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williamh73359400
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January 2, 2018
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How to change or unlock document properties?

  • January 2, 2018
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How to change or unlock document properties? When I save to PDF the document saves to another person, not me

See attached. I saved a Word doc to a PDF. The tag name is Richard Conyers, a name of someone other than me.

How do I unlock or change the document properties and save to my name?

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    Correct answer ~graffiti

    Can we assume you only have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader? If so, you cannot change that on the pdf itself. Word is adding that meta-data so you need to find out how to change it before it is pdf'd or use the full version of Adobe Acrobat (assuming there are no edit restrictions on the document).

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    Yuva26049511bqc4
    Participant
    September 10, 2022

    This file is protected password for forgot didn't open the file. So unlock file please help me with Adobe.

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    September 11, 2022

    No, remember the password or give up.

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    ivank86881169
    Participant
    January 11, 2018

    just in case make copy of PDF, open PDF file with let's say Notepad++, search for Title, change value inside (), and that's it.

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      Anonymous
      July 16, 2020

      After an hour search, this is the only answer that actually works if you don't have access to the original Word or PDF file.

      try67
      Community Expert
      try67Community Expert
      Community Expert
      July 19, 2020

      This is not a good workaround. The metadata information can be saved in multiple locations in a PDF and editing it directly is not going to take care of all of it, and it can corrupt the file beyond repair if you make a mistake. If you need to edit files in this manner then get Acrobat.

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      williamh73359400Author
      Participant
      January 2, 2018

      Thanks so much. The name was embedded in Word.

      I can only image how many years people that I had some strange alias. All the best, W

        ~graffiti
        ~graffitiCorrect answer
        Legend
        January 2, 2018

        Can we assume you only have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader? If so, you cannot change that on the pdf itself. Word is adding that meta-data so you need to find out how to change it before it is pdf'd or use the full version of Adobe Acrobat (assuming there are no edit restrictions on the document).

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