subject: Password Protecting Excel Files - How To Protect Excel File With Password? [print this page] Password protecting is the popular way that most Microsoft office users use to protect their excel documents. It prevents others from access to the content of the file by using a password. You won't be able to open the file if you don't enter the right password.
It is an effective way for people to protect their privacy and sensitive information save in the file. You can easily set a password for an excel file by follow the instructions as below:
1. Double click to open the excel files that you want to set password.
2. And then click "File" on the top menu.
3. Select "Save as" option.
4. Click "Tools" in the save as window.
5. Click "General Options" in the drop down list.
6. Input the password that you wish to use to protect the excel file and click "OK".
7. If you don't want to make change to the location and file name, just click "OK". You successfully set a password for the document.
From now on, anyone who wants to open the excel file will be asked to enter right password. That will effectively stop people who don't know the password from opening the file and viewing the data in it. A lot of people will think that the file and data is absolutely safe now. But I don't think so.
Although the file is password protected now, it is still visible to people who has access to the computer. They can copy the file to USB flash drive and Mobile hard drive or even delete it directly. The consequence will be serious.
They can use password recovery software to crack your excel file. What is worse, there are many websites that can unlock office files within minutes. They can easily unlock your files and view the file content by uploading them to these websites. They don't even need to copy the file to their computer at all.
What to do to protect an excel file?
The best way to protect your files is to make the files invisible and locked by using password protection software. There is a lot of password protecting software available on the internet. You can choose one for you.
A good program will allows you to lock and hide any files from others. No one but you can see, open, edit, copy and delete your protected files. You don't need to worry about your excel files being seen, copied and deleted by other people at all. That is the best way to keep you privacy and sensitive files secure.
