If you need to remove the password, just repeat the steps outlined above, but instead of entering the password, blank it out. Save the document and it will be password protected from now on.Type in your password again to confirm it.When you have entered your password, click OK.You can choose one of two options for the password: whether it’s required to open or modify the document.When the new window appears, enter your password.When the new menu is displayed, select General Options.In the new window that is displayed, click on the Tools button in the bottom left hand corner.Sometimes an additional menu will pop up – ignore it if it does.Click on the Office button (the glossy orb) and select Save as.Additionally, you can also use the password to prevent the document from being changed.It is possible to lock the document with a password so that nobody will be able to open it.How can we get Microsoft Word to do our bidding? We want to allow people to open the document but we don’t want them to make any changes to it. We have a Word 2007 document thate contains sensitive information and we need to restrict access to it.