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make a PDF un-editable

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Mar 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2017

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Hi how do i make my pdf doc uneditable

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Mar 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2017

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Hi Fleur

Do you have Acrobat DC? If so you can protect your pdf with permissions which will prevent others from editing your pdf.

Here's how:

Open your PDF

Select Protect from the side menus

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Select Encrypt with Password and say Yes when asked to confirm

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You can choose to set a password to allow someone to open the document.

To  edit permissions select Restrict editing and printing of the document.

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You will see the options you can choose to allow to printing and editing the document from the drop down menus.

Then type in a password in the Change Permissions Password area then click OK.

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The document has to be saved then to apply these new settings.

Always check the document is secure before sharing it.

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Mar 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2017

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Moving to Document Cloud PDF services​

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Mar 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2017

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Why? There's no indication that the OP has any cloud-based service, and it can't be done with those services anyway. A better place is one of the Acrobat forums.

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