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  • Getting Started
    • Sending secure PDFs with Confidencial
    • Viewing secure PDFs with Confidencial
    • Sending secure Word docs with Confidencial
    • Viewing secure Word docs with Confidencial
    • Sending secure Excel workbooks with Confidencial
    • Viewing secure Excel workbooks with Confidencial
    • Sending secure images with Confidencial
    • Viewing secure images with Confidencial
    • Sending secure messages with Confidencial
    • Viewing secure messages with Confidencial
    • Protecting content with Confidencial
    • Re-encrypting and changing who can see protected content
  • General
    • How Confidencial Works
      • What is End-to-End Protection
      • In-doc encryption
      • The Confidencial Public Key Registry
      • The Confidencial Private Key Server
      • The Confidencial Log Server
    • Account types
      • Individual
      • Organization
      • Organization administrator
    • File types
    • Key types
      • Cloud-stored keys
      • Device-stored keys
      • Temporary keys
      • Enterprise keys
      • Recovery keys
    • Logging in to the desktop or web app
    • Logging in to Confidencial
    • Encryption policies
    • Selecting encryption recipients
    • Inviting other users to Confidencial
    • Accepting an invite to Confidencial
    • Creating a Confidencial individual account
    • Re-encrypting and changing who can see protected content
    • Confidencial organizations
  • Web App
    • Encrypting a message
    • Decrypting a message
    • Encrypting files and folders
    • Decrypting a .c11 file or .c11.zip file bundle
    • Re-encrypting a Confidencial-protected file or file bundle and changing who can see them
  • Desktop App
    • Installing the desktop app
    • Encrypting files and folders
    • Decrypting a .c11 file or .c11.zip file bundle
  • Microsoft Office Add-ins
    • Installing the Microsoft Office add-ins
    • Opening the task pane
    • Logging in from an Office application
    • Encrypting an entire Word document
    • Encrypting parts of a Word document
    • Decrypting a Word document
    • Re-encrypting a Word document and changing who can see protected content
    • Installing Microsoft Add-ins via the Admin Center
  • Advanced Features
    • Storing keys on your device
    • Loading a key from your device
    • Creating a machine token
    • Obtaining public-private key pairs for use with the Confidencial SDK
  • How to Use Secure Document Request (SDR)
  • Secure Document Send
    • Sending Documents with Secure Document Send
    • Viewing Historical Document Sends
    • Creating a Persistent Share Link
    • Receiving a Persistent Share Link
  • Cloud Protector
    • Connecting AWS S3
    • Connecting Box
    • Connecting Dropbox
    • Connecting Google Cloud
    • Connecting Google Drive
    • Connecting Microsoft Azure Blob
    • Connecting Microsoft OneDrive
    • Connecting Microsoft SharePoint
    • Connecting Server Message Block
    • Connecting Wasabi
    • Connecting On-Premises Storage
  • Enterprise Deployment
    • Connecting your identity provider to Confidencial
    • Creating an S3 bucket for document requests
    • Creating a Cognito user pool to enable S3 bucket access via IDP credentials
    • Deploying the Confidencial Key Server in your environment
      • Configuring an AWS Elastic Container Service (ESC) instance
    • Running a database migration
    • Pushing a container image to your AWS container registry
    • Connecting your identity provider to the Confidencial Key Server
    • Deploying the Confidencial Desktop App to your enterprise users
    • Deploying the Confidencial Office Add-ins to your enterprise users
    • Setting up Microsoft Entra to use an Exchange account to send email notifications
  • Organization Administration
    • Adding members to an organization
    • Pre-loading members into your organization
    • Designating a member as an administrator
    • Creating a recovery key for an organization
    • Monitoring Confidencial usage within an organization
    • Organization-level policies
    • Administrator permissions
  • Command-Line Interface (CLI)
  • Software Development Kit (SDK)
  • Contact Us
  • System Requirements
  • Legal/Licensing
  • How to Access Confidencial Documents for First Time Recipients
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  1. Getting Started

Viewing secure Word docs with Confidencial

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Last updated 1 month ago

ℹ️ You’ve received a Word doc that’s been secured with Confidencial…now what? This tutorial walks you through what to do. We’re going to pretend you are Bob, you’ve never used Confidencial before, and your coworker, Alice, has sent you a Confidencial Word doc.

💡For the steps Alice took to send this doc, see Sending secure Word docs with Confidencial.

  1. Open the document that you received from Alice in Word

    ℹ️ Since Confidencial’s in-doc encryption keeps documents in their original file format, you can open them in their native application (Microsoft Word in this example).

  2. Notice in the above example that you can already see some of the content. This is because Alice added a message for everyone to see after she protected the rest of the document. You can also see that there is other content that only you (bob@example.com) and Alice (alice@example.com) are authorized to see. To see this protected content, install the Confidencial add-in for Microsoft Word by clicking My add-ins under the Insert toolbar and then searching for “Confidencial” in the add-in store.

  3. With the add-in installed, you can now click Confidencial on the right side of the Home toolbar

  4. You are now asked to log in. When Alice sent this document to you, she also invited you to Confidencial. Accept this invite to create a login for Confidencial. Go to your inbox and click the link in the invitation email. From there, you will create a password and generate your encryption keys.

  5. Now that you have a Confidencial account, you can log in by clicking Individual Log In

    ⚠️ If you are a member of a Confidencial organization, you will log in using the Organization Log In button

  6. Once you are logged in, click View Encrypted Content in the Confidencial task pane

✅ You can now see the content that Alice protected for you.