HOW TO PROTECT A MICROSOFT EXCEL WORKBOOK BY ENCRYPT WITH PASSWORD

Introduction

In this article we are going to learn How to protect a Microsoft excel workbook by encrypt with Password. Microsoft Excel is one of the most popular product of Microsoft and it is a part of office package. As we know that Excel is one of the most demanded and useful application and a need of each and every small and large business. Without Microsoft Excel Workbook one cannot think about doing his work. Normally we uses excel in departments like Finance, Customer Financial Service, Marketing, Sales for the purpose of sorting, filtering data, Pivot data, generate various reports in excel formats and so on.

There may be you have stored some confidential data of your organisation or any passwords, bank account details which you don’t wish to disclose with any one. In that case you can protect the Microsoft Excel Workbook by encrypt with Password. Here in this article I will explain you How to do that. So let’s get started.

Follow the below steps to protect a Microsoft excel workbook by encrypt with Password

You have to follow simple 5 steps to protect Microsoft Excel Workbook. Here refer the below steps :

Open the Microsoft Excel file then click on File menu. Refer the snapshot below.

After above step you will get the below screen in front of you. Here just click on Protect Workbook drop down menu.

Then from drop down menu click on Encrypt with Password. Refer the snapshot below.

Now the Microsoft Excel Workbook will ask to enter the Password. So enter the Password.

Now again Reenter the same password here to confirm the same.

So we have successfully protected the  Microsoft Excel by password. Now we need to save all settings. So click on Save button.

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