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# Tip of the Week: Password Protecting a Word Document
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The funny thing about some documents is how the data written on them can strongly influence how important they are. If, for instance, there were two pieces of paper on a table, there is objectively no difference between the two, and so they are objectively equivalent in value.
**When Documents Aren’t All Created Equally**
However, if one sheet has a picture of a cat on it, and the other one has the coordinates to the lost city of El Dorado, one page suddenly has considerably more value than the other. This happens all the time with documents in a business setting, and depending on the business, many of these documents can be basic text files. With the popularity of the Microsoft Office software titles, there’s also a fair chance that the go-to word processing software in your office is Microsoft Word.
Microsoft Word offers many business-friendly features that many of its users don’t know about - including the capability to protect a document with a password. This allows a document’s creator to restrict access to only those other users who need to have this kind of access for review or collaboration purposes. Doing so is relatively simple:
**Adding a Password**
- In the **File** tab, select **Info**
- Select the **Protect Document** button and find **Encrypt with Password** in the drop-down options. You will be presented with the **Encrypt** dialog box.
- In the provided space, **enter the password you want to use**. These passwords are case-sensitive and cannot be recovered if forgotten. Keep this in mind before resorting to this option. Once you’ve settled on a password, click **OK**, confirm your password by **typing it again**, and click **OK** again.
Just like that, your Word document will require that password before it can be viewed. This process works whether you’re using Microsoft Word 2016 or Microsoft Office 365.
If you ever need to remove the password from this file, you will actually follow the same steps until you reach the **Encrypt** dialog box. You should see the password you chose in the provided space. **Delete** it and press **OK**.
Your document should now again be available for hypothetically anyone to access, assuming that they have the ability and authorization to do so. For more tips, subscribe to this blog, and for more solutions to assist your security and operations, reach out to COMPANYNAME directly at PHONENUMBER.
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