Don't Miss: How to Create a Strong (Or Stronger) Passcode for Your iPhone. Hopefully, one day, Apple incorporates its iCloud Keychain into iWork so you can auto-generate strong passwords more easily. If you really want your document to be secure, pick a strong password or use a password manager like LastPass to generate one for you to ward off would-be hackers. Passwords can consist of numerals, capital and lowercase letters, and other characters on the keyboard. You'll need to enter a password, then verify that password. You can also set a password when sharing a document for collaboration via a link anyone can access (but you should stop sharing first to prevent collaborators from opening up an older version, then share the file again). Next, tap "Set Password" and fill out the options on the following page. Just be aware that adding a password only affects the current document and subsequent versions, not older versions.įirst, open the file in question, then tap the ellipsis ( 
Locking a document with a password is pretty straightforward, and doing so will encrypt the file with 128-bit AES encryption.
Don't Miss: 30+ Privacy & Security Settings in iOS 12 You Should Check Now. It's something to keep in mind before diving into the steps below. Then, the other users may be able to give you the password. Worse yet, there isn't any way to recover the document without that password unless the file has collaboration enabled. 
That means you need to remember your password, as you could go months without having to enter it. However, while biometrics help make accessing locked word documents a breeze, iOS will require you to enter your chosen password should they fail. As another symbol of its dedication to user privacy and security, the company includes a feature in its word-processing app for iOS that allows you to lock documents behind a password, as well as with Face ID or Touch ID. Your writing is just that - yours - so the work you do in Apple Pages should remain private until you choose to share it.
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