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Guest
How can I find how to encrypt files using one of the encryption programs in word?
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Graham Mayor
You set a password from tools > options > security. On the latest version
you can pick your encryption type from a list on the adjacent 'advanced'
button.
Don't lose the password!
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you can pick your encryption type from a list on the adjacent 'advanced'
button.
Don't lose the password!
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
E-mail (e-mail address removed)
Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
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Guest
OK, but HOW does the file get encrypted? Say I wish to creat a section of my "Journal" for information to my children in the event of my death. I type that info in Word, now how does that "info" get encrypted so my children, (having the password) can pull up the un-encrypted file?
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Graham Mayor
Saving the document causes the file to be encrypted. When you next try to
open that file in Word, you are prompted for a password the correct
application of which allows Word to decrypt the file. Without the correct
password Word is unable to unscramble and open the document. I am not sure
that knowing how the encrytion works is going to help your children
All
they need is Word, the document file and the password.
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open that file in Word, you are prompted for a password the correct
application of which allows Word to decrypt the file. Without the correct
password Word is unable to unscramble and open the document. I am not sure
that knowing how the encrytion works is going to help your children
Allthey need is Word, the document file and the password.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
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Charles Kenyon
They need the same (or probably a later) version of Word, though.
As a lawyer, I wouldn't recommend encrypting final instructions and leaving
them on the computer as the only way for someone to get them. It makes it
too likely that they won't be read - or at least not read in time to make a
difference. Perhaps print them out and give them a sealed envelope. You
could have a note at the end that changes might be on your computer and list
the password(s) needed.
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Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>
See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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As a lawyer, I wouldn't recommend encrypting final instructions and leaving
them on the computer as the only way for someone to get them. It makes it
too likely that they won't be read - or at least not read in time to make a
difference. Perhaps print them out and give them a sealed envelope. You
could have a note at the end that changes might be on your computer and list
the password(s) needed.
--
Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>
See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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