For obvious reasons, password protecting a document can be a useful thing to do. This doesn’t guarantee a first-class encryption, but for most basic needs this trick can protect your document. Here are guides for both microsoft word and openoffice.

Steps – open office

1. Open the document you wish to protect.
2. At the top, click Tools then Options.
3. Click on the “Security” tab (in OpenOffice.org this is under the OpenOffice.org drop down menu).
4. then click Protect
5. Type your password in the allotted space.
6. Click OK.
7. Re-type your password as told.
8. Save and exit.

Warnings

• Obviously, don’t forget the password!
  If you forget the password, you will not be able to recover it.

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