Lock Document For Free

Click File > Info > Protect Document and select Restrict Editing. Your document then displays a Restrict Editing pane on the right-hand side of the document for formatting and editing restrictions. Here, you can give people permission to read your document, select what parts they can edit, and choose how they do it.

Protect a document with a password Go to File > Info > Protect Document > Encrypt with Password. Type a password, then type it again to confirm it. Save the file to make sure the password takes effect.

If you want to limit how much others can edit or format a form, use the Restrict Editing command: Open the form that you want to lock or protect. Select Developer > Restrict Editing. After selecting restrictions, select Yes, Start Enforcing Protection.

Click Review > Protect > Restrict Editing. Under Editing restrictions, select Allow only this type of editing in the document, and make sure the list says No changes (Read only). Select Yes, Start Enforcing Protection.

PDF restriction enables you to prevent someone viewing your PDF document from making changes to it, while PDF protection basically encompasses everything under the sun with respect to PDF restrictions, including: Opening the PDF. Printing.

Add a password to Microsoft Office Click the File menu, select the Info tab, and then select the Protect Document button. Click Encrypt with Password. Enter your password then click OK.

The file is marked as Final. Microsoft 365 includes a file protection feature that allows authors to mark a file as Final. This locks the file, preventing any further editing. You can easily turn off this feature in the Microsoft 365 applications; however, you can't turn it off from your mobile device.