How to edit a protected Word document?

How to edit Yuzai’s protected Word document? This is a common problem that many users encounter when working with documents. Password-protected Word documents cannot be edited directly, but they can be edited by unlocking the document or saving it in another format. Below we will introduce in detail several simple and effective methods to help you edit protected Word documents easily.

First of all, we need to determine which protection method is set for the Word document. If "read-only mode" is set, when opening the document, you will be prompted to enter a password, "otherwise it will be opened in read-only mode".

In fact, Word documents in "read-only mode" can be edited. After entering the Word document in "read-only mode", you can edit it directly. However, you cannot save the original document after making changes, and a prompt will appear when saving. "This file cannot be saved because it is read-only."

We only need to save this document as a new document, modify the name when saving, and then save it to get the re-edited Word document.

Of course, if we know the password for "read-only mode", we can also directly remove the "read-only mode" of the Word document.

First, you need to enter the password to enter the document, and then eliminate it through the "Save As" method.

After selecting "Save As", click [General Options] in the list under [Tools] in the dialog box.

After a new dialog box pops up, you can see that there is a password in the [Password when modifying file] column. Delete this password, click [OK] and save the document. The "read-only mode" will be removed.

If the protection mode of the Word document is set to restrict editing, the document can be opened directly, but it will not be editable. Many options are also gray and cannot be clicked.

For a word document that has been set to restrict editing, if you want to realize the editing function, you need to remove this protection.

If you know the password, you can click [Restrict Editing] under [Review] on the toolbar above the Word document.

After a new page pops up, click [Stop Protection] below. After entering the password in [Unprotect Document], the restriction on editing will be removed, and the Word document can be edited.

How do I edit a Word document if I don’t remember the password? In fact, the password is not the most important, because you only need to remove the restriction on editing before you can edit. Therefore, we can use other tools to directly remove the restrictions on editing without entering the password, and we can edit it, such as the Pepsi Niu Word Password Recovery Tool.

In the tool, select the [Unrestriction] module, and then import the Word document.

Tool link: Pepsi Niu Word Password Recovery Tool

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