How to Make File Password Protected

How to Create a File with Password Protected 

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Do you have a private document or an important job presentation that you do not want people to see?

You can protect Private and confidential information in a Word or PDF document by protecting the file with a password. This encrypts the contents of the file so that it cannot be accessed by anyone or read by any program without entering the password beforehand.

There are several options for password-protecting the contents of a Word or PDF document and restricting access permissions to your Word and PDF documents.

You don't have a knowledge of how to make a password protect word document then here we explain the procedure below to make a password-protected file.

Password Protect Word Document

You can protect a Word document by using a password to protect your content by preventing unauthorized access. The program offers different levels of protection; including locking documents with a password and configuring different protection settings to suit your needs.

However, these features are not available in Word Online, but you can control file sharing and decide whether or not another person has edit access to the content, or even open them.

If you use Google Docs, your documents are protected by your Google Account password because the service does not support password protection. Just be careful not to divulge the password for your account and not share the document with anyone. You are safe.

The following steps apply to users of Microsoft Word 2010 or later for Windows, with alternate paths for Mac users.

How to Password Protect Word Document

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1. Start Microsoft Word, click File> Open and find the document that you want to password-protect.
2. Click File again and select Info in the left pane.
3. Select Protect Document.
4. In the drop-down menu, select Encrypt with a password. Enter a password that you will remember and that will be required when someone tries to open this document.
5. Click OK. Enter the password again and click OK.
6. In the Protect Document section, you will see a message stating that a password is required to open this document.

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How to Password Protect Word Document In Mac OS

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If you use mac OS, the procedure is slightly different from that of the Windows operating system.

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1. Open the Word document you want to lock via password protection and click the Review tab.
2. Click Protect Document. The Password Protection dialog box is superimposed on the main Word window.
3. Enter a password in the Set Password field to open this document and reenter the password a second time to confirm it. In the game, a password to edit this document, enter a password and re-enter it a second time.
4. Click OK. From this moment, when a user opens the document, he will be asked to enter the password. They can read it and modify it unless the author uses additional protections.

Note: Passwords are not recoverable. So be sure to grab the one you remember or store it in a safe place. They are also case-sensitive and can contain up to 15 characters.

How to Remove Password Protection From a Word Document

If you locked a Word document with password protection and want to unlock it, log in as the owner of the document and repeat the steps above for Windows or mac OS until you return the Protect Document button.

For Windows Users:

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1. Click Protect Document> Encrypt with Password.
2. Delete the password field.
3. Click OK to unlock the document.

In the Protect Document section, we now read: Anyone can open, copy, and edit any part of this document.

For mac OS Users:

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1. Click the Review tab.
2. Click Protect Document.
3. Remove the password from the provided field.
4. Select OK to unlock the document.

How to Create a PDF File with Password Protected

Whether you use Windows or mac OS, you can password protect a PDF document in several ways. Fortunately, PDFs have built-in support for password-protected encryption, unlike Microsoft Word.

We will show you how to password protect PDF using Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word. If you would like to further modify your PDF file, we also have a simple guide on the easiest ways to edit a PDF file.

Use Adobe Acrobat

You can encrypt, add a certificate or password to a PDF document, and control access to your file.

In an organization or team, you can also create custom security policies that anyone can use to apply for PDF password protection, in the same way, every time.

Acrobat Pro DC includes the Publish Sensitive Information action that guides you through several steps to password-protect your file, while automatically enforcing an edit and copy restrictions.

If you have not installed it on your computer and you do not want to pay for it, you can use the free seven-day trial version and access this feature.

1. Open the PDF document that you want to password protect by selecting File> Open.
2. Click File again and select Properties.

Password Protect a PDF Document

1. On the Security tab, click the drop-down menu next to Security Method and select Password Security.

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1. In the Open Document section, select the Require password to open the document check box.

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1. Enter a password in the text box.
2. Save the PDF document to write the open password.

Use Microsoft Word

You never thought you could use Microsoft Word to protect a PDF with a password. You can password protect a PDF by first creating it as a Word document and then encrypting it with a password.

1. Open Microsoft Word and create a document (if your document is already in PDF format, you can first convert the PDF to Word, then follow the steps below).
2. Click File> Save As.
3. In the Save As Type drop-down menu, select the PDF format.

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1. Click the Options ... tab.

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1. In the pop-up box, select the Encrypt document with a password checkbox. Enter your password twice to confirm.

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These are the different ways to password protect a Word and PDF document. Make sure you choose a strong password that no one can guess or decipher.

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