How to: Password-Protecting an Invoice Template

Adding a password to your invoice template is an easy way to keep your data safe from unauthorized users. To password-protect an invoice template in Excel 2003:

  1. Open your invoice template.
  2. Click Excel menu Tools and select Options.
  3. When the Options dialog box appears, click the Security tab.

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  4. Next, type your password in the Password To Open field. If you want to make your password harder to break, click the Advanced button and choose from a variety of encryption methods.

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  5. Back in the Options dialog box, click OK to set the password. Excel asks you to reenter the password to confirm it.
  6. Save the invoice template by clicking Excel menu File -> Save.

Note: In Excel 2000, you can set the password by the following steps: Click Excel menu File -> Save As, select Tools -> General Options when the Save As dialog box appears. Enter your password in the Password to open field.

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