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Open password protected files

Please add the ability to open password protected word files

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  • Christophe commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please allow preview of password protected files in Teams.
    Please allow editing of password protected files in Teams and Word/Excel online.
    Please allow Teams to download password protected file. At the moment, the only way I found to download a password protected file shared in Teams is to open in Word/Excel and "save as".

  • salmin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    platform is nice, please and please this thing blocks our sharing capacity.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Is anyone at Microsoft reading these Uservoice suggestions?
    This one is open for 3 years now, it is in the top 5 of requested features for Word online and seems a pretty basic thing. Why is nothing happening here?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Enable editing a partially protected file.

    I tried to edit file that have a file that is partially protected for edition, but Word Online not even open it. Regards

  • Courtney commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I can' open colleagues' files that have been password encrypted on a desktop version of Microsoft office when I try to open it on my iPad word app via the app or online versions.

  • James commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi Microsoft, this feature would be really handy on all Micosoft Office File Types.

    FYI - you are able to do this with files on Google Drive and Google Docs which is handy.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    passwords and encryption are necessary to protect sensitive material. A system user eligible to access such information should not be precluded from so doing.

  • sbashorun commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Change options to allow password protected docs to be opened in Word online from Outlook.

  • Aaron Parker commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    If I used word 2007 to encrypt a document (for example) and it is on OneDrive - a pop-up window allowing me to enter the password and access the document via word online would be great. Any technical difficulties in accomplishing this feat of programming mastery?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please allow password protected documents to be opened online, as well as the ability to encrypt documents online. This would save me a lot of trouble.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    When i try to open a protected document in OneDrive it opens the file in desktop word. It would have been convenient if we could open the protected files in drive itself.

  • Suresh commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Unable to open password protected docs. At least provide an option to save the file locally. Especially when I share a doc and send the link to somebody, they do not have any option to view the doc even if they know the password. If an option to download the file is available, recipients can open it in their desktop editor.

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