Extract text from Protected PDF documents (PDC)
To convert PDC Protected PDFs to another format, you need Safeguard Secure PDF Viewer or other Encoded software.
To convert other file formats to the "DRM Protected Document" file type, you need software like Safeguard Secure PDF Viewer or a similar tool.
A .PDC file is a DRM-protected PDF document created by Locklizard Safeguard PDF Security. Publishers use this format to distribute secure reports, training materials, and e-books securely. You must use the proprietary Safeguard Secure PDF Viewer to open and read it.
This format has severe disadvantages. It is deeply proprietary and relies on strong AES encryption. You cannot open a .PDC file in a standard web browser or popular software like Adobe Acrobat. Users face daily limitations with this format because it requires installing dedicated software, passing hardware lock checks, and holding a valid license key. Furthermore, the format frequently blocks basic features like printing, copying text, or taking screenshots.
Users usually want to convert .PDC to a standard PDF, DOCX, or TXT to regain control over the document. However, this file format is extremely difficult to open or convert because of the strict digital rights management (DRM). Often only the original software can properly read or export the data. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PDC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted PDAN, LLV, PDF, PDCX, PDAAN, UDF, ZIP, PCD, EYP, SDOCX, TXT, PNG and JPG files.
If you want to convert PDC file to PDF, JPG, BASE64, HEX, BIN, ENC, CRYPT, AES, DES, RSA, PGP or GPG, you can use Safeguard Secure PDF Viewer or similar software from the "DRM Protected PDF Document" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert CER, BIN, PEM, DER, KEY, P7S, PFX, ENC, P12, BASE64, P7B or HEX files to PDC, try Safeguard Secure PDF Viewer or another comparable tool in the "DRM Protected PDF Document" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PDC converter.