quick, how to password protect a visio file?

[FreshPrince]

visio doesn't have the standard security feature option when saving a file...

does anyone know?

 

[MiniDoom]

you could zip it up.

 

[spherrod]

Protect Document command?

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: spherrod
Protect Document command?

where is that?

 

[darkamulets]

Google it or atleast post in the right forum.

 

[captains]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
you could zip it up.

 

[kranky]

View -> Drawing Explorer Window

Right-click on the Visio file you want to protect, then click Protect Document.

The rest is obvious.

 

[FoBoT]

use a compression program with password option

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: kranky
View -> Drawing Explorer Window

Right-click on the Visio file you want to protect, then click Protect Document.

The rest is obvious.

I must be missing the obvious because that doesn't really prevent the 3rd eye from looking at the document...

 

[kranky]

I didn't understand the question then.

Do you want to keep someone from opening the file? Couldn't you use the Windows OS permissions to handle that?

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: kranky
I didn't understand the question then.

Do you want to keep someone from opening the file? Couldn't you use the Windows OS permissions to handle that?

you know how when you click save in word or excel, it has the security option to set a password to either view or edit? I'd like to know if visio has the same option. So far, I can't find it.

 

[AbsolutDealage]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
you could zip it up.

Zip encryption is a joke.

OP, how secure do you need this to be?

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
you could zip it up.

Zip encryption is a joke.

OP, how secure do you need this to be?

nevermind...I found the answer:

File Access Controls

Word 2003, Excel 2003, and PowerPoint 2003 (as did their Office XP predecessors) all offer three kinds of protection that restrict who may open or modify a file:

? File open protection - This requires the user to enter a password before opening the file. The document is actually encrypted (using an algorithm you specify) so that it cannot be read by anyone who doesn?t have the password.

? File modification protection - This allows users to open the document without a password; however, without entering the specified password, the user cannot make or save changes to the document.

? Read-only recommended protection - The user is prompted to open the file in the read-only state, but can choose to open the file in read/write mode without a password.


Creators of documents automatically have read/write permission on their own files.

in another words, you can only apply file open password protection to word, excel, and powerpoint files....that is absolutely stupid. why only provide this feature to 3 products of the office suite? oh well, PGP it is :disgust:

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
you could zip it up.

Zip encryption is a joke.

OP, how secure do you need this to be?

WinZip 9.0 supports 128- and 256-bit key AES encryption, older versions joke? yes.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
you could zip it up.

Zip encryption is a joke.

OP, how secure do you need this to be?

nevermind...I found the answer:

File Access Controls

Word 2003, Excel 2003, and PowerPoint 2003 (as did their Office XP predecessors) all offer three kinds of protection that restrict who may open or modify a file:

? File open protection - This requires the user to enter a password before opening the file. The document is actually encrypted (using an algorithm you specify) so that it cannot be read by anyone who doesn?t have the password.

? File modification protection - This allows users to open the document without a password; however, without entering the specified password, the user cannot make or save changes to the document.

? Read-only recommended protection - The user is prompted to open the file in the read-only state, but can choose to open the file in read/write mode without a password.


Creators of documents automatically have read/write permission on their own files.

in another words, you can only apply file open password protection to word, excel, and powerpoint files....that is absolutely stupid. why only provide this feature to 3 products of the office suite? oh well, PGP it is :disgust:

Because Viso was purchased and not developed from its base electrons at Microsoft.