Passwords prevent others from using your User ID. Once you access Notes for the first time, you should change your password to something that you can remember but is hard for others to guess.

To change your Notes password

1. Choose File - Security - User Security.
   
   
   Macintosh OS X users: Notes - Security - User Security.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Enter your password when prompted.
   
   
3. Click Security Basics, and then click "Change Password" under "Your Login and Password Settings."
   
   
4. Enter your password when prompted
   
   
5. In the "Change Password" dialog box, enter a new password in the "Enter new password" field, and then enter it again in the "Re-enter new password" field.
   
   Note: Your new password must differ from a certain number of passwords you have used in the past before you can reuse an old password. The number is set by your administrator and is indicated in the "Change Password" dialog box. For example, if you had set your password to "Hello" at one time, and the dialog box states that your new password must differ from your last 4 passwords, you would have to use 4 new passwords before you could reuse "Hello" again.
   
   
6. Click OK.

Tip: Since your password is stored in your User ID, don't forget to update your backup copies of your User ID with your new password.