Some of us refuse to leaves our laptops unattended, allowing even close friends to check their email as a "guest user" only. Then again, some of us have no problem asking a stranger to keep an eye on ...

Microsoft Word is suitable for creating all manner of documents. But it doesn't matter if you use Microsoft Word to create shopping lists or legal documents, you might want to protect the file from ...

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Microsoft Word's password-protect functionality is designed to prevent edits and modification to templates and other important documents. However, it can be a real pain if you need to edit or change a ...

I wanted to alert everyone of a new malware distributing SPAM campaign that I just received that contains a password protected Word document, which pretends to be about a payment I would be receiving ...

Adding protection to a Word document serves as a safeguard, preventing unauthorized access or changes to the document. You might require a password to open the file ...

Most folks have a few documents–legal forms, business records, account spreadsheets, etc.–they’d like to protect from prying eyes. Here’s a little-known fact: Word and Excel let you assign passwords ...