Certificate Security Settings

In this wizard, you can control acess to the document based on certificates. Add the certificates from trusted contacts and set permissions.

You can start this wizard from the Security tab of the Document Properties dialog box, by selecting Certificate Security in the Security Method drop-down list. To display the Document Properties dialog box, do any of the following:

  • Click the Manage Security (Manage Security icon) tool on the Security tab of the ribbon, then select Modify or Remove in the drop-down list.

  • Select File > Info > Description, then click Properties and select Advanced Properties on the drop-down.

  • Click the ► symbol at the top of the vertical scroll bar, select Document Properties.

Specify settings in the wizard panels.

  1. Specify the type of document contents you want to encrypt and select an encryption algorithm. Click Next.

  2. Click the Import (Import Certificate to trust list icon) tool or the Create (Create Certificate icon) tool to add existing certificate schemes from other locations, or to create new ones.

  3. Select one or more recipients from the Trusted Contacts list and click Add to define who is allowed to open documents secured with the specified scheme.

  4. Click the Set Permission tool to specify a combination of permitted actions for the selected recipient.

  5. Click the Recipient Details tool to show information about the selected recipient.

  6. Click Finish and save your document.