Even if you do not work with top-secret information and do not feel the need to hide your actions at the computer from relatives or colleagues, you may need to be able to encrypt a document.
Instructions
Step 1
Inexperienced users often think that the ability to set a password on documents exists in Windows by default. This is wrong. In order to encrypt the information with which you work, you need special programs that require preliminary installation on a computer.
Step 2
The most affordable way to encrypt a document is to create a password archive for it. Let's say you are working with information in the "Secret" folder (or with one such document), and it needs to be encrypted. Make sure that a special archiving utility is installed on your computer, there are many such programs, the most popular: WinRar, WinZip, 7Zip, etc. As a rule, not a single user can do without them today.
Step 3
Right-click on the folder that requires encryption.
Step 4
In the window that appears, select the command "Add to archive …"
Step 5
Find the "Set Password" option in the dialog box that appears. To do this, in the WinRar program, click the "Advanced" tab. The Password Archiving window appears.
Step 6
Come up with an original password. Enter it in the line suggested by the program and repeat below.
Step 7
Proceed in the same way as if you were zipping the file without a password. If you need, rename your "Secret" archive to an archive with any other name, choose other convenient options. Click the final command "Archive". The encrypted document is ready. Now, except for you, no one should open it (of course, with the exception of advanced users in this regard or real hackers).
