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
>> 
>> 
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