To protect the created PDF document, do you want to secure PDF with some kind of application which has this function? If you don’t want others to open PDF document, you can set an open password. If you don’t want others to freely print, copy, modify your PDF document, you can set an change password and some permissions. The application you are recommended to use is named as VeryDOC PDF Printer.
There are several steps that you can follow to secure PDF document when you create it.
1. Download PDF Printer
Please click here to download PDF Printer to your computer and then you need to double click the installer to activate the setup wizard. Follow the wizard to fulfill the installation and then you will be able to use PDF Printer.
2. Open document and choose printer
For example, you want to convert a Word document to PDF file. Please open the Word document and then click File—Print or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+ P to open the Print window. Then choose PDFcamp Printer as current printer in Printer dropdown list.
3. Set parameters for PDF Printer
Please click PDF Properties in Print window to open the printer window and click Security tab. You will see the tab like the one shown in Figure 1. On the right, there are three options that you can choose and you can check any one according to your needs. On the left, you can input the open password, change password in corresponding edit boxes. In Permissions group box, you can set the permissions for the created PDF document. In Encryption Level group box, you can choose 40 or 128-bit encryption level. Then please click OK button.
Figure 1
4. Create PDF
You will see Print window again and please click Print button to open Save as dialog box in which you can set the output location, input the new name for the created PDF document. Then click Save button to create PDF document.
To secure PDF document, please do as illustrated above. There are more useful features and functions about PDF Printer, if you are interested in it, please visit the homepage of PDF Printer. You can contact us if you have any questions about the software.