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General Category => Off the Record => Computer Affairs => Topic started by: stjaba on May 08, 2012, 01:36:51 AM

Title: Rights Management for Microsoft Word Files
Post by: stjaba on May 08, 2012, 01:36:51 AM
Is anyone familiar with rights management solutions for Microsoft Word files? I'm working on a project with a couple friends where we would essentially sell a couple Word documents for $15. We want to make sure the files can be uniquely protected so that they can't be shared(i.e. beyond password protection). Is there a realistic solution that won't cut too significantly into our profits?
Title: Re: Rights Management for Microsoft Word Files
Post by: Arvoreen on May 09, 2012, 10:20:08 AM
Would you be better off converting the Word document to PDF and protecting that instead?  I thought PDF had much better rights management capabilities there (and it is more accessible than Word documents).
Title: Re: Rights Management for Microsoft Word Files
Post by: stjaba on May 10, 2012, 06:33:26 AM
The documents need to be editable by users. So can't use .pdf.
Title: Re: Rights Management for Microsoft Word Files
Post by: DontSayBanana on May 10, 2012, 08:23:29 PM
Quote from: stjaba on May 10, 2012, 06:33:26 AM
The documents need to be editable by users. So can't use .pdf.

Are they templates or forms?  Because PDFs can actually be made editable for forms...