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Mainly applies to Microsoft Word 2013, 2016. This guide will teach you how to lock a Word document to protect your Word document from viewing or editing by unauthorize people.

Select the OK button to close the Unprotect Document dialog box.How to Lock a Word Document for Editing in Word 2013/2016.

Enter your password in the text box in the Unprotect Document dialog box.įigure 14.

Select the Stop Protection button in the Restrict Editing task pane.

Select Restrict Editing in the drop-down menu (see figure 4).

Protect Document button with protections set Note that the text near the button now says, “Certain types of changes are restricted in this document.”įigure 12.

Select the Info tab in the Backstage view (see figure 2).

Select the File tab in the ribbon (see figure 1).

However, these steps won’t turn off restrictions in password-protected copies of files you have shared with other users. You can turn off editing restrictions added to your own documents.

The No changes (Read only) option prevents other Word users from changing the document.

The Filling in forms option lets other Word users fill in forms but not to leave comments or use the Track Changes editing tools.

The Comments option allows other Word users to leave comments but not to use the Track Changes editing tools.

The Track changes option prevents other Word users from creating untracked changes in the document.

Choose the type of editing you want to allow from the drop-down menu: Tracked changes, Comments, Filling in forms, or No changes (Read only).

Select the menu arrow in the Editing restrictions section.įigure 6.

“Allow only this type of editing in the document” checkbox

Check Allow only this type of editing in the document in the Restrict Editing task pane.įigure 5.

Select Restrict Editing in the drop-down menu.

Select the Info tab in the Backstage view.