Add Password for PDF document created through Excel 2010

**excelmabel2013** · 03-14-2013, 08:43 AM

How do I add a password to protect the PDF that I create from my excel 2010 document?

**shg** · 03-14-2013, 08:45 AM

Click preferences on the Acrobat tab.

**excelmabel2013** · 03-14-2013, 09:29 AM

Preferences does not allow the entry of a password under any of the option categories. Similarly choosing protection from the edit drop down does not allow entry of a password either.

**shg** · 03-14-2013, 10:05 AM

Did you look on the Security tab, where it says Require a password to open the document?

**profector** · 03-14-2013, 11:40 AM

I think you need to have bought Acrobat to be able to do it. In Adobe Pro I can create a PDF from an Excel file and then apply the security setting from there. There's isn't an option to protect PDFs in Excel (that I know of), and there isn't one in Adobe Reader.