >> I >>> add a note to the PDF, but the file is password locked. Has anyone else >>> run into this problem before? Can anyone give me some advice in how I >> can >>> edit this to add the required note to the top of the PDF? Any advice is >>> welcome. >>> >>> Matt Sherman >>> >>> >>> >>