Set a password for Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents in Office 2016

Sometimes due to the nature of the work or in favor of the partner, you must take security measures for your documents to avoid cases of theft of documents that expose confidential information to others. And for the security of our documents, we have a lot of methods such as using the password setting software for the folder containing the file, compressing the document file and setting the password for the compressed file, etc. Here TipsMake.com will guide you a simple method to secure documents that is to set passwords for Word, Excel, PowerPoint files in Office 2016.

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Here we will perform the steps to set the password for the Word file, you can do the same for Excel and PowerPoint.

Step 1 : Open the document file to set a password and select File

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Step 2: In the Info window, select Protect Document and then select Encrypt with Password

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Step 3: A small window appears, enter your password and click OK .

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Next enter the password again and click OK:

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So our document has been password protected, now please save the document and turn it off.

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Now when you open the document, there will be a dialog box asking you to enter the password, after entering the correct password, the content of the new document displays:

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To delete the password, you do the same as step 1 and step 2, then in step 3 you clear the password and click OK. Finally you click Save the document is okay.

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Above is a tutorial on how to set a password for Word, Excel, PowerPoint 2016 documents, hoping the article will help you in protecting your documents. Good luck!