On Oct 3, 2010, at 23:58, Filipe Leandro wrote: > The password isn't the empty string, i don't get the a read view to insert > the password, the File > Password menu is disabled, and i haven't successfuly > open this file. > It is from a college web page. The teacher gave us the password and my > colleagues (i believe using Windows) have opened the file with no problems (i > don't know using which program). > > All i get when I open the file is "The document could not be open". The only > explanation i get is that the file might be corrupt, but there are several > password-protected files I can't open, all from the same Teacher, and other > people have opened them. >
Well, then the PDF could not be opened for some reason, but not because of the password. My guess is that you'd have the same problem with Preview, which makes it a PDFKit problem, so out of our reach. Christiaan > On Oct 3, 2010, at 9:27 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> >> On Oct 3, 2010, at 13:58, Filipe Leandro wrote: >> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> How do I open a password-protected pdf using Skim? >>> I'm not trying to crack it, I just need to insert the password that I own, >>> but Skim simply doesn't prompt for the password or has any option to insert >>> it. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Filipe >> >> When the file IS password protected (and the password is not the empty >> string), then you should get a read view with a password text field. You can >> also set the password through File > Password…. If you don't get the red >> view, and the Password… menu item is disabled, the file is not password >> protected, or the password was the empty string, or you already entered it >> before and Skim saved it in your Keychain. >> >> Christiaan >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Virtualization is moving to the mainstream and overtaking non-virtualized >> environment for deploying applications. Does it make network security >> easier or more difficult to achieve? Read this whitepaper to separate the >> two and get a better understanding. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/hp-phase2-d2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization is moving to the mainstream and overtaking non-virtualized > environment for deploying applications. Does it make network security > easier or more difficult to achieve? Read this whitepaper to separate the > two and get a better understanding. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/hp-phase2-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization is moving to the mainstream and overtaking non-virtualized environment for deploying applications. Does it make network security easier or more difficult to achieve? Read this whitepaper to separate the two and get a better understanding. http://p.sf.net/sfu/hp-phase2-d2d _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
