MS Word has a feature that lets you to encrypt document with a password so that nobody can open the file without supplying the password.
This method can be useful to protect a document that has some confidential information.
Following is the procedure to protect document with password in MS Word 2013.
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How to Password Protect Word 2013 Document?
- Open the document that you want to protect with password
- Click on File tab and then Info option
- Click on the Protect Document button under Permissions tab.
- Select the Encrypt with Password option.
- You'll be prompted with a dialog box to enter a password. Supply desired password.
- Once again you'll need to confirm the password. Type the same password again.
- Now the password protection is enabled. Save the document to make it permanent.