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Encrypted pdf wont open after client tried to save it

Community Beginner ,
Mar 29, 2024 Mar 29, 2024

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Hello,

 

I have a pdf which i encrypted against editing. My client tried to mark up the document with some notes and save it. Now it requires a password to open, which imwas not originally required, and the original password that I entered no longer works. please help me if there is a way go access this document. 

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Create PDFs , Edit and convert PDFs , Modern Acrobat , PDF , PDF forms , Standards and accessibility

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Mar 30, 2024 Mar 30, 2024

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Ask the client for the password, or for an unsecured copy. There's no other way.

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Mar 30, 2024 Mar 30, 2024

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Client claims they did not enter a new password when they saved it. 

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Mar 30, 2024 Mar 30, 2024

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What application did they use?

Did they digitally sign it?

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Mar 30, 2024 Mar 30, 2024

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I believe they were using Adobe Acrobat, and there was no need to digitally sign it so if they did it wasn't because it was required.

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Mar 30, 2024 Mar 30, 2024

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The client is not telling the truth. They do not know what they do. Can they open the file?

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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Mar 30, 2024 Mar 30, 2024

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No, after saving, the file now requires them to use a password. Never had this happen before so they must have done something on their end. 

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Mar 30, 2024 Mar 30, 2024

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How did you encrypt it?

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScripting
Use the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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Mar 30, 2024 Mar 30, 2024

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File was encrypted when exported from illustrator as a pdf, I used the "require a password to change security permissions" option. Customer claims they only made simple text changes to the document and saved it, now it requires a password to open.

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Requiring a password to "change security permissions" does not encrypt the file. Only securing with a digital certificate will ecrypt the document.  

 

It most likely that something was done on the customers end, but it is concievable that they somehow corrupted the security parameters the so old password isn't any good and Acrobat thinks a password needed for opening. 

 

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScripting
Use the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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