Passwording Documents

[Chippiewill]

Are you still able to edit the document after it's been archived?

Open the archive, insert password and you should (Depending on the archive program used to open it) either be able to edit it then, or you'll have to extract it, edit and then re-archive.

Would that do the trick? How would I go about trying that?

Go to a website such as http://www.alltextencryption.com/

Add a key (Like a password, keep it secret) and insert the plain text into the plain text field and then your encrypted text pops out below. To decrypt put the same key back in and then press decrypt.

http://www.crypo.net/tools/eng_aer256p.php
Also looks pretty good.

---------- Post added 15-09-2012 at 04:40 PM ----------

How?

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...010148333.aspx

[Mathew]

Ahhh, I think the encryption on Microsoft Word will work best for me... thanks!

[Chippiewill]

Make sure it's .docx rather than .doc otherwise it's insecure

[Recursion]

Use a Truecrypt container, or the built in MS Office encryption.

[triston220]

Make sure it's .docx rather than .doc otherwise it's insecure

In what way is an encrypted .doc not secure?

[Chippiewill]

In what way is an encrypted .doc not secure?

It uses a different type of encryption for backwards compatibility with Word 1997 and 2000 that isn't properly secure.