Thursday, August 6, 2009

Protecting your Microsoft Files

Well, depending on the adaptation of Microsoft Office you are using, it may accommodate a array of applications. The abject alms about contains Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook. Powerpoint does not assume to action any inherent security, but Word, Excel and Outlook all accommodate some akin of encryption.

Protecting Word Docs

For Microsoft Word abstracts (Word 2000 and newer), you can accept a college akin of computer security if extenuative a file. Rather than artlessly beat "Save", click File, again Save As and chase these steps:

1. Click on Tools in the high appropriate bend of the book save chat box

2. Click on computer security Options

3. The Security Options box provides a array of options:

o You can access a password in the box next to Password to attainable if you ambition the book to be absolutely aloof after the password

 In Word 2002 and 2003, you can click on the Advanced button next to the password box to accept a college akin of encryption that is even harder to breach into

o You can access a password in the box next to Password to adapt if it is OK for others to attainable the file, but you ambition to bind who can accomplish changes to the book

4. The basal of the Security Options box aswell provides some choices to assure the aloofness of the document:

o Remove claimed advice from book backdrop on save

o Warn afore printing, extenuative or sending a book that contains tracked changes or comments

o Store accidental amount to advance absorb accurateness

o Make hidden markup arresting if aperture or extenuative

5. Click on OK to abutting the Security Options box

6. Select a name for your book and click Save

Protecting Excel Files in Microsoft windows

Excel offers a absolute agnate appearance of security to Microsoft office Word. Just click on File, Save As and chase these steps:

1. Click on Tools in the high appropriate bend of the book save chat box

2. Click on General Options

3. You can access a password in the box next to Password to attainable if you ambition the book to be absolutely aloof after the password

o You can click on the Advanced button next to the password box to accept a college akin of encryption that is even harder to breach into

4. You can access a password in the box next to Password to adapt if it is OK for others to attainable the file, but you ambition to bind who can accomplish changes to the book

5. Click on OK to abutting the General Options box

6. Select a name for your book and click Save

Protecting Microsoft Outlook PST Files

The absolute agenda signing and encryption of admission or approachable email letters and their book accessories is a accomplished abstracted affair which will be explained addition time. However, if you appear to consign abstracts from your Microsoft Outlook folders into a PST file, you can add security to ensure the abstracts is not attainable by others. Just chase these steps:

1. Click on Book

2. Select Import and Consign

3. Choose Consign to a book and click Next

4. Select Claimed binder book (.pst) and click Next

5. Choose the folder or folders you wish to export (and select the box to Include subfolders if you wish) and then click Next

6. Pick an output path and file name and select one of the options for your export file, then click Finish

o Replace duplicates with items exported

o Allow alike items to be created

o Do not consign alike items

7. Under Encryption Setting, accept one of the afterward options

o No encryption

o Compressible encryption

o High encryption

8. At the basal of the screen, access a password to use to attainable the encrypted PST book (you have to access the aforementioned password in both boxes to verify that you spelled the password the way you intended, contrarily you ability not be able to attainable your own file)

o Select whether or not to aswell Save this password in your password account

9. Click OK to complete the book consign

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