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How to Secure PDF with Passwords Protection

We often use PDF file for both business and personal purposes. It includes several features and functions like graphics, page order, financial and corporal chart and more. No need to carry with hand, we can transmit it by the cloud or by any type of data transmitter. The problem occurs when any secret file transmits into the wrong hand. Are you worried that anybody got your information in mistake? Better you secure PDF with password. Now let's learn the steps.

Part 1The Program for Making PDF Secured

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Wondershare PDFelement is offers you flexible PDF security settings. You can either add open password or permission password to your important PDF documents. By applying passwords it prevents unauthorized person from accessing the document or even changing it.

PDFelement enables you change texts, modify images, change pages, change font color, add annotations, and add sticky notes just to list a few. It is also a PDF creator and converter, which allows you to create PDF from existing PDF files, Images, HTML, screen captures and window captures etc. You can output PDF to formats like HTML, EPUB, Image, Word, Excel, PPT, Rich text and Plain Text etc.

Part 2How to Add PDF Password Security

Step 1. Open PDF with PDFelement

Download and install PDFelement on your computer. Then open your desired file by clicking the "Open" button from the left corner of the Home window. Then select and load your desired file.

For Mac users, you can click the "Open File" button to import your PDF into PDFelement.

Step 2. Secure PDF with Password

From the menu bar select "Protect". Protection functions will appear. Select "Password". A dialog box will appear. You can set a password from here. There have two sections. One is for open file the other is for permission. Set the password and click "OK".

For Mac users, you can go to the right side "Protection" menu and choose "Encrypt with Password" option.

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Published: Apr 28,2016 10:06 am / Updated: Jun 02,2016 17:00 pm

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