This is particularly helpful for surveys, forms, and other such documents. Rather than simply password-protecting your entire document, you can specify exactly what kinds of changes are allowed to be made and by whom. This security option is more customizable. Click Restrict Editing under the Protect section. In the Protect Document task pane, under Editing restrictions, select the. Keep in mind however, that although you can change or remove the password once the document is open, if you lose or forget the password after the document has been closed there is no way to recover the information. Open your word file and go to the Review tab in the Word ribbon. Allow editing in a protected document On the Tools menu, click Protect Document. The easiest way to add a layer of security to your document is to encrypt it with a password, such that only those who enter the password are able to gain access to the document. Choosing this protection option will make the file read-only, and mark its status as final although, it should be noted that if the document is opened by a previous version of Microsoft Office, it will not be read-only. While not a security setting per se, since it is possible for it to be removed by anyone opening the document, this option does keep whoever does open it from making changes to it accidentally.
We will cover what each of these options do, and their proper implementation.
When the File screen appears, select Info, and click on the Protect Document icon to reveal the drop-down menu.įrom here, you have five options available to you to add security to your document. To access the security settings, click on the FILE tab on the ribbon menu.
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