PDF document protection

When exporting a pages doc to PDF for emailing, can it be protected from editing by recipients -as in a newsletter?

When you Print to PDF you have a Security Options... button, where you can set passwords for the file.
The encryption is not strong enough for nuclear secrets, but for most people it is strong enough that they cannot open the file.

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  • Pdf documents protect from printing

    Hi,
    we have a lot of pdf documents and we will protect them from printing. It is possible to do this concurrently?
    Thanks.
    Dear Thomas

    With form fields and comments, you can set their visibility to "visible but
    doesn't print" through the properties menu.
    I'm not 100% sure if this applies to stamps as well, but it's worth a try...

  • Is there a way of protecting PDF documents from printing and/or copying?

    Does anybody know a way of protecting PDF documents from printing and/or copying? All this within the OS possibilities? Is there a way?
    know one can buy expensive programmes like from Adobe, but I use it so little that I would like a cheaper solution. Freeware would be great, shareware also.
    Any suggestion grateful received.

    No way to do that using the OS (although the entire pdf can be encrypted, once the password is applied the document is open for copying/printing).
    However, the freeware PDFLab does allow password protection, the 'owner' pw allows full access, the 'user' pw can be restricted for printing, copying, etc:
    http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/pdflab/
    This can also be done with Adobe's Create PDF Online, but the above is free, and works well.
    Hope this helps...

  • How do I password-protect a PDF document that doesn't let me change the security settings?

    I want to password-protect my PDF document (so when I email it, it can only be opened/read by intended recipients as it contains confidential/sensitive information) but when I go into document security, I'm unable to change the Security Method (which is currently set to 'No Security' - not by me).  There's a 'show details' icon but it's grey so I can't click on it.  What can I do to protect this document from being opened by non-intended recipients?

    Ah, yes, I'm using Adobe Reader!  That makes sense.  Thanks so much for your reply.  At the moment, I scan Word documents into my computer and they're automatically converted to PDFs.  If I had Adobe Acrobat on my computer, and scanned in documents, would they open in Reader automatically or could I open them in Acrobat and therefore add password protection?

  • Can you protect a PDF document so it cannot be exploded or converted into lines in programs such as illustrator?

    We create PDF documents from our architectural programs all the time. Currently these drawings can be imported into other programs such as illustrator and exploded and ungrouped into lines. There is no option for security from this architectural program, but I need a solution to protect the PDF file so that the PDF is a flat image and cannot be exploded or converted into lines. Is there a program or setting in the Adobe programs that can do this??? thanks.

    You can set password security using Acrobat (not PDF pack), but it is of no value against a motivated thief, because some apps ignore it.
    You can rasterise in Photoshop but this is a terrible thing to do: file size explodes, quality plummets.

  • Is there a way to protect a PDF document as with a Microsoft Word document?

    Is there a way to protect a PDF document similar to a Microsoft Word document?

    Hi ,
    If you could specify how exactly you want to protect the PDF that would be great .
    However there are various options to protect a PDF available in Acrobat as well .
    If you select the protection option in Acrobat,you will get to see several options of protecting or encrypting  a PDF .
    You can encrypt it with with a password or a certificate .
    You can even redact a PDF if you want .
    Please go ahead and have a look at the options available to get more details and ways to protect a PDF .
    Let us know if that suits your requirement .
    Regards
    Sukrit Dhingra

  • How to block Protection removal of a PDF document from other softwares?

    Hi,
         I have created a PDF document  with acrobat reader and watermarked the document and protected the document. But the problem is that it can easily be unprotected (decrypt). After that the document is decrypted, there is no protection symbol on the document and the watermark was removed. Is there any way to block other softwares from removing the protection?
    Jomon Antony
    Operations Manager
    [link removed]

    While we are at it, you can not create a PDF with Reader. I assume you meant Acrobat that is a different product. For most folks the PDF security is adequate, but it is not that full proof and that is apparently your concern. About the only way around the problem is DRM as mentioned. Also, be sure to add the copyright statement as that is enough to discourage most folks.

  • I cannot open password protected PDF document with attachments with Adobe Reader on OS X. Crashes.

    I cannot open password protected PDF document having attachments on my OS X (v 10.8.4) with Adobe Reader X nor XI. The reader crashes. The same document using the same password opens fine on the laptop and Windows systems wheni it is fetched from a secure mail server. Why?

    Moved to Adobe Reader

  • Adobe Reader for iOS cannot open IRM-protected PDF documents.

    Hi,
    trying to open IRM-protected documents on an iPhone or iPad.
    (Reader-version is 10.1.0 (49458) - on iOS5 final).
    When X509-authentication and anonymous authentication is switched on,
    there is an error-message, that the connection to the IRM-server failed.
    When only "Username/Password" authentication is switched on,
    there comes an different error like "Error opening the document".
    In this case, LiveCycle-WWW Server only shows two successful calls to server/info/ , but the next POST to /rmws/rest/secure/license/consume  is missing
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    2011-10-20 12:27:33 192.168.0.42 GET /rmws/rest/secure/server/info - 443 - 192.168.10.10 HTTP/1.1 Adobe%20Reader/10.1.0+CFNetwork/548.0.3+Darwin/11.0.0 - lcrm.devrms64.local:443 200 0 0 389 1647 15
    which authentication-methods are supported for IRM-docs on iOS?
    what could be the problem?
    Thanks,
    Dilettanto

    Dilettanto
    I have tried testing this and have had mixed results...  I was able to successfully open an RM'd PDF from one server, but receive a connection error when trying to access a document protected by a second RM server that I have access to.  The error reads...
    "Access to this document is restricted by this remote server: xxxx.xxxx.com, however we are unable to connect to it at this time.  Please try to open it later.  If you continue to see this message, check whether your device is supported by the server."
    Is this the same error that you are seeing? 
    What version of Rights Management (LiveCycle) are you using?  Can you access the server that LiveCycle is running on over HTTPS from a browser?  This will help determione if the SSL certificate is trusted on the device.
    I am testing using Reader for Android version is 10.1.0 (49458)
    Regards
    Steve

  • Generating password protected pdf document -PLSQL

    Experts,
    Can please anyone to share the code how to do password protect the pdf which is located in unix directory.

    Google gave me below links :
    http://technology.amis.nl/2012/04/11/generating-a-pdf-document-with-some-plsql-as_pdf_mini-as_pdf3/
    PL/PDF generate and manipulate PDF with Oracle PL/SQL
    https://community.oracle.com/thread/2419241?tstart=0
    Regards
    Girish Sharma

  • Password protected PDF document not opened with E7...

    Dear all,
    Password protected PDF document not opened with nokia E7-00. Previously I used nokia N79, that time I was able to open Password protected PDF file such as bank email statement etc. Now I can't.
    It is quite disappointing with this phone !

    hi mateys,
    you may want to search under "PDF" in the Nokia Store, as some solutions such as Picsel Smart Office exist, where they do open password-protected PDF's.

  • I cannot print adobe pdf documents as it is password protected. I forgot my password. How do I fix this problem?

    I cannot print adobe pdf documents. Password protected. How do I fix this problem?

    You'll need to remember it or recreate the PDF from the original file.
    If there were an easy way to get around that, passwords wouldn't be worth much.

  • Password protecting pdf documents

    Need to know what the minimum Adobe software I need to purchase to password protect pdf documents that I need to email.

    You need to purchase Adobe Acrobat for this.

  • Protecting and tracking PDF documents?

    Hello!
    We are about to build our new website and need to find a solution to make downloadable PDF documents available for both clients and registered members of our (3) new website(s).
    A colleague I spoke to, however, told me that we need to find a solution of some sort to protect against unwanted distribution of the PDF documents that we make available through our website(s).
    Initially, I had no idea of how to do this since this is a major issue for companies around the globe that are already struggling with piracy, but he then mentioned something about the Adobe Tracker software.
    Does anyone know if that is possible through Adobe Tracker? I've read a bit about this software, but it seemed very vague on what it is it really does?
    Perhaps any expert Adobe Acrobat users in here can help me with some answers on this particular topic.
    Thank you very much!

    Thanks, Dave.
    I am about to start building our new company website on the WordPress platform, and we would like to add a feature that enables registered users to be able to download select PDF documents that we will offer to our clients, users, etc.
    We are just looking for some fairly efficient way of protecting these PDF documents. I have found a plugin for WordPress called 'WP PDF Stamper', maybe that will help us a bit with this issue.
    I guess we could make it work with doing it two ways:
    1) Require user registration in order to gain download privileges (items are "free", but then we at least get some information about our users in return for the "free" items we provide)
    2) Secure & Watermark our PDF documents to ensure that the content cannot be copied nor printed.
    How does that sound? Something I'm missing?
    Cheers!

  • My adobe/ PDF documents are password protected. How can I remove the password?

    @My adobe/ PDF documents are password protected. How can I remove the password?

    Hello,
    two answers I found in my library about removing or finding unknown password:
    Removing: "Not with any Adobe products, and other products are not discussed on these forums..."
    Open a file: "The only way to open a password protected file is to know the password (there's no way to get around that). Hopefully you know who created the PDF and can get the password from them."
    Hans-Günter

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