How to Password Protect a PDF?

Keep your PDFs as safe as possible with Password Protection. Trusted by many to keep sensitive files private and secure.

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More Safe, More Secure, More Protected

That's what your documents will be when you use PDF Reader. If you need to add passwords and permission rules and edit permissions to your files, PDF Reader makes it easy and convenient through its basic interface. You will need to login when opening your password-protected documents, which protects your valuable information from unauthorized views.

PDF Reader is designed from the ground up to work with password-secured PDFs, which ensures cutting edge security is at the helm of safeguarding you and your data.

Whether you’re a Mac or Windows user, lockdown your documents with these simple steps.

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How to Add Passwords to PDF Documents on Mac

Whether you’re a working professional or student, PDF Reader helps you protect PDF documents at all stages of your workflow using advanced password protection. If you work on Mac, follow these quick and easy steps to set up your unbreakable passwords:

  1. Open a PDF in PDF Reader
  2. Click the Security icon on the upper toolbar

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  1. Choose Set Passwords from the pop-up menu, and you’ll be brought to a window where you can select the encryption setting.

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  1. Select the output folder where you want to save the newly encrypted PDF file. You can also add more files to encrypt PDFs in batch by clicking on Add Files.

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  1. Depending on how secure you want to encrypt the PDF, you can add a custom password preventing the content from being viewed, copied, or printed

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  1. Then press the Encrypt button to start encryption
  2. The new password-protected PDF will be saved in the output folder

More Accessible Than Ever, But Not Less Secure

PDF Reader has become a vital and effective tool in today's workplace, but it doesn't stop at reading documents. It can do so much more.

Breach-Proof Your Business

Financial documents at your business can be copied from computer to computer, without restriction. This is why you need advanced security tools for your documents. If your company has a ‘no-USB drive’ requirement in place, chances are it's followed most of the time. Most breaches happen by accident when employees share files by email or without realizing who is CC’d through online services.

By adding PDF password security to your documents by default means only authorized viewers will be able to see them. Even if sent accidentally, the PDF document and your organization will be protected, as the information within will not be readable by prying eyes.

  • Every company needs the extra security of password protection with their financial documents.
  • Send legal documents to clients, or send sensitive quotes or price lists without worrying that unauthorized parties can read them.
  • Your PDF password will remain intact even if the PDF document is copied from one person to another, keeping your document safe.
  • Reliable PDF password protection enables such a critical level of security. PDF Reader makes it easy to implement passwords throughout your company within your workflows and business processes.

Keep trade secrets, confidential documents, and files protected under lock and key with tailored privacy rules. Your clients will be impressed with your commitment to putting security first.

Safeguard Your Identity

More people are using personal applications to save their private document financial data on their home computers. Software is advancing dramatically, and over the last several years, users have discovered the power of apps for managing personal documents.

Users can keep spreadsheets, budgets, and even contracts on mobile devices. With the convenience and power of applications at your fingertips comes the need for security.

Whenever apps are designed to make life easier, developers need to consider security – and users must always keep in mind that their data must be protected.

With PDF Reader, users have various choices for securing their personal data and documents.. Adding a permission password to a PDF secures it so it can not be opened.

PDF reading software – such as Adobe Reader – recognizes an encrypted password and will not allow users to view an entire document if the correct password is not entered. This added level of security secures your financial documents, tax reports, or even contracts.

PDF Reader makes document security easy and accessible, ensuring breaches and leaks are a thing of the past.

Protect Your Schoolwork

With the rise of online e-learning, more people than ever are students. Students are constantly producing high-quality work alongside their peers.

How can students work together,collaborate, and peer review while still producing original, creative work?? With a strong password protection software solution for PDF documents, you can have peace of mind knowing that your work hasn't been edited or seen by anyone else until it's time to turn in your work.

  • You can share your password-protected work in group file upload locations, on flash drives, or on shared network storage locations.
  • You can send your documents through emails or messages to your peers, professors, and more.
  • If you send your document to the wrong person or group of people, they won’t be able to open it as it will be password protected.
  • From beginning to end, you will have an added layer of assurance that no unauthorized access will be possible as only the users intended to view or edit your document will be able to do so.
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