You don’t want to use your own Web server
Publisher3 is a hosted solution. The database that you create by importing users and files into the system resides on the FileOpen Publisher3 PermissionServer, and all permissions communications take place between the PermissionServer and the client plug-in on the end-user’s machine (although the end-user never sees this interaction).

You need an easy desktop interface
Publisher3 lets you point-and-click your way through the process of encrypting documents, applying permissions, and managing your users. It even has a tool for appending your secured files to an email message to send to your users. It doesn’t take any technical expertise to operate Publisher3.

You require subscription management tools
Publisher 3 is ideal for organizing your PDF subscriptions. The program lets you assign users to different “Document Groups,” allowing varying degrees of access to the same document. Users’ access permissions can be set to expire at a certain date or after a number of views or prints. You can update your list of authorized users at the click of the mouse, even revoking access after a document has been delivered.

You want to restrict access to a certain group of people
With Publisher3, you can automatically import your Outlook Contacts list and distribute your secured document by email only to that group. You can also apply different access rights to each user within the group. For example, you could send a confidential price list to executives at your company headquarters with no access limitations, but send the same price list to your outside suppliers with an embargo date before which they cannot view the file.

You need a quick way to deliver your secured documents
Publisher3 lets you grant a user permission via email, but your secured files can reside on your Web site or CD-ROM. For example, if you sell a PDF from your website, you can email the customer a receipt which contains a link to the secured file up on your site. Or, you can send CD-ROMs of your secured documents out to a group of prospective customers, and sell access to the CD from your website.

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