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Encrypting Data with Guard

Encrypting Office Documents

Opening encrypted documents

You can open an encrypted document to do the following:

The document remains encrypted on the server.

How to open an encrypted document:

  1. Open a document in the Text, Spreadsheet or Presentation app.

  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 Default Settings section of the Guard settings, you can define a default value for the time range.

  3. You can use the following functions:

    • Edit the document. Information can be found in the Documents user guide.

    • To download the document in a decrypted format, click the Download icon in the File toolbar.

    • To save the document as pdf in a decrypted format, click the Print as PDF icon in the File toolbar.

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Parent topic: Encrypting Office Documents