To protect your document with a digital signature, open File > Info > Protect Document and select Add a Digital Signature. Click OK to close the Formatting Restrictions window. If you're not sure, leave these three settings unchecked.
You can also check any of the three options under Formatting to allow AutoFormat to override formatting restrictions, block the ability to switch themes or schemes, and block the ability to switch QuickStyle Sets. If you're not sure which setting to pick, choose Recommended Minimum. You can keep that as is, change it to the Recommended Minimum, or change it to None. Click Settings to open a Formatting Restrictions pop-up window, which shows all style changes that are allowed by default. Here, you can give people permission to read your document, select what parts they can edit, and choose how they do it.Ĭheck the box next to “Limit formatting to a selection of styles” to prevent people from changing the formatting of your document. Your document then displays a Restrict Editing pane on the right-hand side of the document for formatting and editing restrictions. Click File > Info > Protect Document and select Restrict Editing.
You can limit the ways in which your document can be edited.
