Comments on: Excel Encryption

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:24:00 +0000

Check out exCELLencrypt if you need to encrypt the contents of cells. It’s an add-in for Office 2007.

By: jon

jon — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:38:00 +0000

Ok; never mind, perhaps it was too obvious to say. Put it in the MS Office/Office11 directory.

By: jon

jon — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:34:00 +0000

This looks like a neat utility; only problem is (under win2k) I get a ‘cannot find file’ (Cryption.dll) error message when i try and encrypt something. Is there somewhere special I have to put the dll, or something else I need to do? Thanks.

By: Marketing Man

Marketing Man — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:40:00 +0000

Hi,

I evaluated the Encrypter-Decrypter and I have to say that I like the idea but I don't really see the point in it or the value and here's why.

If you encrypt the contents of a cell, you prevent users and Excel from 'seeing' the contents of the cell. Since most of the uses for Excel involve storing a value or a formula within a cell that impacts on cells somewhere else within the workbook, you prevent the spreadsheet from working. You might as well encrypt the entire file or make a copy for public distribution and delete the cells you don't want seen.

It's my opinion that people need better security in Excel when they're creating a document for public distribution that uses a set of values and formulas (which should remain hidden) to calculate an 'end result' value (which is what the public sees). Excel has full access to the contents of all the cells but the contents of the cell are just shown as garbage to a human reader.

By: jkpieterse

jkpieterse — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:12:00 +0000

Dennis:

If you like and only if you can spare the time. No hurry though.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:29:00 +0000

wolfgang,

No problem, thanks for the kind words. I look forward to seeing your final product

Dennis,

Not too much time to lurk, family and work are keeping me very well occupied

Cheers

Dave

By: XL-Dennis

XL-Dennis — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:08:00 +0000

Jan-Karel,

The network-version of Autosafe, it must have been at least 2 years ago and I do not longer keep a copy of it.

Let me know if You want it translated to Swedish and I will happily do it.

Kind regards,
Dennis

By: jkpieterse

jkpieterse — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:13:00 +0000

For what, Autosafe? I seem to have misplaced them, do you have them?

By: XL-Dennis

XL-Dennis — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:02:00 +0000

Wolfgang,

That’s why the Daily Dose of Excel is such a great place

Jan-Karel,
I share Jon’s opinion to 100 % but I still wonder what happen with the Swedish translation of it

BTW, do You guys, MS MVP, have any influence on MSFT when it comes to the development of coming releases?

Dave,
You still have the time to lurk around

Kind regards,
Dennis

By: Wolfgang

Wolfgang — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:05:00 +0000

hi dave...

i looked at your site and product and all i can say is: wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

we are defenitely lightyears away from all the stuff that you people did/do and your thoughts convinced me (plus the ones from dennis and jk), to turn this into a "non-profit" organization...

i am going to improve the help section as well as i can and yes, we also gave it already a "donation" thought, knowing that this will be fun to watch...

it was/is fun to develop something out of the ordinary and here's how we did it:
"encryption-software-programming involves 50% memory work, 50% math skills and 50% memory work..."

from all i've learned so far it is clear to me to follow the advises from experts and have a good time...

thank you very much, dave..

best,
wolfgang