Adding password protection to Microsoft Word and PDF documents

You can generate Microsoft Word and PDF documents that are password protected.

About this task

Password protection is ignored in the following situations:

Procedure

  1. Open a document specification in Launcher.
  2. In the Document Specification view, select Microsoft Word or PDF output.
  3. In the Properties view, enter a password for the document password property.
  4. Generate the document.
  5. Open the generated Microsoft Word or PDF document.

Results

Before the document is opened, Microsoft Word or Adobe Reader prompts you for a password.

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