The cost to password protect PDF documents

[timbo343]

I cannot believe how expensive adobe acrobat / the foxit alternative is these days!

 

I was wondering what others are using to password protect PDF files that cannot be imported into word.

 

We make use of our MFDs with the ability to password protect scanned documents however there are times when either word or scanned in documents are not an option.

 

We try to make use of 7Zip as much as possible but when, as a school, we are been asked to send confidential documents to solicitors, etc and they don't understand what 7Zip is, you kind of think who is applying best practice here.

[p858snake]

We use Nunance PDF (appears to have been renamed KoFax PDF) for our PDF editing, Although I don't know about password protecting as I've never had to do that yet.

[bknaggs]

Primo PDF is free and can create password protected PDFs.

 

https://www.primopdf.com/

[timbo343]

Primo PDF is free and can create password protected PDFs.

 

https://www.primopdf.com/

 

OOohhh! Why thank you!!

[DaveTheTech]

If it is just password protecting PDFs, then MS Word can do this.

The only thing that Adobe does in addition is to create sign-able fields that let people add an electronic signature

[mavhc]

What do you mean by "can't be imported into Word"? How would you stop a PDF being imported?

[Jawloms]

What do you mean by "can't be imported into Word"? How would you stop a PDF being imported?

 

They can all be imported, I think the issue is that they don't import correctly.

[mavhc]

There's a secret system that can be used to copy any book or document even if it's full of DRM, it's call a typist

[ianniow]

This is the free one that we use PDFill: Free PDF Editor, Free PDF Tools and Free PDF Writer