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| Thread ID: 40786 | 2003-12-18 09:33:00 | Word Documents saved on my hard drive | summertime (2568) | Press F1 |
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| 201415 | 2003-12-18 21:14:00 | Yes, some encryption for passwords may be a tad weak, but remember this is at your work place. Are there people who are capable or would attempt to crack a password on your documents - most likely not. And if so, why are they still employed? Also remember in Office applications, there is a list of MRU's (most recently used) files that is clearly visible to the next person using that application. If you have opened up a document on the machine, remember to clear out that list: In the application go to Tools > Options. Under the General tab, clear the Recently used file list check box. On XP right click on the Start button > Properties > under Start Menu select "Customise.." then select the Advanced tab. Click on the Clear List button and remove the tick from beside "List my most recently opened documents" |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 201416 | 2003-12-18 21:25:00 | > There are better ways to protect your documents. Perhaps you might like to give Summertime some examples then? Like Jen says, her work colleagues may not be PC literate enough to bypass anything more than the most simple security so she may not need anything too elaborate. :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 201417 | 2003-12-18 21:43:00 | To drcspy......................no need to be sarcastic. Is this not a forum for answering questions for all computer users? I am not familiar with the mechanics AT ALL of a computer. that is why I come here to ask. What may seem laughable to you because you are knowledgeable is a sensible question to me that I need answering. To everyone else that offered suggestions I say a big thank you for your tolerance. | summertime (2568) | ||
| 201418 | 2003-12-18 22:13:00 | Hi Summertime Beama in his second post mentioned a way to password protect your word documents - this may be what will suit you. But you will have to use your judgement whether this would be sufficient for your needs at work. Your DVD drive at home, are you sure it is not a combined CD-writer/DVD player? Have a look for the model number and what is written on the front of the drive. If it is not, CD-writers are quite cheap anyway (you can get them for less than $70) so you might want to consider getting one for future CD writing rather than using floppies for large files. You can have both a CD-writer and DVD-ROM drive installed at the same time in your machine. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 201419 | 2003-12-19 04:31:00 | Thanks Jen and everyone else who helped. No, it is not a CD writer as well as a DVD. Thanks for letting me know approximately how much they are to buy. I have decided to zip and email the files and try and passowd them. Anybody who cracks the password will just have to view them. | summertime (2568) | ||
| 201420 | 2003-12-19 05:03:00 | well... if you have a printer and your office has a scanner then you could print them off and scan and save them as word. BTW if you email them and you edit them at the office you can't send them back home. i am assuming win 98 has office 97 and win XP has office XP. let me explain... there are 3 versions of word, office 97, 2000 and XP 97 will read 97 2000 will read 97 and 2000 XP will read all if you want to send them home after editing save them as rich text format (.rtf) or web page (.html) hope this prevents future confusion Megaman |
Megaman (344) | ||
| 201421 | 2003-12-19 05:26:00 | Excellent advice there Megaman, well done. :-) | Susan B (19) | ||
| 201422 | 2003-12-19 08:33:00 | Thank you so much Megaman.....your help is appreciated. Your explanation was very clear. | summertime (2568) | ||
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