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How to Password-Protect a File In Microsoft Word 2010 By Pat Prieto In Microsoft Word 2010 you are able to add a password to protect your document from unauthorized modifications. In addition, you can protect documents from view that may contain sensitive information such as bank account numbers, credit card account number, password lists, etc. Listed below are the procedures for adding a password to a Word 2010 document: ** 1. ** Open or create a **Word Document in Word 2010**. ** 2. ** Click the **File Tab**.  ** 3. ** Click on the **Protect Document** button. 

** 4. ** Click on the **Encrypt with a Password** button.  ** 5. ** You can now add your password. Choose a password that is unique and that would be difficult for someone to guess. Be sure to keep your password in a safe place. If it is lost or forgotten, it cannot be recovered. You may want to back up the document on a flash drive if you do not want to keep a password list. That way, you will be able to access the document should the password-protected document fail to open.

