How-To Guides:
PDF Files: Setting Passwords and Creating Bookmarks

Step 1: Open PDF file in Acrobat

1. Make sure you open the PDF file you want to edit in the full version of Adobe Acrobat.
2. If you open the file with Adobe Acrobat Reader, you will not be able to do these steps..

Step 2: Set a Password for the File

1. From the FILE menu choose SAVE AS.
2. At the bottom of the dialog window under SECURITY choose STANDARD, then click SETTINGS:
3. Enter a password (provided by the faculty member if this is for faculty support) which will be used to open the document. Optionally provide a password to change security options:
4. Click OK.

Step 3: Show and Set Bookmarks within the PDF file

1. From the VIEW menu choose SHOW BOOKMARKS.
2. From the FILE menu choose DOCUMENT INFO and then OPEN.
3. Under "Initial View" choose "Bookmarks and Page." Click OK.
4. Right click in the bookmark pane and choose NEW BOOKMARK:
5. Type a name for the bookmark and press ENTER.
6. Navigate to the page in the PDF file you want hyperlinked to the bookmark you just created.
7. Right click the bookmark name and choose SET DESTINATION:
8. Save the file when finished adding bookmarks.

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