how do i put a password on an xl, doc, word doc or file
26 October 2008, 01:51 PM
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I think it varies a little with each version, but with the version of Word I have here (2003), from the save as dialogue, go to "tools" and "security options" and you can set a password there.
26 October 2008, 03:59 PM
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You can also use a separate program to encrypt your data. I am not sure on the new versions of Office, but the older versions had very poor password protection that was incredibly easy to break.
Something along the lines of Truecrypt (open source and therefore free), can password protect all sorts of things. There are plenty of other applications that can offer this sort of thing eg CrytoForge (my favourite)
Something along the lines of Truecrypt (open source and therefore free), can password protect all sorts of things. There are plenty of other applications that can offer this sort of thing eg CrytoForge (my favourite)
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Depends on how paranoid you want to be, if you just want to stop accidental opening, or casual snooping then the protection in MS Office is more than good enough. If you 're that worried, should you saving whatever it is on a shared drive. I assume your employer has written rules on data protection, privacy, confidentiality, acceptable use of company resources, access rights to data......
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