How to Restrict Access to Word Documents for Certain Users

1. Open the document for which you want to restrict user permission.
2. Click "File," "Info" then "Protect Document."
3. Select "Restrict Permission by People" from the resulting document protection menu.
4. Select "Restrict Access." A dialogue window will appear where you can decide which users you would like to restrict access to.
5. Place a check in the box to the left of "Restrict permission to this document." You will then be able to add users' Windows Live ID email addresses and choose the type of preferred access restriction.
6. Type the person's Windows Live ID email address into either the "Read" or "Change" text boxes. "Read" permission means the user cannot edit the document. "Change" means the user can edit the document. If you don't enter their Windows Live ID email address into either text box, then the users cannot open the file.
7. Click "OK" when you finish adding users to the access list.