{"id":12010,"date":"2018-06-27T04:09:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T04:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=12010"},"modified":"2018-06-27T04:10:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T04:10:44","slug":"password-protect-pdf-document-with-microsoft-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/password-protect-pdf-document-with-microsoft-word\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Password Protect PDF Document with Microsoft Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I password protect a PDF file without Adobe Acrobat? Since Microsoft Office 2010, it allows you to export a Word document to a PDF file or protect an existing PDF document with a password. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll walk you through the steps to password protect a PDF document with Word 2016 \/ 2013 \/ 2010.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Password Protect PDF Document with Microsoft Word?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create your document or open an existing PDF document using Microsoft Word.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>File<\/strong> menu and then select the <strong>Save As<\/strong> tab. Browse to a location where you would like to save the PDF file.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/office-word-save-as.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12015\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the Save As dialog box that appears, select <strong>PDF (*.pdf)<\/strong> from the <strong>Save as type:<\/strong> drop-down box.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/save-word-document-as-pdf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"542\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12016\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Options<\/strong> button at the bottom.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/save-as-options-in-word.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"423\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12017\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>At the bottom of the Options window, check the box next to &#8220;<strong>Encrypt the document with a password<\/strong>&#8221; and then click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/encrypt-pdf-using-word.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"510\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12018\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Enter the password you want to encrypt the PDF file twice and then click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/encrypt-pdf-document.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"223\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12019\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>When you&#8217;re back to the Save As dialog box, enter a name for the PDF file and click the <strong>Save<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<li>Now, if you open that PDF file with Adobe Reader or Microsoft Edge browser, you&#8217;ll be prompted to enter the document open password before you can view or edit it.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pdf-document-open-password.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"145\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12020\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I password protect a PDF file without Adobe Acrobat? Since Microsoft Office 2010, it allows you to export a Word document to a PDF file or protect an existing PDF document with a password. 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