Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ Outlook® 2007

Encrypt a Message

If your message contains highly sensitive information meant for the recipient’s eyes only, you can encrypt it. When you encrypt a message, Outlook scrambles the text it contains; only recipients with the necessary “keys” can decipher the message.

To share the necessary keys with the recipient, you must exchange certificates. (A certificate is a digital ID.)

Encrypt a Message

Encrypt a Single Message

1.	Compose your message.
2.	Click the Options tab in the message window’s Ribbon.
3.	Click the launcher () in the Options tab’s Tracking group. The Message Options dialog box appears.
4.	Click Security Settings. [View full size image] The Security Properties dialog box appears.
5.	Click the Encrypt Message Contents and Attachments check box ( changes to ).
6.	Click OK to close ...