Operation Manual

• Go to File > Save As on the Menu bar.
When the Save As dialog (Figure 10) or Save dialog opens, enter the file name, change the file
type (if applicable), navigate to a new location (if applicable), and click Save.
The dialog that opens when using the Save As command depends on the options that have been
set in LibreOffice. See “Open and Save As dialogs” on page 30 for more information.
Password protection
To protect a document and restrict who can open and read the document, or open and edit the
document, you have to use password protection.
1) Using the Save As command above, select the Save with password option in the Save As
dialog or Save dialog.
2) Click Save and the Set Password dialog opens (Figure 11).
3) In File Encryption Password, enter a password to open the document and then enter the
same password as confirmation.
4) To restrict who can edit the document, click Options.
5) In File Sharing Password, select Open file read-only, enter a password to allow editing,
and then enter the same password as confirmation.
6) Click OK and the dialog closes. If the passwords match, the document is saved password-
protected. If the passwords do not match, you receive an error message.
Figure 11: Set Password dialog
Caution
LibreOffice uses a very strong encryption mechanism that makes it almost impossible
to recover the contents of a document if you lose or forget the password.
Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice | 29