PDFs created in Microsoft Office need encryption too. The advanced options supplied offer advanced security for PowerPoint, Microsoft Word and Excel. Here’s how you can password protect a document like these to create PDFs.

  1. You can export an office document and make a PDF file to password protect. Open the document in Microsoft Word. Click the file button.
  2. Select export. Click on the create pdf/xps button. The file gets exported as a PDF.
  3. You can encrypt the document by clicking on the Options button. Be sure to enable ” Encrypt document with a password.”
  4. Enter a strong password and then click OK.

Finally, you can enter a name on the file menu. Be sure to save the new version.

Make sure you keep the correct password in a safe place. You wont be able to open the pdf if you forget it.