

The same dialog box will appear twice to enter the same password. This will display an Encrypt Document dialog box asking for a password to encrypt the document. Step 3 − Select the Encrypt with Password option simply by clicking over it. Step 2 − Click the File tab and then click the Info option and finally the Protect Document button which will display a list of options to be selected. Step 1 − Open a Word document for which you want to set a password.

The following steps will help you set a password for a Word document. So you need to be careful while setting a password for your important document. If you forget your password, then there is no way to recover it and to open the document. Once you set a password for a document then you will be able to open the document only if you know the password.

This chapter will teach you how to make your document password protected and restricted from editing and formatting. You can set a password for a document to stop unauthorized reading and editing of the document or if you want someone just to read the document then you can set editing restriction on your word document. Microsoft Word provides a high level of security for your word generated documents.
