Set up a postscript printer driver on your PC (using FILE as a port = instead of LPT1) Print the PDF and create a Postscript file. Run the Postscript file through Acrobat Distiller. You should then have a PDF file. Regards Donald Halley -----Original Message----- From: Deborah Cross [mailto:Deborah.Cross@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 30 May 2003 9:16 AM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [austechwriter] Re: Change a PDF? Downloaded a copy of Freehand but it won't open the file because it is = =3D encrypted. Looks like the PDF is password protected. I am trying to track the =3D person who created the PDF to see if they can remember the password! In the meantime, anyone know how to hack into a password protected PDF? = =3D -----Original Message----- From: Donald Halley [mailto:donald@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 30 May 2003 9:21 AM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [austechwriter] Re: Change a PDF? Deborah If you have a copy of Freehand 8.01 or greater. You can import PDFs quite nicely. Simply, edit and then export as a PDF. Regards Donald Halley ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to = austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to = austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject = field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to = www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to = austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************