If you have documents that you want to keep away from preying eyes or simply want to keep them private, it’s easier than you think with Excel and Word documents (2013 Edition)
You can easily encrypt and protect your word or excel documents by assigning passwords to individual documents.
Follow the steps described below
=> Open the desired document that you want protected with a password
=> Click on FILE Tab
=> Select INFO from the list of menus displayed
=> Select Protect Document Option
=> Select Encrypt with password from the drop-down menus
=> Enter a password that you can always remember whenever you want to open the document
=> Confirm by entering the password again
=> Click Ok and you’re done
That all you have to do to protect your documents on word or excel.
Hope this simple trick helps you
Cheers!