Once locked in Acrobat, you can use password to lock access. 5. When finished, simply log out of your Adobe account (or remove your password). 6. To remove the password protection, re-open the documents and choose “Restricting or Viewing” from the menu. This time enables to Protect With Password option, then lock the PDF document. How to Disable or Lock PDF from Editing Online? To disable viewing of all PDFs, just right-click them in your menu bar and select Protect From All. You may also want to disable printing by right-clicking the page and pressing Disable Printing. To lock your PDF, either go to the File tab and remove it from the Print list, and you will see the Lock button (or Lock Lizard) at the bottom. Clicking this button will prevent you from printing the file by right-clicking. What is the difference between lock and “unlock”? Lock or unlock the PDF from the right side when you don't need to see the password. If security gets breached your passwords will remain locked. Lock: locks (removes) viewing of certain PDF files (like spreadsheets) from accessing the file system. Unlock: lock (releases) viewing of specific PDF files (like spreadsheets) allowing viewing of documents and other files in the file system. How Can I Print from Adobe Acrobat? To Print a PDF file using Adobe PDF Downloader click the link below. How Can I Use Acrobat Reader To Convert a Word Document into PDFs? Select Acrobat Reader and go to File, PDF, and the Create PDF (Pro/Enterprise) window. Can I Use Acrobat Reader To Create PDF Files from a Word Document? You can not use Acrobat Reader to import or create a PDF from a Word document or a text from a document with a word or paragraph in it.