How To Add A Password To Your Document In Microsoft Word

How to lock a word document easily (photo: Pixabay)

JAKARTA - Everyone must have used Microsoft Word to type, from school children, college, work, and many more. Microsoft Word is indeed a word processing software that is very easy to use for everyone.

In addition, there are several Microsoft Word features that you can use to make your document files more secure, adding a password, for example.

If you do not want important documents such as theses, assignments, and work to be tampered with by others or do not want to be plagiarized, you can lock your documents.

Adding a password in word is very easy, you can follow the tutorial below which VOI will provide.

First, open your document with Microsoft Word on the computer. Then, in the upper-left corner of Word, click File. From the left sidebar, select Info. In the right pane, click Protect Document > Encrypt with Password. Then the Encrypt Document box will open. There, click "Password" and enter the password you want to use to protect your document. After that click OK. In the Confirm Password box, click tan Re-enter Password and type the same password. Then, select OK. Save your changes by clicking Save in Word's left sidebar.