Yes, i used Acrobat Reader and it worked -.-'
Damn, i thought i would never install it again...


On Oct 4, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Alex Hamann wrote:

> 
> On 04.10.2010, at 00:39, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 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
> 
> 
> In this case I would try Acrobat Reader. If it is indeed pdfKit related, 
> using Adobe's software should do it. Since your colleagues were able to open 
> it my guess is they used AR since this seems to be the only pdf reader many 
> people have ever heard of.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
>> 
>>> 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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