[gokul]

I think people who are able to change the security are using Adobe software that allows editing of PDF files - they are not using the free Reader to open these.

This may be true of those who are on school systems.

I tried the suggested methods - no luck. I tried Open Office also without success.

It would be simple if someone in FIRST went and removed the key. This has been done for the main competition manual so they should be able to re-post the open versions.

Gopal