See below screenshot:įrom now on, the whole document is read-only, and any users are prevented from editing this document. In the opening Start Enforcing Protection dialog box, please type password into both Enter new password (optional) and Reenter password to confirm boxes, and click the OK button. In the Restrict Editing pane, please (1) check the Allow only this type of editing in the document option, (2) select Filling in forms from the below drop down list, and then (3) click the Yes, Start Enforcing Protection button. Click Review > Restrict Editing to enable the Restrict Editing pane. If you need to make an opening Word document read only after editing, you can apply the Restrict Editing feature to get it done easily.ġ.
