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Unlock Restrictions on PDF Documents

Have you ever come across a PDF document that has restrictions applied to it that limit the usefulness of the document itself? Without the appropriate password, these special PDF documents can prevent you from printing, copying, or editing. Now, there are certainly a few cumbersome ways around this limitation - you could take a screenshot of each page of the document and then do as you please with the resulting picture. Typically you need to be in a certain state of desperation to resort to this tactic! Worse still, some can’t even be viewed without first being unlocked.

PDF Unlocker is a free application for Windows that can remove the restrictions outlined above. Once downloaded and installed, the program creates an icon on your desktop. Unlocking the PDF couldn’t be simpler; just drag and drop the desired PDF onto the shortcut and it’ll handle the rest, automagically! From the newly created PDF you are free to print or copy to your hearts content.

PDF Unlocker is also able to strip out the password necessary to open the document with one major caveat - you need to know the password first. Right click on the desktop shortcut and chose Edit. Directly after -sPDFPassword= provide the necessary password after the equals (=). Save the file and Close. Now, drag and drop just like above.

A useful and free tool, what more could you want?

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