This policy setting controls whether Office 2010 users can add passwords to documents. If you enable this policy setting, ...

This policy setting controls whether Office 2010 users can add passwords to documents.

If you enable this policy setting, users will not be able to enter passwords to protect documents.

If you disable this policy setting, the password fields are enabled and users will not be able to disable them.

If you do not configure this policy setting, users can add passwords to Excel workbooks, PowerPoint presentations, and Word documents.