Chapter 28. Protecting and Securing Documents

In this chapter

Understanding Document Protection in Office 2007 806

Restricting Access to a Document 806

Restricting What Users Can Do to a Document 810

Marking a Document as Final 815

Preventing Macro-Based Attacks 815

Protecting Your Privacy 819

Adding a Digital Signature 821

Troubleshooting 822

Understanding Document Protection in Office 2007

As you create, edit, and manage documents, you might not always want everyone who has access to the drive to be able to open and modify all documents. Word 2007 offers a variety of ways of protecting documents. They break down into these areas:

  • Restricting access to the document entirely—This includes using Windows file encryption, setting network access ...

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