Prevent others from messing with it
How to Restrict Editing in Microsoft Word [Tutorial]
Microsoft Word comes with many features that help you create and edit your documents. One of those features allows you to restrict editing in Word. When you enable the feature, you prevent anyone from adding or deleting content from your documents, keeping them intact.
There are many ways to apply restrictions to your documents, and you can use whatever is appropriate for your situation. For example, you can enable formatting restrictions if you don't want anyone to change the formatting of the document.
You can restrict editing of both your existing and new documents in Word. As long as you can open a document with the app, you can apply restrictions to it.