When dealing with daily office documents, it is often necessary to add a unified read-only password to multiple Word files to protect the contents from being modified at will and to allow others to view the contents of the files. As a common format, Word documents are widely used in reports and contracts, but they do not support the function of automatic anti-editing. We can set a read-only password to effectively control the document modify permissions to ensure the integrity and security of the file content.
So how should we give Doc, Docx document batch type read-only password to protect the document security? This article teaches you a simple method, batch to add read-only password to multiple Word, to help us quickly to strengthen the appropriate security of the document, by the way to improve our work efficiency, everyone and me to learn about it!
Word batch to the text content to add read-only password effect preview
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Batch to Doc, Docx and other format files to add read-only permissions to the operation steps
1. Open 【 HeSoft Doc Batch Tool ], select [Word Add Password Protection] in [Word Tools]].
2. Select from [Add File] or [Import File from Folder] to add a Word document that needs to be set with a read-only password. You can also drag the file directly into the bottom to import it. After confirming that there is no problem with the file, click Next.
3. Enter the setting interface, open the [File Content Read-Only Password] button, enter the text content that needs to be used as a read-only password below, and then click Next again. Then click Browse to select the location where the added document will be saved.
4. After waiting for the processing to be completed, click the file path after the save location to open the folder to view the Word file with the read-only password added successfully.
Set read-only password and not set the difference between
Set read-only password advantage
the main advantage of adding a read-only password is that others can see the contents of the entire document, but cannot modify any text or pictures in it. If you need to modify the contents, you need to provide this read-only password can be modified, convenient at the same time, also have better security. When sharing Word with others, if the company involves multiple departments or external partners, enabling read-only passwords can avoid missing text in the document due to operational errors or human tampering. In addition, the read-only mode can also reduce editing conflicts and ensure the consistency of file versions. For files processed in formal occasions, setting a read-only password is a very practical protection technique.
Not set read-only password risks
documents without a read-only password are easily modified by people who open them, and there is a risk of information tampering. The risk of Word documents that are collaborated by multiple people and transmitted to others is more obvious. For example, an unprotected contract document may accidentally delete the text due to hand sliding, resulting in the loss of important content or the change of content, causing many unnecessary consequences. For important documents, not setting a read-only password can have many serious pitfalls.