PDF Expiry: How to set an expiration date on a PDF

in this video we're going to protect a pdf document with a set expiry date first open windows explorer locate the document you wish to protect right click on the pdf and choose make secure pdf in the writer window choose the expiry and validity tab in the document expires area check the at box you can now set the date by using the drop down that you want the document to expire or you can type it in manually when you're happy with the date click publish the protection status window appears and indicates the protection status has succeeded click ok the protected document now appears in the listing under the original pdf please note it now has a dot pdc extension this is now a protected pdf file which can only be opened with a lock listed secure pdf viewer if we double click on the document safeguard secure viewer will open and load the document if we look at the bottom right corner of the screen we can see the date the document has now been set to expire on once the expiry date is reached the document can no longer be opened we'll close the document if i select document now that i now has already expired double click on it again safeguard secure viewer will open an attempt to load the document however this time a message appears saying this document has expired contact the email address of the publisher for any additional information so this document has expired and can no longer be opened by the user click ok close the viewer close windows explorer as the document publisher you can also change pdf expiry dates via the safeguard admin system and set account expiry document expiry document access and more but for this video we're dealing only with the ones you can set when protecting a pdf

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Length: 2min 54sec (174 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 23 2021