How to protect a Word document from being modified?

php editor Xinyi shares how to protect Word documents from being modified? There are many ways to protect a Word document from being modified, including setting a document password, read-only mode, revision protection, etc. Among them, setting a document password is the most common method. You can enter the password when opening the document to modify the content. Additionally, using read-only mode allows others to view the document but not edit it. Revision protection can restrict other people from modifying the document and can only comment or suggest modifications. Choose the protection method that suits your needs to effectively protect your Word document from being modified.

First of all, we can set editing restrictions on the Word document. After being restricted, we cannot edit, copy, etc. at will.

Open the Word document and select [Review]-[Restrict Editing] on the upper toolbar.

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In the new dialog box on the right, you can select [Formatting Restrictions] or [Editing Restrictions], or both, according to the situation, and finally click [Yes, start mandatory protection] below.

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Subsequently, in the pop-up dialog box, enter the restriction password you want to set twice, and press [OK]. The Word document will be restricted and protected.

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In addition to setting restricted protection, we can also convert Word documents into PDF format, which means they cannot be edited at will.

Open the Word document, select [Export] in [File], then click [Create PDF] on the right, and then click [Publish] to create a new PDF file.

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If you no longer need to restrict protection, how do you cancel it?

The converted PDF file is a new file. The original word has not changed, so there is no cancellation restriction. In the first way, you can cancel the restriction protection in Word.

First, open Word, or select [Review]-[Restrict Editing], then click [Stop Protection] below. In the new window that pops up, enter the originally set restriction password to cancel the restriction protection.

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But the premise of this method is that you need to remember the original restriction password, so you must remember or save the password when setting it. If you really don’t remember it, don’t be nervous. You can also use other tools to remove the restrictions directly without entering the password.

Take Pepsi Niu Word Password Recovery Tool as an example, select [Restriction Removal] in the toolbar, and then import the Word document.

Tool link: Pepsi Niu Word Password Recovery Tool

The Word document after the restriction is lifted will be saved as a new document and will not overwrite the original Word. Click [Go to View] to open the folder where the new document is located.

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