McAfee office 3.1 User Manual
User’s Guide
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PGP Personal Privacy
Taking shortcuts
Although you will find that PGP is easy to use, a number of shortcuts are
available to help you accomplish your encryption tasks even quicker. For
instance, while you are managing your keys in the PGPkeys window, you can
press the right mouse button to perform all the necessary PGP functions rather
than accessing them from the menu bar. You can also drag a file containing a
key into the PGPkeys window to add it to your keyring. Keyboard shortcuts
are also available for most menu operations. These keyboard shortcuts are
shown on all the PGP menus, and other shortcuts are described in context
throughout this manual.
available to help you accomplish your encryption tasks even quicker. For
instance, while you are managing your keys in the PGPkeys window, you can
press the right mouse button to perform all the necessary PGP functions rather
than accessing them from the menu bar. You can also drag a file containing a
key into the PGPkeys window to add it to your keyring. Keyboard shortcuts
are also available for most menu operations. These keyboard shortcuts are
shown on all the PGP menus, and other shortcuts are described in context
throughout this manual.
From the PGPtools application
If you are using an email application that is not supported by the plug-ins, or
if you want to perform PGP functions from within other applications, you can
encrypt and sign, decrypt and verify, or securely wipe messages and files
directly from the PGPtools window. You can open the PGPtools window in
two ways:
if you want to perform PGP functions from within other applications, you can
encrypt and sign, decrypt and verify, or securely wipe messages and files
directly from the PGPtools window. You can open the PGPtools window in
two ways:
•
Click Start from thedesktop window; scroll to Programs; then PGP; and
select PGP tools.
select PGP tools.
•
Double-click the PGPtools icon on the system tray located on the lower
right-hand side of your desktop window.
right-hand side of your desktop window.
If you are working with text or files, you can encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify
by selecting the text or file and then dragging it onto the appropriate button in
the PGPtools window. If you are working with files, click on the appropriate
button in the PGPtools window to choose a file or select the Clipboard.
by selecting the text or file and then dragging it onto the appropriate button in
the PGPtools window. If you are working with files, click on the appropriate
button in the PGPtools window to choose a file or select the Clipboard.
PGPdisk
PGPdisk is an easy-to-use encryption application that enables you to set aside
an area of disk space for storing your sensitive data. This reserved space is
used to create a file called a PGPdisk volume.
an area of disk space for storing your sensitive data. This reserved space is
used to create a file called a PGPdisk volume.
Although it is a single file, a PGPdisk volume serves very much like a hard
disk in that it provides storage space for your files and applications. You can
consider it as a floppy disk or an external hard disk. To use the applications or
open the files stored in the volume, you need to mount it to make it accessible.
disk in that it provides storage space for your files and applications. You can
consider it as a floppy disk or an external hard disk. To use the applications or
open the files stored in the volume, you need to mount it to make it accessible.