password protecting a document

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Is it possible to assign a password to a document you have scanned and sent
to a folder on the C: drive? This happens to be a newspaper article.
 
KEN said:
Is it possible to assign a password to a document you have scanned and
sent to a folder on the C: drive? This happens to be a newspaper article.
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A better technique is to set the permissions appropriately.
Jim
 
"KEN" said:
Is it possible to assign a password to a document you have scanned and sent
to a folder on the C: drive? This happens to be a newspaper article.
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Not directly, using built-in XP features.

You can put the document in a compressed folder and define a password
for the folder:

HOW TO: Use Compressed (Zipped) Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306531
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