Password Protect PDF

pcarvalho · Post by **pcarvalho** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 6:10 pm

Is there a way of using switch to password protect PDF for print or edit?

dkelly · Post by **dkelly** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 6:51 pm

If the PDF only has an owner password and no open password then you can use one of several tools (qpdf, CPDF or PDF Enhancer) to decrypt and modify the security settings. You would have to either save the PDF without a password or know the existing password to re-encrypt it.

pcarvalho · Post by **pcarvalho** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:01 pm

I don't want do print a password protected PDF.

I want to protect a PDF for print or edit using switch for this action

dkelly · Post by **dkelly** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:23 pm

same tools, just different options

pcarvalho · Post by **pcarvalho** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:10 am

I'm using PDF ToolKit but gives me the message "Can't find outputs for job [25.pdf]"

Can anyone tell me how Execute command works?

I'm newbie on Switch.

freddyp · Post by **freddyp** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:41 am

In "Command or path" specify the complete path to the pdftk application. In "Arguments" you write

"%1" output "%2" owner_pw YourPassword

"%1" (do not forget the quotes to avoid problems with spaces in paths) points to the input file, "%2" to the output file, and because you want Switch to continue with the output file you should set "Output" to "File at path" with "Output extension - Automatic" because the output file has the same extension as the input file.

Freddy

pcarvalho · Post by **pcarvalho** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:37 am

Worked just fine.

Thanks for the help.