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bypassing pdf restrictions.
By using Mac OS X "Save as PDF" capability, you can bypass existing PDF password "protections".

Contributed by: sam stover
[03/28/03 | Discuss (5) | Link to this hack] |
I received a password protected .pdf file. I'm running Mac OS X, and the default viewer is preview. Upon opening the doc, I got a password prompt telling me that I could view the doc and print it, but I couldn't copy/paste anything. So I try to open it in Acrobat Reader, and sure enough, the edit commands are greyed out.
Well, Mac OS X gives you the ability to save any document as a pdf, so I did that and saved it as another pdf file. And now, I can copy/paste to my heart's content. Evidently that copy-protection isn't carried forward in this operation.
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printing locked PDF's
2005-01-20 14:55:24
ianduncan1
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export from apple preview
2004-03-03 11:32:06
tinkertank
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X.3
2004-01-07 06:38:44
anonymous2
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PDF Hack - I love it!
2003-04-16 15:13:53
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PDF Hack - I love it!
2003-12-03 10:53:14
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btw, PDFKey from http://www.pdfkey.tk/ (5 euros) also works well.
Ian