Do you know? All documents are very important to you, So you should protect them. In Microsoft Excel, when your pc like Windows or Mac had installed Microsoft Office ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint…) all users can open your Excel file and view your data. To protect your documents, Microsoft Office has a protection place where you can create a password to protect your Excel file.
Before you don’t know about this method for password protection, but now you know so I hope you think again about document security.
Excel Contents:
If you want to password protect your Excel Workbook, you can follow with me:
1 – Open Excel File
If you create a new Excel, you just create a new blank workbook. but if you have an existing Excel file, you just open it.
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2 – Click on the File tab
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3 – Choose the Info menu
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4 – Click on Protect Workbook and then select Encrypt With Password
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5 – Enter your password
When you select Encrypt with Password, It will show you password dialog box. So you can input your password that you need protect. And then click OK
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Caution: if you lose or forget the password, it cannot be recovered. It is advisable to keep a list of passwords and their corresponding document names is a safe place. (Remember that passwords are case-sensitive.)
6 – Confirm Password: Enter your password for confirmation again, and then click OK
7 – When you input the password and confirm the password is ready, It will show you protect screen
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Finally, please save your Excel file.
If you want to test your Excel Workbook require input password or not, you can Exit your Excel file and open it again.