Creating Scanned Images Depending on Intended Use (for Windows Users)
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Setting Passwords for PDF Files
You can set Document Open passwords for PDF files when saving the image data as PDF
files.
Once you set a password for a PDF file, the password-protected PDF files cannot be
opened by anyone except the person who knows the password. You can protect important
information by setting a password for private or confidential documents.
Change the settings to set passwords for PDF files in the following procedure.
1. Select [Scan Button Settings] from the Right-Click Menu.
For details about the Right-Click Menu, refer to "Right-Click Menu (Windows)" (page
34).
DThe ScanSnap setup dialog box appears.
2. In the [File format] drop-down list in the [File option] tab, select [PDF

(*.pdf)], and then click the [Option] button.

DThe [PDF file format option] dialog box appears.
ATTENTION
zWhen you use the Quick Menu, you cannot set passwords to scanned documents.
zIf a password is specified for a created PDF/A file, it does not conform to PDF/A-1b.