SubscribeWord 2007: Password Protect Your Document File
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Office Tips |How to set your document so that a password is required to view or modify it.
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Save As.
2. Click Tools, and then click General Options.
3. You can type a password in Password to open or Password to modify.
4. Click OK.
5. When prompted, retype your passwords to confirm them, and click OK.
6. Click Save.
by Bad Info, on June 9 2008 @ 12:13 pm
The above info is incorrect for Word 2007.
-Click the Office Button
-Choose Prepare
-Choose Encrypt Document
-Enter Password
-Save Document as Normal
-Re-Open Document to Test
by admin, on June 9 2008 @ 5:58 pm
That’s how to encrypt a document. I have verified the steps I wrote for simply password protecting a document again and they do work.
by Furqan, on June 16 2008 @ 4:20 am
Thanks a lot man it really helped me i needed that option
by rock, on July 14 2008 @ 5:17 am
the original post does nt wrk…bt d post in comment works…..thanks a lot
by LaRon, on July 14 2008 @ 1:10 pm
Yes, the author is correct and these ARE for Word 2007. It isn’t until you actually go to save as that you get the “Tools” option that will appear in the bottom left hand corner of the save dialouge box. Click that and then you seen general options.
by yasir, on August 15 2008 @ 9:30 pm
friends !
both the author and ‘bad info” are correct.
we can lock our document in both ways.
1). go for save as
2).go to prepare
however in my opinion the method of author is more safe as the user had to enter the correct password two times.
by TBolt, on September 10 2008 @ 11:35 am
Thank you! Password-protecting a document should have been a lot easier in Word 2007. A button on the toolbar would have been nice. Thank you for your instructions!
by Double D, on September 18 2008 @ 7:04 pm
Neither assigning a Password to Open nor choosing Prepare > Encrypt and assigning a password is prompting for a password when re-opening the Word 2007 document …. even if I exit Word 2007 completely.
Is my install corrupt? It’s a WinXP SP3 machine that was upgraded from XP SP2 at some point after Office 2007 was installed from scratch (Office 2007 was not an upgrade).
by tc, on October 19 2008 @ 5:15 am
I dont quite follow the authors instructions , i dont even see a ‘tools’ tab on word 2007 .
Try ‘Review’->’Protect Document’-> ‘Restricted access’ . that shud work
by tc, on October 19 2008 @ 5:24 am
hey , i cud find the ‘tools’ tab that the author mentioned , its on the window that opens when im saving the doc . srry fr the last post . kinda embarrased now
by shab, on October 22 2008 @ 11:09 am
fnx for de help, you’ve saved me from failing my It project
by james, on October 29 2008 @ 1:27 pm
this didnt work for me im trying to write a book and im upset it doesnt work
by Trollslayer, on November 17 2008 @ 8:15 am
That was easy to follow but the original way DID NOT work for me. I entered a password to both open and to modify, clicked OK but didn’t get an option to confirm my passwords. The doc saved but it was NOT password protected at all. Clicking the saved doc opens it for all to see.
The encryption method worked first time so thanks for that.