Protect PDF Files

Subscribers can protect PDF files by the following methods:

• Protect a PDF File with Password
• Restrict Document Permissions
• Protect a PDF File with Certificate
• Protect PDF Information with Redaction
• Remove Security Settings

Protect a PDF File with Password

• On the document pane, tapon the toolbar on the top;
• Tap Password Protect ;
• Slide the Open Document toggle to ON;
• Input the password, and tap OK.

Tip: When opening a PDF file protected with a password, you will be required to input the password first.

Restrict Document Permissions

• On the document pane, tapon the toolbar on the top;
• Tap Password Protect ;
• Slide the Add Document Restrictions toggle to ON;
• Slide the action toggle to OFF as desired;
• Input the password, and tap OK.

Tip: The password is needed if you want to remove the restricted document permissions.

Protect a PDF File with Certificate

• On the document pane, tapon the toolbar on the top;
• Tap Certificate Protect ;
• Select a certificate;
• Tap OK.

Tips:

• Certificate Protect is only available in Android 2.3 and above.
• Before encrypting or decrypting a PDF file with certificate, you need to save the digital certificate in your Android device.

Protect PDF Information with Redaction

Foxit PDF Reader Mobile allows subscribers to permanently redact text, images, and pages to protect confidential information.

Redact Text or Image

• On the document pane, tapon the toolbar on the top;
• Tap Redaction;
• Select the Redact Text button on the toolbar at the bottom, and drag to mark the text, image, or area that you want to redact;
• When you have finished marking the contents that you want to redact, do any of the following to apply redactions:
  • Tap the marked item, and choose Apply to redact the selected item;
  • Tap Apply All on the toolbar at the top to redact all the marked items in the PDF file.

Redact Pages

• On the document pane, tapon the toolbar on the top;
• Tap Redaction;
• Select the Redact Page button on the toolbar at the bottom;
• In the pop-up Redact Pages window, tap the page thumbnails to select the pages that you want to redact, and tap Done;
• When you have finished marking the pages that you want to redact, do any of the following to apply redactions:
  • Tap the marked page, and choose Apply to redact the selected page;
  • Tap Apply All on the toolbar at the top to redact all the marked pages in the PDF file.

Search and Redact Text

For searchable PDF documents, you can redact specific text in a PDF file by search.

• On the document pane, tapon the toolbar on the top;
• Tap Redaction;
• Select the Search & Redact button on the toolbar at the bottom;
• Input the text in the search box on the top, and tap Search;
• (Optional)Tap the search result in the list to check the context in the PDF file. When checking the context, you can tap or to jump to the previous or next search result. To return to the redaction search result list, tap .
• Check the items that you want to redact in the redaction search result list, and tap Mark checked results for redaction.
• Do any of the following to apply redactions:
  • Tap the marked item, and choose Apply to redact the selected item;
  • Tap Apply All on the toolbar at the top to redact all the marked items in the PDF file.

Tips:

1. To exit the redaction mode, tap the Back icon on the toolbar on the top.

2. Before applying the redaction, you can tap any marked items and choose Delete to cancel redacting the item. Once applied, the marked content will be permanently redacted and removed. Since the operation cannot be undone, it is recommended that you save a copy of the PDF document before redaction.

Remove Security Settings

• On the document pane, tapon the toolbar on the top;
• Tap Remove Security, and confirm your operation;

Tip: The password is needed if you want to remove the restricted document permissions.