How to Copy from a Secured PDF File?

People raise their awareness of the issue of environmental protection in recent years. One of the actions is to build the paperless world. PDF format is essential for boosting this process. Many people nowadays can not live without PDF format. Every company have to work with PDF documents, confidential documents would be save as PDF and encrypted. Writers would publish their novels or books in PDF format.

Although PDF format is almost perfect for sharing and viewing, since PDF is not easy to edit, many people would like to copy PDF to Word document for editing or reading. Some users have already got used to Microsoft Word. In this case, they might want to copy from PDF to Word document.

To copy from a PDF without restrictions

If the PDF is full open, we can just press Ctrl+C to copy the selected text from PDF and press Ctrl+V to paste the text to Word document. This is the easiest way to get the content from a PDF. But if the PDF contains some complicated layouts and images, you may not keep the format after you pasted the contents from PDF to Word.

PDF format has lots of advantages, security is one of those. A PDF author can set password to prevent people from opening, or set restriction from copying or printing. They are the 'User Password' and 'Owner Password'. But there must be someone who has the legal right to copy the text from a secured PDF or print the secured PDF out. Do not be afraid, here are the solutions.

Remove PDF restrictions before copy and paste

PDF Password Remover is designed to remove restrictions from PDF files. Just right-click the PDF files, and select Remove Restrictions from the shortcut menu. The owner password will be removed in seconds and then you can edit, print, copy your PDF files as you wish, but legally of course.

Convert a secured PDF to Word document

This is the best way to copy text from secured PDF to Word. A good PDF to Word converter can preserve the original layout, text contents, images, and hyperlinks after conversion. It's time saving. You can convert a secured PDF to Word using AnyBizSoft PDF to Word Converter, which supports secured PDF conversion.

If the PDF has been set an owner password, Follow 3 steps: (1) Add the PDF files (supporting batch and partial conversion), (2) Choose the output folder, (3) Click Convert. Then the secured PDF will be converted into Word documents in a few seconds.

If there is a user password and you have it, you can type it in then repeat the steps above. Many PDF to Word converters will crash if the PDF is secured by open password.

Now copying from a secured PDF to Word is not a problem.