To protect Word document

To protect your Word document from unauthorized changes
Create a password to open or modify your document

How to set password for word document?

1.    Open the file.
2.    On the Tools menu, click Options , and then click Security tab.
3.    Do one of the following:
 

Create a password to open
If we set this, user cannot open word

1.    In the Password to open box, type a password, and then click OK.
2.    In the Reenter password to open box, type the password again, and then click OK.

Create a password to modify

If we set this, user can read your document but cannot modify it

1. In the Password to modify box, type a password, and then click OK.
2. In the Reenter password to modify box, type the password again, and then click OK.