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Hello I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
I have created an action converting multiple PDFs to txt files.
However, some PDFs are locked.
I can unlock a pdf, but I has to be one by one manually, and it is not convenient for me (~over 2 000 pdfs).
Is there a way to add a "step" in my already-existing action ?
I am open to solutions/suggestions already existing in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC or a programming one (i.e. Javascript since we can import scripts)
Thank you in advance
I stumbled across this problem today and could solve it. I already had an action to set a password, which works fine, but removing so far was a problem just from the actual action, until I did this:
a) Go to Prefs -> Action wizard and select "Password security" in the dropdown menu
b) Create an action where the first command is Encryption, set it to None and uncheck the option to open a requester
c) Add a command to save the file.
When now wanting to batch-remove passwords, make sure that no docume
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Oh, I see. Is there a way to get a log after the action is completed?
Thank you once again!
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I stumbled across this problem today and could solve it. I already had an action to set a password, which works fine, but removing so far was a problem just from the actual action, until I did this:
a) Go to Prefs -> Action wizard and select "Password security" in the dropdown menu
b) Create an action where the first command is Encryption, set it to None and uncheck the option to open a requester
c) Add a command to save the file.
When now wanting to batch-remove passwords, make sure that no document is open. Then
a) Go to Tools -> Action wizard and select your remove password action.
b) Select one or multiple files. After that it should come up with a requester to enter the password and given that all documents use the same, it would now batch-remove and batch-save the PDFs without password.
Worked for me. The key point was the setting in the Prefs.
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Thanks, this saved me a lot of trouble!