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Subject:Re: portfolio docs that WERE confidential... From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> Date:Mon, 4 Jun 2012 09:33:38 -0700
I'd password-protect the PDF, add a watermark, and add a first page
explaining things.
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
> Hello, TechWR-L-ers,
>
> I’m working on my electronic portfolio. I’ve received permission from clients to post excerpts from docs that are labeled “Proprietary and Confidential”. So, what’s the correct way to show these:
>
> * As is, with an explanation on the page where you click to view the doc that I’ve received permission to post this.
>
> * Go back to my source files and remove the “Proprietary and Confidential” designation, and I guess change the Doc Last Revised date so that it’s clear that this is not actually the doc as it was initially distributed.
>
> * Some sort of Acrobat header addition where I put in an explanation that the doc is now “declassified”. Not sure if that’s the right word for something that wasn’t actually “classified” in a national security classification sense...
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