Robert58 1 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Goodmorning, I tried to set a password to a note I placed inside my Evernote on my computer. I thought it was being done by selecting the text and then, when clicking my Richt Mouse Button, in the menu that would appear, I should click the option: "Encrypt/Secure the selected text" (I don't know the specific sentence in this menu, because it is in Dutch, but I'm sure you''ll understand what I mean). The problem is however, that the option "Encrypt/Secure the selected text" can't be clicked on, as it seems to be not activated; the text is "gray" inside this menu. Could anyone please tell me what is going wrong? Please advise.Thanks! Cheers! Robert. Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 10,340 Posted September 6, 2018 Level 5* Share Posted September 6, 2018 Hi. You can't select a note to encrypt, only the text within that note. Select the text, right-click the selected area and you should be able to encrypt it. How to encrypt content inside Evernote Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,721 Posted September 6, 2018 Level 5* Share Posted September 6, 2018 4 hours ago, Robert58 said: The problem is however, that the option "Encrypt/Secure the selected text" can't be clicked on, Evernote has a text encryption feature, but it's text only. Make sure you didn't select non-text items. There is no note encryption feature I make use of the native encryption in attachments; pdfs, office/iwork documents, ... Link to comment
Robert58 1 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 38 minutes ago, gazumped said: Hi. You can't select a note to encrypt, only the text within that note. Select the text, right-click the selected area and you should be able to encrypt it. How to encrypt content inside Evernote Thanks guys, the key to this issue was indeed my selecting "non-text items" as well. I find it strange however, that e.g. "bulletpoints" are dealt with by Evernote as "non-text" items, so the message cannot be encrypted. I think that is a real shortcoming of the program. Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 10,340 Posted September 6, 2018 Level 5* Share Posted September 6, 2018 I have about four levels of security - Things I legally have to keep as documents, or want to for practical or sentimental reasons - RW files Stuff I feel I should keep off the net like bank statements and personal medical notes - local notebooks Things I'm not too sure about but don't want revealed in some random network fault or hacking attack - password protected PDF or MSOffice files attached to notes The rest - standard notes. (Relying on the purloined letter effect - there's 225M other users with 225n notes; I'd guess most live more interesting lives than me - what are the odds?) I do have some encrypted text notes, but only about a dozen (out of 44,000+) encrypting the attachment is far more flexible - and includes bullets, pictures, tables... Link to comment
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