The Windows application EEPDF Office to PDF Converter allows you to convert Office Excel (XLS, XLSX) to PDF and encrypt PDF with open password which prevents unauthorized users to open it and permission password that protects the PDF from editing, copying, printing, etc.
In the following contents, you will see how to use this application to convert an Office Excel to encrypted PDF.
1. Download & installation
At first, please download the installer of EEPDF Office to PDF Converter. Then, please double click the installer and follow the installation setup to install it on the computer. During the installation, please create a shortcut on the desktop for your use convenience.
2. Add
After you open this software, you can add the Excel file by clicking the Add files button on the main interface to open file picker window in which you are able to add files. To delete the added files in the file list, you can click the Remove files button to delete the selected files or click the Clear files button to remove all the files in the file list. Please see it in the following snapshot.
3. Encryption
To encrypt the created PDF with open password and permission password, please click the Setting button in the bottom toolbar of the main interface. In the popup “Option” window, you can see five tabs on top of the window. Please click the Security tab to switch to the “Security” panel. Then, please check the radio button of “Adding Security” to activate the rest part on the panel. To set open password, please check the radio button of “Require a password to open the document” and then input the open password in the “Document open password” edit box. To set permission password, please check the radio button of “Use a password to restrict permissions” and then input the permission password in the “Permission password”edit box. Please see it in the next snapshot.
4. Conversion
After the encryption, please click the OK button at bottom of the “Security” panel to enact the encryption and go back to the main interface. To convert the Office Excel file to PDF document, please click the Convert to PDF And Save As button in the bottom toolbar of the main interface. When the “Browse for Folder” saving window appears, you need to select a folder and click the OK button on the saving window to save the PDF document.
Several seconds later, you can get the encrypted PDF file in the location you specify.
This is the end of this article and you can get the full version of EEPDF Office to PDF Converter here.