Protect or unprotect a document with comments or tracked changes

Do one of the following:

Protect with comments and changes

1. On the Tools menu, click Protect Document.
2. Do one of the following:

   • To let reviewers change the document by inserting comments and tracked changes, click Tracked changes.

   • To let reviewers only insert comments, click Comments.

   • To let only authorized reviewers unprotect the document, type a password in the Password box.

Unprotect for comments and changes

• On the Tools menu, click Unprotect document.

Note   If you used a password to protect the document, you'll need to enter the password before you can unprotect it.