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Well, we’re back again with another Microsoft Word Tip for you lucky readers.

This time we’ll look at securing Microsoft Word Documents with a password so that the only pair of eyes that read the protected documents is yours.

Having a password protected document is useful in case something happens to the device the documents are stored on such as a USB memory stick or Laptop. Now, let’s secure our documents:

1. Open Microsoft Word and click the Office button in the top left corner.

2. Scroll down to Prepare and select Encrypt Document.

3. Enter the password you want into the dialog box and click Ok.

4. Enter the password again for verification and click Ok again and now from now on, whenever somebody tries to open that document, it’ll ask for you to input the password.

This way, if the device is misplaced or stolen, you wouldn’t have to worry too much about people looking through the documents and finding out any information from the secure documents because if the person can’t access the file, they’ll most likely just delete them.

Therefore, it is also crucial to keep a separate back-up of your entire device just in case something like that happens.

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