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# Permission Properties

Properties that specify what functions are allowed for a PDF document.

## Topics

### Getting Permissions

[`var allowsCopying: Bool`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFDocument/allowsCopying)

A Boolean value indicating whether the document allows copying of content to the Pasteboard.

[`var allowsPrinting: Bool`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFDocument/allowsPrinting)

A Boolean value indicating whether the document allows printing.

[`var allowsCommenting: Bool`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFDocument/allowsCommenting)

A Boolean value indicating whether you can create or modify document annotations, including form field entries.

[`var allowsContentAccessibility: Bool`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFDocument/allowsContentAccessibility)

A Boolean value indicating whether you can extract content from the document, but only for the purpose of accessibility.

[`var allowsDocumentAssembly: Bool`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFDocument/allowsDocumentAssembly)

A Boolean value indicating whether you can manage a document by inserting, deleting, and rotating pages.

[`var allowsDocumentChanges: Bool`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFDocument/allowsDocumentChanges)

A Boolean value indicating whether you can modify the document contents except for document attributes.

[`var allowsFormFieldEntry: Bool`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFDocument/allowsFormFieldEntry)

A Boolean value indicating whether you can modify form field entries even if you can’t edit document annotations.


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