Keys
Last updated on
30 Sep 2022
In addition to a local Office application, Acrobat also uses Adobe Create PDF online service to convert Office documents to PDFs on Mac OS. IT admins can disable the online service conversion option, and force the PDF creation from Acrobat or the Create PDF Add-in to use the local office application.
Feature lockdown to disable the service conversion in Acrobat
If you do not want users to see the service conversion workflow in Acrobat, use the feature lockdown keys to suppress it.
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bToggleAdobeDocumentServices, bToggleServiceConversion |
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Data type |
Boolean (YES/NO) |
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Default |
NO |
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Version # |
April 2017 (Acrobat continuous) |
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Loc path |
/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro.plist/Root/DC/FeatureLockdown/cServices/ |
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Summary |
Specifies whether to lock the service conversion functionality in Acrobat that allows Acrobat to use the Create PDF online service to convert documents to PDFs. |
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Details |
Possible values include:
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Disable the service conversion feature only from Office Add-in
Following are the keys to disable the online service from the Create PDF Add-in:
- ToggleAdobeDocumentServices
- ToggleServiceConversion
Steps:
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Navigate to the following location: /Users/<user>/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Library/Preferences/
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Open the com.microsoft.Word. plist file.
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Create a new key (one or both the keys listed above) of type Boolean.
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Set the value to YES.
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