Automator Action: PDF Confidential - compre , encrypt and email your documents

It's been a while since I've paid attention to Automator actio , and I'm begi ing to realize that I never quite worked them into my daily habits. Since I'm making more of a co cious effort to fit some handy actio into my workflow, I stumbled acro PDF Confidential at A le's Automator Actio Downloads page, and it looks to be mighty handy indeed.

PDF Confidential performs four actio for any document on your Mac (since Mac OS X has built-in su ort for PDF):

1. Convert your document to a PDF (if it already i 't)
2. Encrypt (you enter desired pa word)
3. Compre
4. E-Mail (you enter details in provided dialog box)

If you open this action in Automator it might be best saved as a plug-in either for the Finder or for Print Workflows, depending on how you roll. The action's author, rickyprograms, also claims that PDF Confidential is 100% PDF compatible, though I would a ume Windows users would need Adobe's Reader i talled in order to enter pa words and open any docs created by this simple action.

If you're one of the increasing many who live i ide PDFs and could use some added security, this free Automator action might be right up your alley.