PDFCOPY System Option

Specifies whether text and graphics from a PDF document can be copied.
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Log and procedure output control: PDF
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= PDF
Requirement: Adobe Acrobat Reader or Professional 3.0 and later versions
Note: This option can be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.
Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

PDFCOPY | NOPDFCOPY

Syntax Description

PDFCOPY
specifies that text and graphics from a PDF document can be copied. This is the default.
NOPDFCOPY
specifies that text and graphics from a PDF document cannot be copied.

Details

The PDFCOPY option can affect the Content Copying document property.
The document property values for PDF security are not changed when you set PDFSECURITY=NONE. The results are the same as not specifying the option at all.
When PDFSECURITY=LOW and PDFCOPY or NOPDFCOPY is specified, the option value is set, but the value of the Content Copying property does not change.
The following table shows how the Content Copying document property is set when you specify the PDFCOPY option and set the PDFSECURITY= option to LOW or HIGH:
PDFCOPY
NOPDFCOPY
PDFSECURITY=LOW
PDFSECURITY=HIGH
PDFSECURITY=LOW
PDFSECURITY=HIGH
Content Copying
Not applicable1
Allowed
Not applicable1
Not Allowed
1The Content Copying property is not set when PDFSECURITY=LOW. The option value changes as specified, but the property value remains as the value that was last set.

See Also

Securing ODS Generated PDF Files in SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide
System Options:
PDFSECURITY= System Option
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