Saturday, March 1, 2008

How do I protect my private Word documents?

If you have private information in a Word document, you might want to encrypt and password protect it. To do this, simply select the Main Office button and scroll down to Prepare. From here, select Encrypt Document (see image below).

Word will ask you to put in a password. It is important that you do not lose or forget the password you choose because passwords are not recoverable! Word will promt you to re-enter the password again to confirm.


The next time you (or someone elsle) tries to open this Word document, a password prompt will appear like the one shown below.

No password = no access to the file. It's as simple as that.

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