External share with PDF attachments: how do I make the PDF attachment view only?

Question

We use external contractors and sometimes need to share an individual Confluence page, that has PDF attachments. We share the link by making the individual page public, however, we want to make sure the recipient can only view the PDF attachment. We don't want anyone to be able to download the full-text. How do we do this? Thank you!

@Krzysztof Bogdan

Andy Gladstone · Accepted Answer

@Maura Sostack it seems like you are talking about a public access space. There is no native way in Confluence to restrict access to downloading attachemnts and documents that are visible in a Public Space. There may be an app in the marketplace that can help accomplish this, but I am not familiar with it.

Krzysztof Bogdan_7jbfga · Accepted Answer

Hello @Maura Sostack

We are not familiar with PDF format security or copy protection.

What can be viewed by browser can be downloaded.

I guess there are some tricks to make it non-trival but we do not do this.