How to password protect PDF documents

Donna BakerMarch 16, 2012

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Learn how to password protect PDF documents created with Acrobat X to make your password protected PDF documents more secure.

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Acrobat X ProAcrobat X StandardAcrobat X Suite

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2 comments

donna baker

5, 2012-10-16 16, 2012

Hi Dick -

By default, Acrobat shows no security. If you select either or both of the options on the Security tab of the Document Properties, repeat the password’s entry, and then save the file, you have Password Security applied, instead of the no security.

The only reason you would have a document that doesn’t allow you to add security is if it has been applied by the document author using another method.

donna.

Dick Estel

3, 2012-10-15 15, 2012

When I attempt to apply a password to a document, the Security Method shows “no security,” and there is no drop-down option. So now what?

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