Written by Emilija Microsoft Office (365) / Word
Password protection is an excellent way to ensure that the data in your Word document will remain safe and inaccessible for all other users except for you.
Therefore, in this how-to, we will go through the steps of setting up a password for your Word document to protect it from prying eyes.
Let’s dive in.
Make sure to save your password in a secure place. If you forget your password, there isn’t a way to retrieve it, and you won’t be able to access your document. Also, passwords are case-sensitive and can be a maximum of 15 characters long.
Microsoft will notify you that if you lose your password, it cannot be recovered.
That’s it!
You have successfully encrypted a document, and now only you and users who know the password will be able to access the document.
The option for setting up a password for your document is not available for Word Online. Users will need to use the Word desktop version.
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Creating a password for your Word document is a good practice if you want to make sure that no one will be able to access your document but you.
Microsoft Office offers a straightforward solution for setting up a password for documents created in Word.
Follow this guide to set up a password for your document quickly.
No, users can’t set up a security question instead of passwords in a Word document.
Other users can view a protected Word document if they have the password for the document. You can share the password via email, or other means of communication.
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