Setting Password on Word and Excel Documents

Asked By Username 320 points N/A Posted on - 08/30/2011

I have a problem about securing my documents. I want to know how to set a password so that my Word and Excel documents will be secured.

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Answered By alex111 0 points N/A #107211

Setting Password on Word and Excel Documents

It is very simple to add password to a Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel file. I'm here describing password protection by encrypting documents in Office 2007

Open the Microsoft Word file that you want to protect by password. Then click on Office button, click prepare and then click encrypt document

Now a small window will appear, type password and then confirm password. That's it. You have successfully created a password protected file.

Same procedure is for Excel.

Now to verify that file is protected, close Office Word and then open the file by double clicking or from Word, open file dialog box, you will see that MS Word is asking for a password!

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Answered By lauren hall 0 points N/A #107210

Setting Password on Word and Excel Documents

Setting password for Word Document and Excel is pretty much the same. Simply follow the instructions below. (See the image below).

1. You can set a password for your Excel Spreadsheet by pressing the “Microsoft Office Button” at the top left of your Excel window screen and then point to the ”Prepare” then tap the “Encrypt Document”.
2. Input a password in the “Password field” then tap “OK”.
3. Then simply re-input the password in “re-enter password” field then tap “Ok”.
4. Save your password by saving your Excel file.
5. You can also authorize others to change your spreadsheet by pressing the “Microsoft Office Button” at the top left of your excel window screen the tap “Save as” below the dialog “Save as” press “Tools”.
6. The “General Options” box will launch after you press down “General Options” right on the “Tools”.
7. Input a password in the field of “Password to modify” then validate the password by typing again the password in the box press “Ok” and then “Save”.
8. You can set a password for your Word Document by pressing the “Microsoft Office Button” at the top left of your Excel window screen and then point to the ”Prepare” then tap the “Encrypt Document”.
9. Input a password in the “Password field” then tap “OK”.
10. Then simply re-input the password in “re-enter password” field then tap “Ok”.
11. Save your password by saving your word document file.
12. You can also authorize others to change your word document by pressing the “Microsoft Office Button” at the top left of your excel window screen the tap “Save as” below the dialog “Save as” press “Tools”.
13. The “General Options” box will launch after you press down “General Options” right on the “Tools” Input a password in the field of “Password to modify” then validate the password by typing again the password in the box press “Ok” and then “Save”.

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Answered By pankajvishwakarm 0 points N/A #107212

Setting Password on Word and Excel Documents

For setting password in Microsoft Office and Excel sheet

1:Click on the Microsoft Office Button left top of the screen

2.Goto the Prepare tab and click on Encrypt document.

3.In the password field you can enter the desire password(upto 255 character)

4.click on Ok.

5.Retype the password again.

6:Click on Ok.

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