If the Word document is currently open, close it and re-open it.
If you don’t see this banner even after closing and re-opening the Word document, try one of the other methods in this article.
If you or another user on your computer’s account created the protection without a password, clicking Stop Protection will automatically remove the protection.
If you don’t know the password, you’ll have to copy and paste the file’s contents instead.
If you don’t know the password, you’ll have to copy and paste the file’s contents instead.
If the file isn’t actually on your computer (e. g. , it’s on a flash drive or a CD), move the file onto your computer before proceeding.
Windows — Click once the Word file, right-click the Word file, and click Properties in the drop-down menu. Mac — Click the Word file, click the File menu item in the top-left side of your Mac’s screen, and click Get Info.
On a Mac, you’ll have to click the Sharing & Permissions heading near the bottom of the window.
Windows — Uncheck the “Read-only” box near the bottom of the window, click Apply, and click OK. Mac — Click the Read option to the right of your name, then click Read & Write in the menu which appears. You may first have to click the lock in the bottom-left corner of the Get Info window and then enter your Mac’s password before you can do this. If this option is greyed out, unchecked, or otherwise not set to “Read-only”, you’ll have to try copying and pasting instead.
You may first have to click the lock in the bottom-left corner of the Get Info window and then enter your Mac’s password before you can do this.
You may first have to click the lock in the bottom-left corner of the Get Info window and then enter your Mac’s password before you can do this.
On a Mac, click the File menu item, then click New Blank Document at the top of the drop-down menu.
On a Mac, click the File menu item, then click New Blank Document at the top of the drop-down menu.
On a Mac, click the File menu item, then click New Blank Document at the top of the drop-down menu.
On a Mac, click the File menu item, then click New Blank Document at the top of the drop-down menu.
This may take a few seconds if the original document was particularly large or contained images.
