ENCRYPTING WORD DOCUMENTS This is one in a series of tutorials on digital and mobile security for journalists and bloggers. We will show you how to encrypt Microsoft Word 2010 documents and Open Office text documents. Jorge Luis Sierra Knight International Journalism Fellow 2013

ENCRYPTING WORD DOCUMENTS IN MAC Follow these steps to encrypt your Microsoft Office 2010 Word document in Mac computers.

Step 1. Open the document. • Go to File and open the Word document you want to

encrypt.

Step 2. Click on Preferences…

Step 3. Click on Security

Step 4. Write your password

Step 5. Save the encryption

ENCRYPTING WORD DOCUMENTS IN PC Follow these steps to encrypt Microsoft Office 2010 Word documents in a PC computer.

Step 1: Open your document • After opening the document, click File and then click Info.

Step 2. Protect your document •  In the Info options, click Protect document. After that you

can click on Encrypt with password.

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Step 3: Enter your password • After a window opens, write your password and click OK.

Step 4: Confirm your password •  In the next window, confirm your password and click OK.

ENCRYPTING OPEN OFFICE TEXT DOCUMENTS Follow these steps to encrypt an Open Office text document.

Step 1: Create a document.

Step 2: Save your document. •  In the File option, click Save as…

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Step 3: Save with password •  In a new window, click Save with Password, then Save.

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Step 4: Write your password • Write and confirm your password. Click OK.

Step 5: Encrypted document. • Close and open your document. You will need to enter

your password to read it.

Encrypted documents • Are you ready to encrypt text documents?

•  This tutorial is part of the Digital and Mobile Security Program for Journalists and Bloggers supported by the International Center for Journalists and Freedom House.

• Author: Jorge Luis Sierra, Knight International Journalism Fellow. 2013.

•  Follow him on Twitter: @latinointx