Create Password-Protect Word Document
- Expand “File” menu on upper left corner.
- Select “Info” from the menu on the left.
- Expand “Protect Document” menu and select “Encrypt with password.”
- Type in a password and select “OK.”
- Verify the password by typing it in again and select “OK.”
- The “Protect Document” menu will turn yellow once the document is password-protected. Select “Save As” from the menu on the left to save your document.
- Select the location of where you’d like to save your document.
- Name the file and select “Save.”
- Close out of your document if you wish to test it.
- Search to the folder you saved the document in and open it.
- Enter the password you just created and select “OK.”
- Your document will now open.
