| title | author | legacyId |
|---|---|---|
Protect and Unprotect a Document |
Elena Dvoryadkina |
9344 |
Follow the steps below to protect a document with a password.
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On the Review tab, in the Protect group, click the Protect Document button.
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Specify a protection type in the invoked Document Protection dialog. Select No changes (Read-only) to restrict all actions, Comments - to allow leaving comments only, Tracked Changes - to prevent other users from creating untracked changes.
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Type a password in the Enter new password (optional) box and confirm it in the Reenter password to confirm box.
You can also allow particular users to change certain parts of a document.
Before adding protection to a document, you can specify certain parts of the document where you want to remove the restriction and allow a particular user or group of users to modify these parts.
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Select a part of a document to be available.
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On the Review tab, in the Protect group, click the Range Editing Permissions button.
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In the invoked Editing Permissions dialog, select a user or group of users to be allowed to edit the selected part of a document.
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Editable ranges will be highlighted and enclosed in brackets.
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Continue to select the document regions and give users permission to edit them.
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After specifying all required parts, enable protection.
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On the Review tab, in the Protect group, click the Unprotect Document button.
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In the invoked Unprotect Document dialog, type the password.
