With Microsoft Microsoft Office users can
encrypt their Office documents and PDF files, and restricts document access
unless the user has the password. Talking about the encryption feature, it is
inbuilt with all Office 2010 applications such as MS Excel, MS Word, and
PowerPoint. Not just the Office 2010 but Microsoft Office versions such as
Office 365, Office 2016, Office 2013, and Office 2007 have password protection
features. For more info on protection features, you can visit Office.com/Setup.
Steps to password protect a Word
document:-
- Double click on the Word
document which you want to secure.
- Wait for the document to
open. Click on Microsoft Word if it is yet to be created and go to Blank
Document. Create the document and then continue to next step.
- Go to the upper
left-hand side of the window and locate the File tab.
- Click on the file tab.
- Go to the options given
on the left-hand side of the window. Locate the Info tab and click on it.
- Click on Protect
Document. It will have a lock icon towards the right side of the page.
Wait for the drop-down menu to come.
- Click on Encrypt with a
password.
- Visit the new window,
type in the password which you want to use for the document and enter it
in the password text box.
- Go to the pop-up window,
click Ok.
- Type your password again
and confirm it. Click on Ok.
Steps to password protect a
PowerPoint document:-
- Open the PowerPoint
presentation that you wish to secure.
- Click on the File menu.
- Go to Info, and you will
be able to see the PowerPoint Backstage view.
- Visit the Protect
Presentation options and click on Encrypt with Password.
- The Encrypt Document Dialog
box will appear on the screen.
- Fill the suitable
password for the document.
- Click on OK and encrypt
the presentation.
- Below Permissions, there
will be a Protect Presentation button which will get changed.
- Ropen the presentation
and enter your password. If you want to edit the presentation, then enter
the password.
Steps to password protect an
Excel Spreadsheet:-
- Open the Excel document
which you want to encrypt.
- Hit the “Reviews tab”
button which is on the top left side of the window.
- Go below to the changes
group; you will see the Protect Workbook and Protect Sheet.
- Click on Protect sheet.
- A dialog box will
appear, enable the options in the bottom pane and permit the users to
perform actions.
- Type in a password to
protect your document.
- Click on OK.
- If any user tries to
access your spreadsheet without the password, a preventive message will
pop-up on the screen.
We have written information, and you can
follow it protecting your documents. If you have purchased the MS Office
product and wanted to install it then visit www.office.com/setup and
install it on your computer. For any other info related to the MS Office or its
other applications, you can get Office help.
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