How to Password Protect a Word Document

How to Password Protect a Word Document.

If your work involves storing sensitive information in Microsoft Word or other office applications, you may want to consider password protection for your documents. For example, you can easily access others to store a word document containing sensitive information in a public folder. In this case, you should probably share the password of those who need to encrypt the file and only access the document. Follow this guide on how to protect the Word password as we tell you.

It is always recommended to keep your documents secure passwords that contain sensitive information. Now, follow these steps to password protect your Word for Windows.

1. Microsoft Word will launch on your Windows machine and open a document.

2. Go to File > click Protect Document > click Encrypt with Password.

3. Now enter your desired password and click OK. You’ll have to re-enter your password to confirm again, and hit OK.

4. Once this is done, you have your password protected by your Word. Now, when you close and reopen your document, it will open without entering any password.

1. Launch Microsoft Word on your Mac and open a document.

2. In the ribbon up top, hit Review > click Protect > click Protect Document.

3. Now open the document and click OK to set your desired password. You will be prompted to re-enter the password to confirm, that is, hit OK

4. You can set the password to modify the document as well.
This is how you can encrypt your documents in Microsoft Word so that if anyone tries to break into your account, they will not be able to steal your sensitive information. Furthermore, you can repeat these same methods on a PC or Mac with a PowerPoint presentation or even an Excel worksheet protection