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How to set a password of your workbook and worksheets.

Set a password for your workbook and worksheets.


There is two types of security in excel, you can secure workbooks as well as worksheets.

First - Secure worksheets Excel.


Open an Excel File -
Go to Review
Click Protect Sheet
One duologue box will be open.
Put your password as you like.
Click Ok.
Retype your password
Click Ok.
Save your worksheet

Now your worksheet is protected. No one can change your data. If anyone wants to make changes, they must enter the password. Close and reopen, try to make changes, put the password before use.

If you want to edit data
Go To : Review
Click Unprotect Sheet
Enter the password
Click OK

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Second: Secure WorkBook in Excel.


If we want to protect our whole workbook with a password, then follow the simple steps.

Open a new Excel File.
Go To Save As
One Duologue box will be open.
Put the name of the file as you wish.
Set the location where you want to save your file - Maybe your desktop.
In your duologue box, there is an option of your right hand at the bottom, called TOOLS.
Click Tools.
Select General Options. (As highlighted in Image: 1)
One duologue box will be open.
Put Password as you wish.
You have to retype the password.
You can mark the sheet "Open as read-only" (Appearing option in the same popup)

Now you are done..

Close and open the file and enter your password which you set.

For the batter, unstained see the images below. In image one, the red arrow is indicating the Tools option and "General Option". Click ..
 

Set Password Workbook
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Once we click on General Options we will get the window to put the password. Enter the password and save. One more option is available, we can give access to the people on read-only mode. See the red small arrow. Anyone can open the file but can't amend or edit anything.


Add a password
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