Encrypting Data with Guard

Encrypting Office Documents

Creating new encrypted documents

When creating a new document, you have the option to create a document that will be saved encrypted. The following options are available:

How to create a new encrypted document:

  1. Launch the Text, Spreadsheet or Presentation app.

  2. Click the More actions icon in the button for creating objects. Select one of the functions New text document (encrypted), New spreadsheet (encrypted) or New presentation (encrytped).

  3. Enter your Guard security password in the Password required window.

    You can define how long the security password should be remembered by Guard. To do so, enable Remember my password. Select a value from the list.

    In the Guard security settings, you can define a default value for the time range.

How to create a new encrypted document while editing a document:

  1. Click on New in the File tool bar. In the menu, select one of these entries: Text document (encrypted), Spreadsheet document (encrypted), Presentation document (encrypted).

  2. Enter your Guard security password in the Password required window.

    You can define how long the security password should be remembered by Guard. To do so, enable Remember my password. Select a value from the list.

    In the Guard security settings, you can define a default value for the time range.

  3. Click on Unnamed in the menu bar. Enter a name.

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Parent topic: Encrypting Office Documents