December 9, 2024

LibreOffice Writer is a free to use word processing software that offers many benefits for users across various domains. Its open-source nature and robust feature set makes it a compelling choice for individuals, businesses, and organizations alike and also an attractive alternative to MS Word. 

For important documents, you can set a password in LibreOffice Writer. The steps are very simple: 

Open the document in LibreOffice Writer which needs to be password-protected. Then, click on File > Save As. 

save the libreoffice writer document with password

This will open the save file dialog box. At the lower left corner is the option Save with password. Enable it. 

LibreOffice Writer will ask you to set a password and confirm it.

password protection option in libreoffice writer

Also, you can enable the read-only mode for the document if needed by clicking on the Options drop-down choice. 

set a password for libreoffice writer document

After the password is set, verify by closing and reopening that document. It will now need the set password to be opened and viewed. 

password required to open libreoffice writer document

Entering a wrong password or no password will display an error message. 

incorrect password to open a libreoffice writer document

Pretty cool. 

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