Protecting MS Word Document with Password
You can protect your document by applying password sothat unauthorized person can not display as well as modify your document.You can apply two types of passwords:
Password to open the document:
If it is applied then you have to give the correct passwordto 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 passwordto modify the document, otherwise your document is opened but you cannotmodify thedocument. It means that your document becomesread-only.
To applya password to document, follow these steps.
* Open Save As dialog box by selecting "SaveAs" command from File menu.
* Click "Tools" button ofSave As dialog box and choose "General Options" from drop down menu,"Save" dialog box appears.
* Enter first password in "Passwordto open" text box and second password in "Password to modify"text box (if required) and click "Ok" button of dialogbox. Microsoft Word will open "Confirm Password" dialog box for theconfirmation of passwords. The maximum length of password is 15 characters.
* Re-enter the password to open and password to modifyand click "Ok" buttonof Confirm Password dialog boxes one by one.
Click "Save"button of Save As dialog box.
Another good way to protect a word document is by attaching a digital signature to it. The process of adding a digital signature is quite easy.
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