Report Of All Current Passwords
Click on this button to get a detailed report of all the passwords
and password hints you currently have set in the application and which will
apply in what circumstances.
The password scheme is as follows:
- In the general settings/tools, you can place a scrambling
password, a scrambling password hint, and an unscrambling password. These will apply to the entire application.
- The password you supplied to log-in is not used for scrambling or
unscrambling except in that personal free-form area in the general
settings/tabs.
- The unscramble password in the general/settings panel will always
be tried in any unscrambling operation anywhere in the application.
- The scrambling password and its optional hint in the general
settings/tools panel will only be used for scrambling if no other password has
been supplied down the line (that will be explained later).
- Many people use the exact same scrambling password all the time,
so they place that password in the general settings/options panel and they
always leave all other scrambling passwords blank.
- Many people place their single scrambling password in the
unscrambling password box in the general settings/tools area as well. Then they can scramble and unscramble their
own text any time they want since they always use the same password for
scrambling and that same password is entered in the general unscrambling
password box.
- Now, the intermixed area is typically for more formal
communications and the separate area is typically for less formal
communications. Many people choose to
create a different password for scrambling in those two situations. So a scrambling password and its optional
hint can be placed in each of the settings/tools panels for the intermixed and
the separate areas. For instance, if you
place a scrambling password in the general area, and a different scrambling
password in the intermixed area, and leave the scrambling password blank in the
separate area, the following occurs (if you don’t provide yet another override
password to be explained later…): Any
scrambling in the intermixed – rich text or intermixed – plain text area will
use the scrambling password and optional hint from the intermixed – settings/tools
panel. Any scrambling in the separate –
rich text or separate – plain text area will use the scrambling password and
optional hint from the general settings/tools panel (since no password was
supplied in the separate – settings/tools panel).
- Each of the four major areas (intermixed – rich text, intermixed
– plain text, separate – rich text, separate – plain text) has its own
scrambling and unscrambling panels.
Those panels also allow the entry of a scrambling password and hint and
an unscrambling password. If you put a
password in that panel (like in the intermixed – rich text – scramble panel),
it, along with its hint will be used for that particular scrambling, overriding
any lower-level scrambling passwords and hints.
Most users always leave that scrambling password blank. However, if someone tells you to use a
particular password at a particular moment (different from your normal
scrambling password), you can place it in that panel and it will be used. Just be sure to remove it from that panel
after you no longer need it or it will be used every time you scramble in that
area of the application. So this means
you could actually set up four “permanent” scrambling passwords in each of the
four areas (intermixed – rich text, intermixed – plain text, separate – rich
text, separate – plain text) by entering them in those four areas and leaving
them there.
- If you place an unscrambling password in any of the four major
areas’ panels (intermixed – rich text, intermixed – plain text, separate – rich
text, separate – plain text), that password is tried for unscrambling in
addition to those in the lower levels.
So unscrambling passwords do not override each other, they are simply
all tried in an attempt to unscramble.
So if you are in the intermixed – rich text area, up to three unscrambling
passwords (if supplied) will each be used in an attempt to unscramble: the one
in the intermixed – rich text – unscramble panel, the one in the intermixed –
settings/tools panel, and the one in the general settings/tools panel. Any unscrambling password not in its line of
vision will not be used (like the one you may have entered in the separate –
settings/tools panel).
Unscrambling passwords have two more twists:
- In the intermixed – settings/tools panel and in the separate –
settings/tools panel, instead of entering unscramble passwords you are allowed
to set up a list of senders. You receive
scrambled text from someone. You go into
either of those panels and you add them to your senders’ list, and store their
scrambling password (that you would need for unscrambling) there. As you receive scrambled data from someone,
if they are on your list and are using the same scrambling password as before,
you simply select them from the drop-down and their scrambling password (that
you stored earlier) is used for your unscrambling. There is only one such list of senders and
their scrambling passwords. It appears
in both the intermixed – settings/tools and the separate – settings/tools
panels. However, as explained before,
you often work with different people in the more formal intermixed area than in
the less formal separate area. So you
are allowed to select a different sender in each of those areas. So if you are in the intermixed – rich text
area and are working with a document sent by someone, choose that sender in the
intermixed – settings/tools panel.
- In the intermixed area, you may have received a document where
someone scrambled several different sections and they used a different password
for each section. You can choose “prompt
for a new password at each section” in the unscramble panel. As each scrambled section is located and
presented for unscrambling, you will be asked to enter the password for that
section. That password will be tried in
addition to the other three that may be in direct line (so up to four passwords
are sent in an attempt to unscramble in that situation). (However, you must enter a password for that
section or the operation will stop since it will appear like you have pressed
“Cancel”. So if one of the sections
actually needs one of the passwords you already have like the unscramble
password you placed in the general settings/tools panel, simply put anything
except a blank in that particular password prompt and it should unscramble…)