PDF Password Protection Help

I need help password protecting my document. The security method restrictions aren't allowing me to encrypt the document and I need the encryption because the job application is with the Department of Homeland Security. Please Help Me!!!

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    Hello
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    The same pdf file (protected with password) can be printed without any issue form any PC/laptop.
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    It seems that everyone asking this question have links from Grand Canyon University which will soon have over a 100,000 online students that all use ebooks that open just fine in Adobe Acrobat on their PCs BUT NOT on the mobile versions of Adobe Acrobat. Whatever allows this on PCs needs to be added to the mobile version soon.  We rely on our etextbooks that can ONLY be opened on the PC version of Acrobat.  That is ridiculous.  I can't believe with all the posts regarding password protected ebooks on this forum....that it hasn't been resolved.  No one can give you a link because the ebooks are on a website that needs a password.  We can save the books to our harddrives/dropbox...  I could send you a copy, but thats it.  Surely someone at Adobe knows what the hell is going on and can test the problem out themselves?

  • Preview/Adobe PDF password protection issue

    I have a pdf file that is password protected to be able to view the content. The protection works as it should in Adobe Reader. However, when I open the file in Preview I can see the first page, but the rest are unviewable. The page thumbnail on the right is just a placeholder, not an actual thumbnail and when you navigate to those pages the actual page appears as a ? in a box.
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    Just to register that it seems to be really a problem with Preview. I had a similar problem too. I had a secure PDF (no doc assembly, no page extraction, no commenting, no filling form, no signing, no creation of template pages) and it opens as expected in Acrobat Reader 9, but in Preview, all pages ate blank, and the thumbs are absent, with only the first page being seen as a blank one. I tried to open it in Acrobat Reader 8 and it says that it couldn't open the document because it couldn't decrypt it. I guess that Acrobat 9 has some new encryption scheme that is incompatible with previous versions, including Apple's Preview.
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  • How robust is PDF-Password protection? Does it also work for PDF/A?

    Several sources say that PDF passwords can be removed with appropriate software. Is this true?
    Can I also protect a PDF/A with a password? If not, how can I be sure that I can still open a regular password protected PDF in 10 years from now?
    Many thanks.

    Actually PDF/A is specifically designed to guarantee that the documents can be read in the distant future (barring global destruction, end of reality as we know it, alien sheep invasions, etc.)
    While we cannot predict which vendor will be providing the software to do it, or how the data will be stored by then (holographic data mice are still in beta) the PDF/A standard is designed to do two very important things:
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  • Why unable to sign PDF with certificate after applying Nitro PDF password protection? (despite it explicitly allowing signing with certificates)

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    Actually yes, I just asked my colleague to assist me with this, he password-protected the PDF with Acrobat 8, explicitly allowing for signing and fill-out functions, it also appears in Adobe Reader under security properties as "allowed", but it is not open to use in the Reader for me anymore (grey buttons).

  • PDF password protection

    Hi,
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    I dont think its possible at SAP.
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  • SAP version 4.7  Email pdf file that is password protected.

    Hi Gurus,
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    hi,
    First save the file somewhere... LINK:[SITE|http://www.sapfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=326228]
    In the site i send above you need to change it do receive parameters ou use always the same name...compile and then use the function 'WS_EXECUTE' - watch it in LINK: [SITE|http://www.sap-img.com/abap/ws-execute-to-call-external-program.htm]
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  • Password Protection for PDF

    Dear Gurus ,
    I have come across the situation in which I want to converted PDF to be password protected .
    I have converted the smartform into PDF using OTF and sending as a mail .
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    Aryan

    you will have to take the help of Professional Pdf editind tools such as Nova pdf or the Full version of Adobe Acrobat i.e. Acrobat Professional ..
    also check the links below ..
    [LINK|http://techblissonline.com/how-to-password-protect-pdf-documents-or-files/]
    and quote from the same
    How to password protect PDF documents or files?
    Open the PDF file in Acrobat
    Select File > Document Security from the menu
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    You can also add a password requirement for changing permissions or password.To add a a required password check the box against u201Crequired password to change permissions or passwordu201D and enter the password. However note that this password must be different from the one that you entered for securing or password protecting the PDF file.
    If you want your PDF document to be password accessible to users with previous versions of Acrobat Reader (versions earlier than 5.0), do not change the 40-bit encryption setting. However if your users or audience will be using version 5 or later versions of the Reader (or the full Acrobat program) then you may use 128-bit encryption.
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  • Any way to password protect pdf document when emailing?

    Is there any way to password protect an adobe document when emailing like you would a word document?

    Hi bcanino,
    You can apply security to a PDF using Acrobat (apply an Open Document password, a Document Permissions password, or both). For more information, see PDF passwords, protected PDF, file permissions | Adobe Acrobat XI
    I hope that helps.
    Best,
    Sara

  • Creating password protected PDF

    I can create a pdf file using com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter and other classes in com.lowagie.text
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    I could link you to the page that gives the answer directly, but I feel it is my duty to inform you that google will provide the answer with a very simple query: "iText password protected PDF" gave me the answer in a second.

  • How can I offer individual password protected pdfs on my site.

    I am building a site for a client of mine.  His business is a music talent agency.  He would like that on the page of the individual artist, there be a link to download a pdf that only that artist can download if he/she enters a correct password.  I think from reading other posts that I can simply offer a pdf download link and have that pdf password protected when I initially create the pdf itself in adobe acrobat.  Are there other ways of doing this or is that the best route to go?  All responses appreciated.

    Hi,
    For protecting PDFs, I am afraid you do need Acrobat, and here's how you accomplish applying password protection: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/acrobat-tips-and-tricks/protecting-your-pdf-using-a-password/
    With this approach, you may have to reassign unique passwords to PDFs and ensure right passwords are communicated to the right people (there is not sign-in option) - that may be a bit of challenge.
    Alternatively, with some basic scripting you could allow right people to download the right PDFs. This will need some mapping at the DB level.
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  • Unlock password protected, reader extended document

    Hi,
    I'm trying to unlock/remove password on a password protected and reader extended document in a long lived process. Below is the workflow description
    A batch process that fires periodically to send service feedback forms to customers.
    Long lived process to Gather data ---> Render Dynamic pdf ---> Password Protect (to disable printing and extracting pages) ---> Reader Extend (for saving edited pdf on client machine) ---> Send Email to customer.
    Long lived process to Receive feedback via Email endpoint --> Remove/Unlock (?) password ---> Extract data from PDF --->  further operations to update data in tables.
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    Remove PDF Password Encryption (Failed here)  ---> Extract data
    Error: ALC-ENC-100-005 You cannot change security on this document because the document is signed or certified or reader extended.: ALC-ENC-100-005 You cannot change security on this document because the document is signed or certified or reader extended.
    Remove Usage Rights ---> Remove PDF Password Encryption ---> Extract data   == SUCCESS
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    Remove Usage Rights ---> Unlock PDF Password ---> Extract data (Failed here)
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    Thanks,
    Sandeep

    Sandeep,
    Is your intention to remove the password encryption or just extract data from it?
    If you want to remove password encryption then you should first remove the usage rights and then remove pass encryption
    If you want to just extract data from it - You can create a short lived subprocess that has unlock PDF password and extract data which should work fine (Ensure that unlock and extract are in a short lived process)
    In case of long lived process when you unlock PDF password - the PDf gets unlocked and will be saved - and if you try to extract data it would fail because you need to unlock it again.
    HTH
    --Santosh
    http://about.me/nskumar

  • I need help viewing password protected PDF files on my tablet

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