How to Create Password Protected PDF

PDF documents are used everywhere due to their wonderful and promising performance. This pre-eminent file format is quintessential for finical documents. So it is your utmost responsibility to secure your important, confidential and vulnerable data with highest protection. Now, in this article, you will learn how to create password protected PDF.

Part 1The Program for Creating Password Protected PDF

Wondershare PDFelement offers you high quality protection through passwords. With it, you can make your PDF documents unassailable and then only the person that has the password will be able to open, see and use the documents.

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PDFelement also offers many other appealing features. It can help you make any change you want on PDF. Its OCR plugin even lets you edit scanned PDF files. The converting feature enables you to convert your PDF files into any other format like Word, Excel, Power point, HTML and many more.

Part 2How to Create Password for PDF File

• Open Password: It basically protects your files from opening.
• Permission Password: Once you set permission password, no one can copy, modify or print the password protected PDF document.

Here are some simple steps that you have to follow in order to create password for your document completely.

Step 1. Import Your PDF

Once you open PDFelement on your computer, you are supposed to upload the PDF documents that needs to be encrypt. To do this, click the "Open" button that is situated at the bottom left. Select the desired document or file and then upload it.

If you're using Mac, click the "Open File" button that is present at the bottom right. Now select the desired PDF document. Lastly click on the "Open" icon.

Step 2. Create a Password

Once you have imported the file, click the "Protect" tab that can be seen on main menu bar and followed by the "Password" button. Then create a password of your choice (that must be a strong password including alphabets and some numerical values).

In case of Mac, move the cursor to the right side menu and then click the button named "Protection" followed by "Encrypt with Password". In the pop up window, you can either create an open password or a permission password. Lastly, click the "OK" button to reserve your security feature.

Posted by Audrey Goodwin to Encrypt PDF | Follow @AudreySGoodwin
Published: Apr 29,2016 9:29 am / Updated: May 31,2016 19:21 pm