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Specify the Password for the Process Engine to Open the Scanned PDF

If your scanned PDF document you wish to search is password protected, you must specify the password for opening the file or editing the file or both.  The process engine will use the passwords to open and convert the PDF.
 
To set the password required by the PDF for the Process Engine to convert the PDF, complete the following steps:
  1. Check out and open the process you want to edit.

  2. Open the Convert to Searchable PDF activity in which you want to set the password.

  3. Click the Security tab. The corresponding screen is displayed.

  4. Select the Document Open Password check box.

  5. In the Document Open Password field, select the appropriate input field editor and set the field to a value that is the password to open the PDF.

  6. Select the Permission Password check box.

  7. In the Permission Password field, select the appropriate input field editor and set the field to a value that is the password to edit the PDF.

  8. Click OK. You specified the password required for the Process Engine to convert the PDF via OCR to be searchable.

Related Topics
Specify the Location of the Input File (PDF)
Set the File Properties while Converting the PDF
Specify the Output Location of the Searchable PDF


Source
BPM Designer Topics > Overview of Activities and Activity Topics > Document Activities > Convert to Searchable PDF

Last modified at 7/31/2020 12:00 PM