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

• 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,

• 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.

  

• Click OK when ready.

  To open the document with the full access rights, the user has to enter the set password.

Changing a password

• 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,

• set a new password in the Password field and repeat it in the Repeat password field below. Click
  to show or hide password characters when entered.
• click OK.

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,
• 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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