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craigb36097816
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September 8, 2018
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The security setting for restrict editing PDF does not seem to be consistent

  • September 8, 2018
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Hi

I changed Security Setting for restricting editing/printing along with password to open using Adobe Acrobat DC (I used the protect tool for restrict editing then went to file properties, then security tab)

but it seemed erratic once i set both password in my testing...sometimes I opened the file with the correct password then tried to Edit the PDF and it DID NOT ASK ME FOR THE OTHER edit restrict password and allowed me to edit the PDF..

so I cleared out both passwords (to open the file and to restrict editing) and reset them again and now it works fine...but I am not 100% confident in the security setting...have you heard of this before or do you think i just made an error in setting the security commands?

thanks very much for any help.

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Correct answer try67

regarding your note below, do you work for Adobe?

is there someone at Adobe who can clarify this or some article or resource that i can read more on?

how can i get more information on this from Adobe directly?

thanks

The security setting for restrict editing PDF does not seem to be consistent

created by Bernd Alheit in Acrobat General Troubleshooting - View the full discussion


You probably got confused and opened the document using the File Edit ("permissions") password.

If you do that it will not only open the file but will also allow you to edit it, without having to remove the policy.

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Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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September 9, 2018

craigb36097816  wrote

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but it seemed erratic once i set both password in my testing...sometimes I opened the file with the correct password then tried to Edit the PDF and it DID NOT ASK ME FOR THE OTHER edit restrict password and allowed me to edit the PDF..

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Did you use the open or the permission password?

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craigb36097816Author
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September 9, 2018

i used both open and permissions passwords

thanks

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Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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September 9, 2018

When you open the document you can use one password only.

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