Word Document Encryption Tips

If you have a small secret that you don't want to see in your own document, or if you edit a file that involves the confidentiality of your organization or company, you often need to prevent others from viewing our documents. You can protect Word documents only if you encrypt the Word document. There are several main ways to encrypt Word documents:

　　File encryption File Menu settings:

1. Open the Word document that you want to encrypt.

2. Choose "Save As" of "file", appear "Save as" dialog box, select "General Option" in "tool", appear "save" tab.

3, respectively in the "Password to open" and "Password to modify" Enter the password (these two passwords can be the same or different).

4, again confirm "open password" and "Password to modify permissions." Press OK to exit the Save tab.

5, file files.

　　Set by Tools menu:

1. Open the Word document that you want to encrypt.

2. Select the Options command on the Tools menu, and the Options dialog box appears.

3. In the Options dialog box, select the Save tab.

4, respectively, in the "Password to open" and "password to modify" to enter the password, point "OK" exit.

5, save the file.

Encrypt a template If we don't want someone to use a generic template (Narmal.dot) that Word provides, or a template that you have crafted, you can encrypt the template by:

1. Open the common template file (the filename is narmal.dot and can usually be found in the C:programfilesmi-crosofttempletas folder).

2, according to the above two ways to set the password.

3, the Point "toolbar" in the Save (or choose the "File" menu "save"). You will be prompted to enter your password each time you start Word.