How to Encrypt Your Document? – New Zealand Computing Solutions

How to Encrypt Your Document?

15 March 2022

We have been hearing news about cyber attacks almost every day. One of the best ways to protect your document is to encrypt it.

Encryption is the process of encoding data wherein only those individuals with access, secret key, password, or token are able to open and read the document. It translates data into unreadable information except for the authorized individuals.

Encryption is becoming more important than ever. This blog shows how you can easily encrypt your document.

Click File on the top left corner

Select Info

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Click on Protect Document

Select Encrypt with Password

Then you can now Create a password for your document

Remember your password. Take note that if you forget your password, it cannot be recovered.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to message us.

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