Password Protect PDF
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dkelly
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If the PDF only has an owner password and no open password then you can use one of several tools (qpdf, CPDF or PDF Enhancer) to decrypt and modify the security settings. You would have to either save the PDF without a password or know the existing password to re-encrypt it.
In "Command or path" specify the complete path to the pdftk application. In "Arguments" you write
"%1" output "%2" owner_pw YourPassword
"%1" (do not forget the quotes to avoid problems with spaces in paths) points to the input file, "%2" to the output file, and because you want Switch to continue with the output file you should set "Output" to "File at path" with "Output extension - Automatic" because the output file has the same extension as the input file.
Freddy
"%1" output "%2" owner_pw YourPassword
"%1" (do not forget the quotes to avoid problems with spaces in paths) points to the input file, "%2" to the output file, and because you want Switch to continue with the output file you should set "Output" to "File at path" with "Output extension - Automatic" because the output file has the same extension as the input file.
Freddy