Lockable Preferences: Preventing End User Modification
Acrobat 11.0 introduced a preference lockdown feature for Macintosh. Like Windows, feature lockdown allows IT to create settings that cannot be changed by end users. Settings that can be locked on Windows may also be locked on Macintosh. For details about creating and editing lockdown files, refer to the Administration Guide.
Note: While preference names for unlocked settings do not use Hungarian notation, all locked settings (with the exception of attachment settings) DO USE Hungarian notation. That is, prepend the preference name with its data type ("b" for boolean, "i" for integer, and so on). On Mac, the locked incarnation of a setting uses the same name as if it resides on Windows.
The following subfeatures have lockable preferences:
Create PDF
| Keyname | Description |
| GlobalBarMenuFeatureKey | Specifies whether to show the Create Split Menu under Create a PDF menu item. |
Modern Viewer
| Keyname | Description |
| EnableAV2Enterprise | Specifies whether to enable the Modern Viewer. |
Reflow editing
| Keyname | Description |
| bEnableReflowEditing | Specifies whether to lock ReflowEditing and the reflow feature. |
| ReflowEditing | Specifies whether to enable reflow mode when editing a PDF. |
Upsell
| Keyname | Description |
| MerchandizingEnabled | Specifies whether to show the Express Templates options in Acrobat's Create PDF UI. |
What's New Experience
| Keyname | Description |
| bWhatsNewExp | Specifies whether to disable the What's New experience. |