OrgPlus 8 - Protecting Your Project
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Summary:

If your project is saved on a shared network, you may want to set a password to prevent unauthorised access to sensitive information. Each time you open the password protect chart you will be prompted to enter this password.

Procedure:

To password protect projects:

With your project open, select Protect from the File menu. The Protect Project dialog box is displayed.

OrgPlus Protect Project dialog

Enter a password in the Password field and then enter it again in the Confirm Password field.

Click OK. The project is now password protected.

To unprotect projects:

With your project open, select Unprotect from the File menu. The Password Required dialog box is displayed.

OrgPlus Unprotect Project dialog

Enter the password and click OK. The project is now unprotected.

Note: DO NOT forget the password. Once a project is protected, no one can access it without the password, not even the author.

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Viewing Project Properties

The Project Properties dialog box provides standard file information and attributes, user-entered file identification, and OrgPlus project statistics. This feature is similar to File Properties available in Microsoft Office applications.

To view Project Properties:

1. Choose Project Properties from the File menu to open the Project Properties dialog box.

The Project Properties dialog box includes the following tabs:

General: Shows standard file data, statistics, and attributes, and a custom option that enables you to lock field properties.

Summary: Enables you to enter authoring details about the project.

Contents: Provides OrgPlus project statistics:

  • Records: Total number of records in the project as a whole, including records applicable to hidden boxes.
  • Orphans: Number of unassigned boxes in the project.
  • Project Contents:

    • Statistics for each individual chart in the project, such as the number of boxes and sub-charts.
    • A listing of the directories, profiles and reports defined for this project.
Note: You can modify fields in the Summary tab but you cannot modify any fields in the General or Contents tabs. 2 Click OK to save changes and close the dialog box.