Enter a password in the 'Password to open' and/or 'Password to modify' boxes. The options are different in Word for Mac 2011: open the document, click Word > Preferences > Security. Other options let you restrict editing to specific people or groups, limit formatting styles, and make the document read-only. You can require Track Changes or limit changes to comments. To limit the type of changes others can make to the document, choose the Restrict Editing option under Protect Document to open the Restrict Formatting and Editing window. Type the password and press Enter, then confirm the password and press Enter again. Apply a password to a document in Word 2010 by choosing the Encrypt with Password option under Protect Document. In Word 2010, open the file and click File > Info > Protect Document > Encrypt with Password. (Note that some sites don't let you paste text into the password field.)

That's why John has to add extra characters to his passwords that he will delete after pasting.

Of course, John's passwords are vulnerable to clipboard loggers that capture the contents of the clipboard just as key loggers grab your keystrokes. John just has to remember to type in one password: the one he uses to encrypt and password-protect his Word password document. asked whether it was safe to store his passwords in a Word DOC file and then copy and paste them into sign-in screens to thwart keystroke loggers. Following my post earlier this month on ' Ten simple, common-sense security tips,' reader John B.

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