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Elfwreck · 12-01-2009, 02:02 PM

If the PDFs are locked against editing, you can't edit the metadata. I get around this by unlocking the PDFs; there are no free programs (that I know of) for this, but A-PDF Restriction Remover is very good, and only $10.

(If that counts as a remove-DRM tool and the mods have to remove the link, I'll understand. I know it's got plenty of legit purposes; we use it at work all the time, because we get documents by subpoena that need to be unlocked & converted. The A-PDF program won't work on password-to-open PDFs, just the editing security--which is the stuff that I think is all in the range of fair use.)

I use Acrobat Pro to edit the metadata, but there are free programs for that like BeCyPDFMetaEdit.

12-01-2009, 02:02 PM	#5
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	If the PDFs are locked against editing, you can't edit the metadata. I get around this by unlocking the PDFs; there are no free programs (that I know of) for this, but A-PDF Restriction Remover is very good, and only $10. (If that counts as a remove-DRM tool and the mods have to remove the link, I'll understand. I know it's got plenty of legit purposes; we use it at work all the time, because we get documents by subpoena that need to be unlocked & converted. The A-PDF program won't work on password-to-open PDFs, just the editing security--which is the stuff that I think is all in the range of fair use.) I use Acrobat Pro to edit the metadata, but there are free programs for that like BeCyPDFMetaEdit.