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:
- Choose Document type from the first Permissions for drop-down list.
- 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. |