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Goose

Goose

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Is there a way to unlock a PDF document to make changes?

Scene is, my wife wants a rather complex flyer updated from last year to this year. I tried scanning in to both PDF and JPG, and both are locked so I can't update the date, etc. If you click on a link to unlock it, a page comes up trying to sell you a program to do it.

Any help would be appreciated. I did the thing originally last year, and thought I'd saved it to a flash drive, but danged if I can find it.
 
Whoa.

There are free PDF viewers, and there are (not free) PDF creators/editors. You might find very limited 'free' editors.

Which program did you use to create it? Which program are you trying to edit it with?

You said you are trying to scan it - what exactly do you mean by 'scan' here?

Paul
 
Goose,

As long as you made it yourself, should be able to open the PDF and copy/paste the text at least. I can - just did it by looking up a work newsletter online...

But if made by someone else, maybe they can deny you access to edit.
 
You have to have a program that will edit PDF's. Adobe Acrobat
will but it is expensive. There are free programs that will edit
but they are clunky.
 
Goose

We once had access to a commercial "un=pdfer" which worked fine. So long ago that I can't point you.

I have done this by using the "trial" versions of some of the later ones. If it is only a small job you might get by this way. Or not. Might need several tries.
 
How was the PDF originally created? In general, PDFs aren't intended to be edited directly but rather generated from some original source material. Think of the PDF as an electronic version of a printed document.

That said, there are authoring tools that can edit PDFs. You can even open a PDF file with a text editor, but you probably can't easily edit the contents.

Your best bet is to find the original document (e.g. Word, Powerpoint, etc), make the changes there and regenerate the PDF. If the original is lost, try googling for "pdf editor" and try one of the freeware tools.
 
It depends on what was used to create the file. If it was created by Acrobat, the creator of the file might have locked it from editing. You can prevent copying, opening, or even printing, if you really want. You can set a password, or leave it open entirely.

Best bet it to find whatever or whoever did the original and ask them to change it. Or send you the original pre-acrobat file (e.g. Word document) so you can edit it.
 
Adobe Acrobat is the answer with a price. We contract for it so It is on mine, but very capable. Jim
 
I have used this website a lot to alter pdf documents. Its free of charge

http://www.pdfescape.com/open/
 
Thanks for all the responses. I finally just decided to do it over from scratch. Fixed a few errors in the process.
 
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