Provide Editable Drawings With Locks

Provide Editable Drawings With Locks in Adobe Acrobat — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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Contractor asks for editable drawings but I need to lock key specification pages.

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The contractor, [contractor=RidgeBuild], requests editable drawings to coordinate detailing, but I…
The contractor, [contractor=RidgeBuild], requests editable drawings to coordinate detailing, but I cannot allow changes on structural and plant specification pages. Advise the best way to lock specific pages while allowing others to be referenced, explain the trade-offs (workflow friction versus control), and draft the two-sentence instruction to [contractor=RidgeBuild] explaining why some pages are locked and how they can request an approved revision.

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