You can enter the password two times to do so.
You will be asked to password protect the document. Click on the “Yes, Start Enforcing Protection” button under “3. Also select the checkbox “Allow only this type of editing in the document”ĥ. You have to select “Filling in Forms” in Editing Restrictions. This will open a sidebar with different options. Click on the Protect Document dropdown menu and select Restrict EditingĤ. You will see a new tab labeled Developer on the Word 2013 Ribbon.Īfter creating the form, you can follow the steps below in order to make only the form fields active for editing. Select the “Developer” checkbox which is unchecked by default. Follow these simple steps to do it: Step 1: Open the Microsoft Word document that you want to unprotect and then click on 'File' and select 'Protect Document' under the section marked 'Info'. Go to File -> Options -> Customize Ribbon.Ģ. If you have the password to a protected Word document, unprotecting the Word doc is a very simple process. You will need to enable the Developer ribbon tab which can be done by following the steps below:ġ. Word 2013 allows you to create forms with editable fields. There are times when you want to add a form to your document. Creating forms in Word with editable fields You will probably need to use third-party password cracking utilities which are either expensive or don’t always work. Please note that if you forget the encryption password, Microsoft Word does not give any way to recover the document.
