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yossi3321
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July 23, 2014
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How do I extract pages from a Secured PDF file

  • July 23, 2014
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How do I extract pages from a Secured PDF file?

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Correct answer Test Screen Name

Yes, really. It's a good thing. PDF security exists. Adobe let you put it on. Adobe let you take it off with the password. Adobe DON'T let you remove it just because it's inconvenient. That's not really how security works. You should understand where your issue lies: with the person who chose to add security and deliberately stop you doing that stuff.

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Test Screen NameCorrect answer
Brainiac
December 12, 2017

Yes, really. It's a good thing. PDF security exists. Adobe let you put it on. Adobe let you take it off with the password. Adobe DON'T let you remove it just because it's inconvenient. That's not really how security works. You should understand where your issue lies: with the person who chose to add security and deliberately stop you doing that stuff.

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    ckiedrowski
    New Participant
    November 8, 2017

    Here is a solution:

    If you need to delete a page from a document, just do "Print" and then "Save As PDF" (depending on your platform). You should be able to remove any pages like that and have an "unsecured" PDF document where you can delete and rearrange as needed.

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      gkaiseril
      Inspiring
      November 8, 2017

      The above assumes that printing of the PDF is allowed. Note, you will also degrade the quality of the PDF.

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        gdstuart
        New Participant
        December 12, 2017

        Good. It should not allow you to do that.


        Weeeelllll, that may be a "good" thing from the Adobe perspective, but let me relate my issue....

        A vendor has created a secured doc that I want to send to my wife (who has a fast laser printer in her office) to print for me.  But I don't want to waste her time and printer ink on all the fancy pictures in the brochure, so I tried a Print to PDF operation to save only the pages with the text into a new PDF.  That's where the errors occur.  Is there any way to get this done short of send the whole PDF to her and saying, "Please print only pages, 5 and 6, 12 thru 19, 22,26 thru 35,:  etc. etc.  She will not be pleased with this solution.  I'd rather send her a whole doc that does not contain the pics so she can just print it in its entirety.

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        Test Screen Name
        Brainiac
        July 23, 2014

        1. Obtain the password.

        2. Go to File > Properties.

        3. Under Security, change method to None - enter password when requested.

        4. Save AS the file as a new name.

        5. Extract the pages.

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          Test Screen Name
          Brainiac
          July 23, 2014

          By the way, I believe certain secured files might allow you to delete pages. Try that. If so, you can make cut down, still secure, extracted files. With care.

          yossi3321
          yossi3321Author
          New Participant
          July 23, 2014

          Thank you but I don't have the password and it doesn't allow me to delete is there any other way out?

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