Equestrian Professional.com utilizes Protected PDF in order to secure some of our downloadable documents.

There is no software required to view our secure PDFs, all that is required is Adobe reader or Acrobat Pro 6.0.1 or higher. Download a free copy of Adobe reader here http://get.Adobe.com/reader/.

When you open a secure PDF from Equestrian Professional.com you will be prompted to enter your username and password once you've entered the login information you will have access to the document. 

Your computer system will automatically connect to the PDF protection server to authenticate the user name and password you have entered. If your computer system is blocked from running this action (for example you or your company use a certain type of firewall that blocks it) you must contact your IT department for technical support.

However, most viewers must configure the Global Object Security Policy in their Adobe reader in order to view secure PDF's. This is easy to do, simply follow the instructions in the image below.

Instructions for configuring the Global Object Security Policy in the Adobe

Please note: the Global Object Security settings must be changed before opening the document for the first time

Instructions for Un-locking your documents

1. Open the PDF, enter your Equestrian Professional username and password (or if you are not a member - the username and password you were provided with when you purchased the document)
2. two security warnings will come up, the first is to inform you that you will be communicating with our server and the second informs you that our server is sending a response back.
3. You must click allow on both warnings
4. Check the box “remember my action for this site” if you want to always allow the communications from the site.

Guidelines for readers using a Mac

To view a PDF document you must use Adobe reader for Mac. Mac Preview will not work. Mac Preview is the default PDF viewer on Mac computers.

1. How to check your OS version (Mac)
* click on the Blue Apple
* click on about this Mac
* about this Mac

2.  Download the appropriate Adobe reader for your operating system
* Go to http://get.Adobe.com/reader/otherversions/
* download and install the software

3. Set the default PDF viewer to Adobe reader

* Find any PDF document that you have on your computer
* Right-click on the document name and click Get Info
* In the window that pops up, click the arrow next to Open With (if its not already open)
* Then from the drop down menu where it says “Preview”, choose Adobe Reader
* Change the default Acrobat reader for all PDFs by clicking on Change All