How to Free Encrypt & Protect PDF Files with Password? 1. Is there an easy way to encrypt a PDF? I need to be able to send my parents a copy of some documents I have in PDF format, but I want to ensure privacy and encrypt them first. Is there some easy way to do this? 2. Is there a way to encrypt PDF without acrobat? I'm trying to prevent people from coping my PDF files or print them out but I don't have Acrabat. Is there another way I can protect them without it? I have windows, powerpoint, windows XP. Is there a free LEGIT website that at softwere that protects it? 3. How to encrypt a PDF file? How to secure a PDF file by encryption so as to deny copying or printing of the data from the file? Here we introduce two methods to encrypt PDF files? • Encrypt PDF Documents using Acrobat X Pro • Encrypt PDF Documents using PDFMate Free PDF Merger Method 1. Encrypt PDF Documents using Acrobat X Pro 1. Open or Create the PDF document 2. Click on "Tools", t