Table 22 – User access permissions

Bit position

Meaning

3

(Security handlers of revision 2) Print the document. (Security handlers of revision 3 or greater) Print the document (possibly not at the highest quality level, depending on whether bit 12 is also set).

4

Modify the contents of the document by operations other than those controlled by bits 6, 9, and 11.

5

(Security handlers of revision 2) Copy or otherwise extract text and graphics from the document, including extracting text and graphics (in support of accessibility to users with disabilities or for other purposes). (Security handlers of revision 3 or greater) Copy or otherwise extract text and graphics from the document by operations other than that controlled by bit 10.

6

Add or modify text annotations, fill in interactive form fields, and, if bit 4 is also set, create or modify interactive form fields (including signature fields).

9

(Security handlers of revision 3 or greater) Fill in existing interactive form fields (including signature fields), even if bit 6 is clear.

10

(Security handlers of revision 3 or greater) Extract text and graphics (in support of accessibility to users with disabilities or for other purposes).

11

(Security handlers of revision 3 or greater) Assemble the document (insert, rotate, or delete pages and create bookmarks or thumbnail images), even if bit 4 is clear.

12

(Security handlers of revision 3 or greater) Print the document to a representation from which a faithful digital copy of the PDF content could be generated. When this bit is clear (and bit 3 is set), printing is limited to a low-level representation of the appearance, possibly of degraded quality.