If you are creating a Word document containing confidential information intended for a certain group of people, you can set a password to open the document. Thus, only those who know the password will be able to open the document. We will show you two ways to do this.
The first way is with the Backstage view. Open the document for which you want to set a password to open, and go to the tab File (Queue).
In the Intelligence (Info) click Document protection (Protect Document) and from the drop-down menu select Encrypt with a password (Encrypt with Password).
A dialog box will open Document Encryption (Encrypt Document). Enter the password in the field Password (Password) and press OK.
In the dialog that appears, enter the same password again and click OK.
Section Document protection (Protect Document) in the window Intelligence (Info) will be highlighted in yellow and you will be shown a message that a password is required to open the document.
The second way to create a password to open a Word document is using the dialog box Saving a document (Save As). Open the document for which you want to set a password to open, and go to the tab File (File). In the menu on the left, click Save as (Save As).
Select the folder where you want to save the password-protected document. You can choose an option current folder (Current Folder), a folder from the list Recent folders (Recent Folders) or use the button Review (Browse).
Navigate to the desired folder. Next click the button Service (Tools) and from the drop-down menu select Common parameters (General Options).
In the dialog box that appears, enter the password in the field Password to open file (Password to open) and click OK.
In the dialog box Password confirmation (Confirm Password) Enter the same password again and press OK.
Press Save (Save) to save the document with a password. Now, when you open this document, Word will first ask you for a password.
Both methods allow you to create the same password. If you want to remove the password, open a Word document, call the dialog box Document Encryption (Encrypt Document) or Common parameters (General Options) as described above and remove the password. Don’t forget to save the document!