If you want to send somebody a document which needs to be encrypted you could save as a PDF and encrypt with a password.


From your Word document - you will need to have opened in the Desktop App as these steps aren't available in the browser:

  1. Go to File -> Save As (or Save a Copy)
  2. Click on More options...
  3. Change Save as type to PDF.
  4. Click on Options and then tick Encrypt the document with a password (at the bottom of the list)

  5. Ener the password you want to use and confirm, then press OK and save the file.
  6. The file should now open in the PDF viewer and require a password.

You can now send your file via e-mail, make sure that you do not send the password in the same message, preferably send by a different method e.g. telephone.