Reader Extensions

This mode enables you to use the included Adobe Reader PDF viewing software to add comments to PDF documents. Recipients that receive Reader Extensions compatible PDF files can also edit the files using the Adobe Reader software.

For information on the optional products required to use this function, see "Optional Products Required for Each Function."

NOTE
Reader Extensions is only compatible with Adobe Reader 7 or later.

Press [Scan and Send] → specify the destination → press the file format button.

Select a file format → press [Set Details].

Press [Reader Extensions] → [OK] → [OK].

NOTE
You cannot set Reader Extensions in the following cases: If you set [Optimize PDF for Web] to 'On', and set the Digital Signatures mode If you set [Format PDF to PDF/A] to 'On', see "Format PDF as PDF/A." If Digital Signature and Reader Extensions are both set for a PDF file, changes made after the signature is applied are stored as Comments in the PDF file. If both Reader Extensions and encryption are set for a PDF file, specify the settings for the encrypted PDF as follows: If you set [Password Required to Change Permiss.] on the Encrypt screen, select [Changes but Extract Pages] or [Add Comments and Digital Signatures] from the Allow Changes drop-down list on the same screen. If you open a Reader Extensions compatible PDF in Adobe Reader, and the time at which the PDF file was created is later than the current time on the computer, an error occurs. If the time on the machine and the time on the computer do not match, an error may occur. The following features are available on Adobe Reader for the Reader Extensions compatible PDF. Edit Comments Store Corrected Files (Save or Save As)

NOTE

You cannot set Reader Extensions in the following cases:

If you set [Optimize PDF for Web] to 'On', and set the Digital Signatures mode

If you set [Format PDF to PDF/A] to 'On', see "Format PDF as PDF/A."

If Digital Signature and Reader Extensions are both set for a PDF file, changes made after the signature is applied are stored as Comments in the PDF file.

If both Reader Extensions and encryption are set for a PDF file, specify the settings for the encrypted PDF as follows:

If you set [Password Required to Change Permiss.] on the Encrypt screen, select [Changes but Extract Pages] or [Add Comments and Digital Signatures] from the Allow Changes drop-down list on the same screen.

If you open a Reader Extensions compatible PDF in Adobe Reader, and the time at which the PDF file was created is later than the current time on the computer, an error occurs. If the time on the machine and the time on the computer do not match, an error may occur.

The following features are available on Adobe Reader for the Reader Extensions compatible PDF.

Edit Comments

Store Corrected Files (Save or Save As)