When you can view the content of the document but can’t edit it, then you just need to disable the restrict editing protection. Method 1: Open the protected Word document by disabling the restrict editing protection But don’t be panic, there are still some ways to let you open the protected Word document and edit it. Or you can’t even view the detailed content of the Word document for it’s being password encrypted. Have you ever met such situation that you want to edit a Word Document, but then you find that the content of the Word document is in restrict editing protection which means you can just read this content while having no right to edit it.
