1 How to Password Protect a Word Document, Excel File, or PowerPoint Presentation2 How to Create a Password Protected PDF File with Microsoft Office

When you password protect documents with modern versions of Office, they’re typically encrypted. This means that anybody who tries to read them that doesn’t have your password will just see random strings of letters and numbers. This persists even if you send the document to another person. Today we’re going to show you how to password protect Excel, Word, or PowerPoint, and then move on to PDF password protection. Let’s get started:

How to Password Protect a Word Document, Excel File, or PowerPoint Presentation

Microsoft makes password protection in its Office apps extremely simple and quite uniform across versions. The instructions below should be similar on all modern versions of the productivity suite. Once you have your files ready, proceed with the steps below to password protect the documents.

How to Create a Password Protected PDF File with Microsoft Office

If you found this tutorial useful, you may also want to know how to encrypt your entire hard drive or remove password protection from a PDF. If you ran into any problems, let us know below.

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