Set a Password for Word, Excel, PowerPoint Documents in Office 2016

This guide provides a practical overview of Set a Password for Word, Excel, PowerPoint Documents in Office 2016, including its main features, benefits, limitations, and important considerations.

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

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

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

Next enter the password again and click OK:

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

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:

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.

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!