You can protect your document
by applying password so that unauthorized
person can not display as well as modify your
document. You can apply two types of
passwords, for example
Password to open the document
and
Password to modify the document.
Password to open the document:
If it is applied then you have to give the
correct
password to open the document, otherwise you
cannot open the document.
Password to modify the document:
If it is applied then you have to give the
correct
password to modify the document, otherwise
your document is opened but you cannot modify
the document. It means that your document
becomes read-only.
To apply a password to document, follow these
steps.
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Open Save As dialog box by selecting "Save
As" command from File
menu.
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Click "Tools" button of Save As dialog box
and choose "General Options"
from drop down menu, "Save" dialog box
appears as shown in figure
below.
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Enter first password in "Password to open"
text box and second password
in "Password to modify" text box (if required) 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.
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Re-enter the password to open and password to
modify and click "Ok"
button of Confirm Password dialog boxes one
by one.
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Click "Save" button of Save As dialog box.
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