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Excel - Protecting Your Workbook
Setting permissions for your spreadsheets helps keep confidential information safe. With security features in Excel, you can encrypt your workbook or protect a single worksheet to keep your information safe by restricting access to only those people you give the password to.
To encrypt your worksheet with a password:
- Open the spreadsheet you want to password protect
- On the File tab, click Info, and then click Protect Workbook
- Select Encrypt with Password
- In the dialog box that appears, enter your password and click OK
** Important – If you lose or forget the password, it cannot be recovered. It is advisable to keep a list of passwords and their corresponding document names in a safe place. (Remember that passwords are case-sensitive.)
- Open the spreadsheet you want to password protect