Here is a quick tutorial of how to pretect your 2007 word documents by setting a password which is requried to view or modify the file.

1. Click on the Microsoft office button on your uper left corner, and then click save as.
2. The save as boxs appears, look on the butom left corner and click on Tools then click on General options.
3. Now you will see the password option. Go ahead and type a password.
4. Click ok.
5. When prompted, retype your password to confirm, then click ok.
6. Click save. and your are done…

Now, no one can access the file excpet you, or any one who has the password.