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August 10, 2016
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Acrobat requires password for user's search.

  • August 10, 2016
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We password-protect our PDFs, with the following settings:

Printing:                                              Allowed

Changing the Document:                    Not Allowed

Document Assembly:                          Not Allowed

Content Copying:                               Allowed

Content Copying for Accessibility:     Allowed

Page Extraction:                                Not Allowed

Commenting:                                     Allowed

Filling of form fields:                          Allowed

Signing:                                             Allowed

Creation of Template Pages:             Allowed

When user attempts a search within a PDF, user is prompted for a password.

Not desired behavior.

How to configure password-protection settings so that user is allowed to search the document but not change it?

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try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 10, 2016

That's very strange... What application (including exact version) are they using to open the file?
Also, are you sure they're just searching the file, and not attempting to do a search & replace?

Participating Frequently
August 10, 2016

Opened in Acrobat Pro DC itself.

The version of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC that is included with Adobe Creative Suite:

2015 Release (Continuous) | Version 2015.009.20077