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Want to protect an important Word document or Excel spreadsheet? Here's how to add a password, make documents read-only, and tap into other tricks to safeguard sensitive files.

If you have sensitive information in Microsoft Word, you can take steps to secure the document. Perhaps you want to make sure that only you and certain people can read or edit it. Maybe you want to restrict the types of modifications that someone can make. You may even want to ensure readers that this is the final version of the document. You can do all this and more if you know which tools to use in Word. The latest versions of Microsoft Word serve up several options for securing your document...