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Posted by Ibizadreamer AG on Dec-06-2006 20:32:

help with a locked adobe file

So the prof sent us a copy of a past final in .pdf format but the printing option was locked intentionally. Do any of you know how to unlock that? I'd greatly appreciate your help!

Posted by Arbiter on Dec-06-2006 20:40:

There are programs available to crack passwords for pdf files. I don't know if there's any good ones that are free. Google may hold those answers for you.

Posted by jdat on Dec-06-2006 20:41:

Can't be done .... normally

I had a job before that consisted of working with pdf files 95% of the time and most were unprintable

After googling around this might work if you have a gmail account:
http://akira.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/an...with-gmail.html

Posted by jdat on Dec-06-2006 20:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Arbiter
There are programs available to crack passwords for pdf files. I don't know if there's any good ones that are free. Google may hold those answers for you.

I don't think it's a password issue because you simply can't change content protection on a DRM protected pdf file as far as I can tell.

Posted by Ibizadreamer AG on Dec-06-2006 20:45:

sweet guys, thanks for the link..i think i'll figure it out cause it's not password protected..woot

Posted by chadmk3 on Dec-06-2006 23:08:

just print screen.

Posted by enferno on Dec-06-2006 23:09:

be ghetto and take screen shots, past into photoshop, crop, and print

Posted by basd on Dec-06-2006 23:16:

If it's 5 pages or less, the trial version of this tool:

http://www.elcomsoft.com/apdfpr.html

might do the trick. Perhaps there's a licensed version of it floating around somewhere as well.