What is an ArticleWorks Secure Document?
Secure Documents purchased through ArticleWorks are small programs (.exe for Windows, .app for Mac) that contain encrypted PDFs. Our DRM (Digital Rights Management) software allows documents to be opened on one computer per license purchased. When you double-click on the .exe for the first time a pop-up window will appear and ask you to verify that this is the computer you wish to use. Once you click “Yes” the document is “locked” to that computer. This can be repeated on new computers until all licenses have been used. You have access to your digital files forever; this is not a lease or time limited purchase. Internet access is only required the first time the .exe is run on a computer, to connect to our servers and confirm that licenses are still available for your order. These files must remain .exe files to work correctly; saving them as .pdf files will produce a password protected file that cannot be opened. If you wish to open the documents on multiple computers, you must purcha
