Password protection for document

Two types of passwords can be applied in a computer. One is ‘password to open the document’ and the other is ‘password to modify the document’.

To prevent the display of your document to any unauthorized person, you can apply ‘password to open the document’.

To make the document ‘read only’ and to prevent any other user from modifying the document, ‘password to modify the document’ is applied.

You can apply any one or both of these passwords.

The steps:

• Open Save As dialog box by selecting ‘Save As’ command from File menu.
• Click ‘Tools’ button of Save As dialog box and choose ‘General Options’ from drop down menu, ‘Save’ dialog box will appear.
• Enter first password in ‘Password to open’ text box and second password in ‘Password to modify’ text box and click ‘Ok’ button of dialog box.
• Microsoft Word will open ‘Confirm Password’ dialog box for the confirmation of passwords. The maximum length of password is 15 characters.
• Re-enter the password to open and password to modify and click ‘Ok’ button of Confirm Password dialog boxes one by one.
• Click ‘Save’ button of Save As dialog box.