One way you can protect your files and yourself is to encrypt any Microsoft Word documents that contain privileged information. Word's encryption feature makes it so that anyone who opens the document ...

It's a little different in Word 2007. Start by clicking the Office button (in the upper left corner), point to Prepare, and then click Encrypt Document.

How to Make Encrypted Letters. You can use Microsoft Word 2010's file encryption feature to encrypt any data you send, including letters to friends, family and business associates.

In this article I’ll concentrate on describing how to create virtual encrypted disks, which enable you to protect specific sensitive documents without having to encrypt your entire drive.

Because Google Drive also stores documents on your hard drive, you may want to protect those too. Microsoft Word has a security feature that enables you to encrypt a document using a password.