Lock Highlight Form For Free

Assuming the fillable PDF that you have downloaded or received is not locked for editing, and does not have other restrictions placed on it, you will be able to modify the form fields using a PDF editor such as PDF Pro.

To save a fillable PDF as read only (protect PDF form from editing and protect form content from being copied): In Windows File Explorer, right-click on the PDF file that contains the form (the PDF could consist of just a form or multiple document pages and a form) and select the 'Make secure PDF' option.

How Can I Make a PDF Not Allow Editing? Open the document in Power PDF. Navigate to the Security tab and click Manage Security. Check the box that says, ?Set a password to restrict editing of security settings.? Enter a password. Set restrictions, including whether to allow printing and which changes you wish to allow.

Use a low opacity rectangle to cover the text: Click on Comment icon to enable the tools. Click on Draw Rectangle tool, Click on Change Color tool, choose the color and set opacity to about 40%, Click on Change Line Thickness tool and set to 0 pt, Draw a rectangle around the text you want to highlight.

Add protection to a form If you want to limit how much others can edit or format a form, use the Restrict Editing command: Open the form that you want to lock or protect. Select Developer > Restrict Editing. After selecting restrictions, select Yes, Start Enforcing Protection.

How to Restrict Editing in Adobe Acrobat - YouTube YouTube Start of suggested clip End of suggested clip Box from here select password security and the security method drop down menu. Then check restrictMoreBox from here select password security and the security method drop down menu. Then check restrict editing and printing of the document in the password. Security dialog box next choose the printing.

You can set files to read-only mode through your operating system's basic tools. On Windows, just right-click your PDF and select Properties > Read-only > OK.