Word 2016 Tracking Changes Explained

Lesson 2 – Protecting a Document

Word 2016

Practice Data

Steps

Type password

15. Type a password, if desired, into the Enter new password (optional) box.

An asterisk is added for each character in the password.

Press [Tab]

16. Press [Tab] .

Type password

17. Retype the password to confirm it. An asterisk is entered for each character for the password.

18. Select OK .

Click

The Start Enforcing Protection dialog box closes. Document protection is enabled and the Restrict Editing task pane describes the current permissions.

Practice the Concept: Select the Find Next Region I Can Edit button in the Restrict Editing task pane three times. The paragraphs you can edit are highlighted in turn then, a Word message opens to indicate that Word is finished searching the document. Select OK . Select the Show All Regions I Can Edit button. Notice that all the regions in the document you can edit are highlighted. Replace the word full in the first line under Sporting Equipment to complete . Notice that you can make the change.

Try to replace the word Products in the heading at the top of page 2 with the word Equipment . The change is not allowed because the document is locked. Notice that the Restrict Editing task pane indicates that you are only allowed to view this region of the document.

Select the Stop Protection button at the bottom of the task pane. Type password in the Unprotect Document dialog box. Select OK . The document is unprotected. Close CSTINF1.DOCX.

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