Thread: locking dream journal file?

Originally Posted by Adam

I thought Word was Microsoft Office Word... Never heard of anything named the same..

ya I have a program called word, then microsoft word. word doesnt have spell check or anything microsoft word has

If you want to post online, you could also check out Google Docs. It's essentially a very basic word processor (or spreadsheet or powerpoint program) and you can save files or create new ones. No one can access them without being permitted.

Otherwise, I'd just go with MoS's idea. If your trial of Office Word is expired, download Open Office. It's free and works just about as well as Word.

hey everyone. i tried truecrypt, and either i did it wrong or its just not what im looking for.

then i got openoffice, and thats really nice problem is i just cant find how to password protect it.

help?

This might serve you well for DJing http://www.secureaction.com/notes/ I don't think the encryption is really hardcore, but it's probably good enough for your purposes.

In OpenOffice.org Writer, open your DJ file. Then go to File > Save As. On the window that pops up, just below the input box for naming your file are two checkboxes; [ ] Automatic file name extension (checked by default) and [ ] Save with password (UNchecked by default). Check the latter, press Save, and a dialog box will pop up asking what password you would like to use to protect the file.

Voila, you've done it.

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

In OpenOffice.org Writer, open your DJ file. Then go to File > Save As. On the window that pops up, just below the input box for naming your file are two checkboxes; [ ] Automatic file name extension (checked by default) and [ ] Save with password (UNchecked by default). Check the latter, press Save, and a dialog box will pop up asking what password you would like to use to protect the file.

Voila, you've done it.

now see when i go to save as it has two boxes to check...

auto extension (check)

and filter options (which it wont let me check)

also i went to options > security > and made a password and a master password, but when i open it it doesnt ask for anything.

could it be vista? or the version of open office?

Ah, right, the newest version of OpenOffice is a bit different, sorry. You need to go to Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > General and make sure that "Use OpenOffice.org dialogs" is checked. Then the checkbox should appear in the Save As dialog. You'll also need to save in the OpenOffice.org format (.odt).

Hope that works for you!

thank you everyone for your time!!!

this is exactly what i wanted.

hope this helps some other as well