(If you’re already a subscriber of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and have the software installed on your system, skip ahead to step 4.) You’ll also have to input a payment method so that Adobe can charge you after the trial period - be sure to cancel before the indicated date if you don’t want to keep up the subscription. Step 1: Navigate to the main Adobe Acrobat Pro DC free trial page and click the blue Get Started button. You’ll need to sign up for an Adobe Creative Cloud account, which involves providing your name and email address, as well as creating a new password. Password protecting a PDF with Adobe Acrobat screenshot
In this guide, we will walk you through each of the methods. There are several methods to password protect a PDF. Thankfully, PDFs have password-protected encryption built directly into the format, whether you’re running Windows or MacOS. In our digital age, PDF has replaced many paper documents, making security all the more important.
PDF is a user-friendly, printable, downloadable file format that works across all systems.
