Protecting documents with a password
You can protect your documents with a password that is required to enter the editing mode by your co-authors. The password can be changed or removed later on.
The password cannot be restored if you lose or forget it. Please keep it in a safe place.
You can also protect your documents by restricting access rights.
Setting a password
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go to the File tab at the top toolbar and choose the Protect option,
or go to the Protection tab and choose the Encrypt option,
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set a password in the Password field and repeat it in the Repeat password field below. Click to show or hide password characters when entered.

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Click OK when ready.
To open the document with the full access rights, the user has to enter the set password.
Changing a password

Deleting a password
- go to the File tab at the top toolbar,
- choose the Protect option,
- click the Delete password button.
Protecting a document
- go to the Protection tab,
- click the Protect Document button,
- set the password if necessary,
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choose the required access rights for the document provided the password has not been entered by the user:
- No changes (Read only) - the user can only view the document.
- Filling forms - the user can only fill a form.
- Tracked changes - the user can only view the document changes history and review the document itself.
- Comments - the user can only leave and answer comments.

- click Protect when ready.
To remove protection from the document provided that the password has been set,
- go to the Protection tab,
- click the Protect Document button,
- enter the set password in the Unprotect Document window.
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