Password protect word document

[Cmitchell]

How do you password protect a word document?

I'm using Windows 7 and Microsoft Office Word 2007?

All help much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Mitchell

[Buenchico]

Taken directly from the Help file for Word 2007:

Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Save As.
Click Tools, and then click General Options.
Do one or both of the following:
If you want reviewers to enter a password before they can view the document, type a password in the Password to open box.
If you want reviewers to enter a password before they can save changes to the document, type a password in the Password to modify box

Chris

[squarebear]

I strongly advise you not to do this, as you may forget the password. When I used to do IT support, a department lost half a year's figures by forgetting the password to a Word document after insisting I was being paranoid!

[ChuckFickens]

SB, I love the way people expect a password on something like a word document to be secure, until they forget it, then they expect to be able to clear the password in a few seconds with two clicks of a mouse.

[squarebear]

Precisely, not much point putting a password if you can clear it.

[VHG]

>>>Taken directly from the Help file for Word 2007:

Microsoft always put loads of help in Windows and products like Word and I am always amazed when people ask basic questions like this when a quick search of the help would give them the answer.

[Cmitchell]

Many thanks Buenchico!! I might go try that - it sounds simple enough, Cheers : )

VHG,
I DID THAT BUT THE ANSWER WASN'T IN PLAIN ENGLISH!!! I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO FANNY AROUND WORKING OUT WHAT SOME BLOODY IT GUY WHO WORKS FOR MICROSOFT WROTE AND THEN GO AND TRY TO DO THE JOB, I ASKED BECAUSE I WANTED IT IN PLAIN ENGLISH,
NOW IF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING CONSTRUCTIVE THEN DON'T BOTHER - YOU'RE A TIME WASTER!!!