# Document Protection and User Permissions

> What EditMode, DocumentPermissions and editable regions prevent in Windows Forms, why UserNames needs your sign-in, and how MasterPassword unlocks files.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Security > Document Protection and User Permissions
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/document-protection/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/document-protection/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/document-protection/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [What Protection Consists of](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/document-protection/#what-protection-consists-of)
- [What Protection Guards Against](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/document-protection/#what-protection-guards-against)
- [What Protection Doesn't Do](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/document-protection/#what-protection-doesn-t-do)
- [User Names Aren't Sign-Ins](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/document-protection/#user-names-aren-t-sign-ins)
- [Process Protected Documents in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/document-protection/#process-protected-documents-in-code)
- [Choose the Right Protection](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/document-protection/#choose-the-right-protection)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/document-protection/#next-steps)

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Security Overview](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/overview/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Handling Untrusted Documents](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/untrusted-documents/llms.txt)