Next time when you open the Word document, you will asked to enter the password you have set up, or you click on Read-Only button to read the data on the Word document.

Go to Menu>File>Encryption>password for Modify, create one password for it, it's the password to lock a Word document from editing. Restriction of Word document make Word document read-only if you don't have restriction password, but how to turn off editing in Word from Word settings? Here is the detailed guide.

Part 2: How to Enable Editing in Word Without password.

Part 1: How to Restrict Editing in Word.

So if you want to unlock a Word document for editing, Word document locked for editing, find out the password is a perfect way, in the case that you have forgotten Word, and cannot edit Word document, turn to EelPhone Word Unlock, with two clicks only for the whole process. The first of all, you should know the difference of locked Word and restrict Word, you can' t open locked Word document if you forgot Word document password, but if you can open the Word document, but can't edit/copy/type Word document, called read-only, you should the password to enable editing in Word. How to remove protection from Word document without password? The only way is EelPhone Word Unlock, Remove Restriction function on it to unlock Word document for editing, what we should do is two clicks and the password-protected Word document.

How to edit protected word document