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What to do if…your PDF editor is hard to use

This will create a PDF that will open in Acrobat DC.Give your file a name, then select Save.Choose Adobe PDF as the printer in the dialog box, then select Print.If you are the PDF owner and have forgotten the password, Adobe suggests the workaround of printing a copy of the document: There is no way to recover a forgotten password in Acrobat. To unlock a PDF for editing in Adobe Acrobat, you need to be the file owner and/or have the password. This can be frustrating if all you want to do is edit text or reorder the pages in your PDF-but you can’t even get into the file in the first place. If you don’t have administrator permissions and you can’t edit a PDF in preview mode, then removing security protection is more difficult. Type the password in the box, then click OK. In Adobe Acrobat, all you have to do is go to Tools > Protect > Encrypt > Remove Security. If you created the PDF or have administrator permissions and no longer need password protection, you can easily remove this security function. But to access more editing capabilities, you may need to upgrade to a paid subscription on Acrobat Reader Pro. The Adobe Acrobat Reader app for mobile and desktop will enable you to sign and annotate PDFs. However, this isn’t recommended for documents that contain sensitive or confidential information.Īlternatively, a PDF reader that offers an editing function may be more effective. One way around this may be to export your PDF from Adobe Acrobat to another application like Microsoft Word, then resaving the file as a PDF in the Save As function.