Assigning a Password to Your Word for Mac Documents

When you’re working on a document that contains personal data, you may want to protect it with a password.

Password protection is not as strong as encryption, but it will keep out casual snoops.

To assign a password to a Word for Mac document, follow these steps:

1. Click the Word menu

2. Select Preferences

3. Click Security in the left side of the dialog box

4. Enter a password in the box labeled “password to open”

5. Click OK

6. Re-enter the password when prompted

7. Click OK


You can also require a password to modify the document:

1. In the security section, type a password in the box labeled “password to modify”

2. Click OK

3. Re-enter the password when prompted

4. Click OK


The Protect Document button allows you to safeguard tracked changes, comments, and forms. Simply select what you would like to protect and enter a password. Click OK. Reconfirm the password when prompted.