Permissions for document types

Document type permissions control the access to all documents of a particular document type. These permissions are assigned to roles in the Permissions application.

To modify the permissions for a particular document type:

  1. Choose Document type from the first Permissions for drop-down list.
  2. Choose the required document type from the second drop-down list.

You can grant the following document type permissions to particular roles:

Read

Allows members of the role to view any document of this type.

Modify

Allows members of the role to edit any document of this type.

Create

Allows members of the role to create documents of this type. With this permission, users must also have the Create document-level permission on the parent document under which they want the new document to be created.

Create anywhere

Allows members of the role to create documents of this type anywhere in the content tree, without the need to have the Create document-level permission on the parent document under which they want the new document to be created.

Delete

Allows members of the role to delete any document of this type.

Destroy

Allows members of the role to destroy (delete without the Undo option) any document of this type.

Browse tree

Allows members of the role to see documents found under documents of this type in the content tree.

Modify permissions

Allows members of the role to manage document-level permissions of all document of this type in Pages -> Properties -> Security.