Encrypt PDF - how it works

If you send confidential information as a PDF attachment, for example, it makes sense to encrypt the document. There are several options to encrypt a PDF. Below we present an efficient and free program.

How to encrypt a PDF document

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Encrypt PDF documents

Drag the document into the creator

Click Custom to encrypt the document

Select security and assign passwords for PDF

Save the encrypted PDF document

Encrypting a PDF is done quickly with the free PDF creator. You can also use the practical program to convert an Office document into a PDF, among other things.

• After you have opened the PDF Creator, first select the corresponding folder and click on the PDF or alternatively the document that you want to convert to PDF.
• The document is then displayed in the upper right area and you drag it or the corresponding page into the lower right area.
• In the upper right menu area click either "Save document as" or "Save all documents as".
• In the "PDF" part of the "Formatting Settings" menu, select the "Security" option.
• You can then enter passwords for encryption and opening the PDF here. You can also select the permissions that you want to grant the recipient.
• After you have clicked the "Next" button, only enter a file name and select the file type if necessary.
• Tip: Before you pass on the encrypted PDF, try out briefly whether the document can really only be opened with a password or whether you have entered the password correctly. You should either remember the password well or write it down somewhere. If you have any questions, it doesn't look very professional if you no longer know it yourself.
• You will of course send the password for the PDF document to the recipient in a separate email.

If you would like to pass on a PDF document, but in such a way that the recipient cannot read all text passages, we will tell you in the next practical tip how you can blacken out PDF areas.