Protecting/Encrypting a PDF File

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Supersuperleeds

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You can password protect a Word document.
 

Custom24

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Oxfordshire
Do you want to protect it in transit for example in an email to someone else? If you don't need ultra secure, you could zip it in a password protected zip file. Most recipients will be able to deal with that.

If you need more secure than that, you could look at pgp for sending to someone else in email.

Or bcrypt if you are not sending it, but keeping it yourself.
 

BoldonLad

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[QUOTE 5160275, member: 9609"]anyone use any of the free software for this ? don't fancy paying adobe for something I might use one or twice a year.

Or is there a way I could protect a notepad or wordpad document instead ?[/QUOTE]

I cannot really answer your question, not having used any of the free software intended for this purpose, but, you need to identify to what degree you want to "secure" the file(s). If you simply wish to prevent someone, other that yourself, changing them, then password protection, or, saving them to a location, on your PC, only updatable by yourself, would suffice.
 

Tin Pot

Guru
If it’s important information, don’t put it in a doc and share it.

As classic asked - what is your concern? It’s important to understand what is the threat to determine the appropriate control.
 
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Shut Up Legs

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Do you want to protect it in transit for example in an email to someone else? If you don't need ultra secure, you could zip it in a password protected zip file. Most recipients will be able to deal with that.

If you need more secure than that, you could look at pgp for sending to someone else in email.

Or bcrypt if you are not sending it, but keeping it yourself.
Agreed, and according to this article, WinZip supports fairly strong encryption:
http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/80/
 

classic33

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@User9609, I'd go with the advice above from @Shut Up Legs, who's backing up @Custom24's suggestion.
 
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