To set a password to open a document, follow the steps below:
1.Open the document you want to protect with a password.
2.On the Protection tab, click
Set password. When working in macOS, you can also run the File > Set password command from the command menu.
3.In the Set password window that appears, enter a password for the document and confirm it.
For security reasons, all characters in passwords are replaced with dots. To display the password characters, click the
button in the corresponding input field.
4.Click OK.
Once the verification is successfully completed, you will see a notification confirming the entered passwords match. Save the document to confirm the changes.
Next time the document is opened, you will be requested to enter a password prior to displaying the document content.