How to secure your Microsoft Document with a Password

Do you know you can easily secure or encrypt your Microsoft document with a password? In this tutorial, TheGhanaTech.com is going to take you through the procedure of encrypting your Microsoft document.

It is very important for a user to protect his or her document in so many ways. The commonest way of protecting a document is by encrypting the document with a password. The length of the password must be at least eight (8) characters and must also contain alphabets, numbers and symbols.

Adding a password to your Microsoft document is very good and safe. Though it is not necessary to use both alphabets, numbers and symbols when creating the password for the document but for security reasons, TheGhanaTech.com is advising any user to add alphabets, numbers and symbols when encrypting the document with a password.

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The reason why you need to protect your document with a password is to avoid a leak and unauthorized sharing. Most people sometimes make the mistake of sending a document to an unauthorized person either through mail or another medium. In this case, when you mistakenly send a secure document to an unauthorized person, he or she can not access the document unless the person enters the password for the document.

Encrypting your document with a strong password protects you from any hackers and cyber attacks. Most of us don’t keep our important documents secured. When your database or your network is been breached and hacked by hackers, they normally steal the document found on your network or system. Securing your document with a strong password will avoid them to open the document.

How to secure your Microsoft Document with a Password

Kindly follow the steps below to protect your document without going through any hassle. These steps can be used for Microsoft office applications.

1. Kindly open your Microsoft document (Word, Execl, PowerPoint)
2. Click on the File Menu
3. Click on the Info tab and Select Protect Document
4. Now, an options will pop up after clicking on the protect document
5. Click on Encrypt with Password
6. Enter your Password and click Ok
7. Re-Enter your Password to confrim and click Ok

Your document will be encrypted when you follow the procedure correctly and you will be attempted to enter the password for the document whenever you try to access it.