Create Password Protected PDF Files Using LibreOffice

Portable Document Format (PDF) is one of the commonly used file formats in our day to day life.. There may be a times, we need to create PDF files from word documents.. Here I am going to show you how to create PDF files from word documents and protect them with passwords (using Libre Office)

Step 1 :

Open your document with LibreOffice which you want to convert into PDF format...

Step 2 :

Then goto File menu and select Export As PDF

Now you will see dialog box like one shown below..

Step 3 :

Then Navigate to tab named Security and Click Set Passwords button..

After Clicked on Set Passwords button you will see set password dialog shown below..
Enter the password you want to set to PDF file.. and click on OK.. and then on Export

Step 4 :

When you click on Export you will get save dialog box like one shown below..
You can save your newely created PDF document on your file system..

Step 5 :

Now try to open newely created PDF document ... It will ask you for password to open the PDF document...

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LibreOffice 5.1
The premier open-source office suite just keeps getting better

New features include streamlined menus and remote-server support.

It's a good day for fans of open-source software. The Document Foundation is releasing LibreOffice 5.1 for Windows, Linux, and Mac. On tap are reorganized menus, integrated support for remote servers like Microsoft SharePoint and Google Drive, improved compatibility with Microsoft Office documents, and too many smaller improvements to count.

LibreOffice 101

LibreOffice is the product of more than 1,000 developers, most of whom are volunteers, and has an estimated 100 million users worldwide. Born in 2010 as a fork of OpenOffice, LibreOffice has taken the lead and left its progenitor in the dust. In keeping with the Document Foundation's time-based release schedule, this latest release comes six months after LibreOffice 5.0—and will be followed by another release in six months' time.

Make no mistake: If you want an open-source office suite, LibreOffice is the one to use. Heck, if you just want a desktop office suite that's free to use, LibreOffice is the best option. That's why it's included with most Linux distributions by default. But it's available for Windows and Mac, too.

Reorganized menus

After spending the LibreOffice 3.x series cleaning up the code, and the 4.x series rearchitecting it, LibreOffice's developers are using the 5.x series to focus on the user interface.

The menus have been reorganized in Writer, Calc, and Impress—LibreOffice's word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation program, respectively. The new menus are designed to provide faster access to the most-used features. Writer gained a "Styles" menu, Calc gained a "Sheet" menu, and Impress gained a "Slide" menu.

The sidebars also got some attention, with the addition of a new Chart sidebar that allows quicker access to chart-editing options. While menus and sidebars don't sound the most exciting things, a streamlined interface is the kind of unexciting feature that will save many people time.

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