How to Password Protect a Microsoft Word Document
1 Open your Microsoft Word document. Double-click the Word document that you want to protect with a password. The document will open in Microsoft Word. If you haven't yet created the document: open Microsoft Word, click Blank document , and create your document before continuing. 2 Click File . It's a tab in the upper-left corner of the Word window. Doing so will open the File menu. 3 Click the Info tab. You'll find this at the top of the column of options that's on the far-left side of the window. If nothing happens when you click Info , you're already on the Info tab. 4 Click Protect Document . It's a lock icon below the document's name near the top of the page. A drop-down menu will appear. 5 Click Encrypt with Password . This option is near the top of the drop-down menu. Clicking it prompts a window to open. 6 Enter a password. Type the password that you want to use into the "Pa