Using the Text Editor

Using The Text Editor

In this section we will be covering the following topics:

The Interface

This section will briefly discuss the text editor's interface. Our text editor works much the same as most other text editors with the exception of having some extended features such as on screen text encryption.

The image above displays the built in time and date window for the text editor, with the new text alignment and bullet buttons.

This is the toolbar for the text editor. All file and editing functions are handled here.

The above image displays the new Rich Text buttons.

The above image displays the new pop-up menu for the enhanced Text Editor. Now users can control almost every feature from the keyboard. To activate the menu system, right click with the mouse, or press F9 on the keyboard and use the arrow keys to navigate.

This is the on screen encryption text encryption that sets our text editor apart from any other. Magically watch your text become scrambled right on the screen.

The Buttons

	The Text Editor Buttons and Their Functions
	This button clears the text field for a new document.
	This button opens a file via the file selector.
	This button saves a file via the file selector.
	This button allows you to change fonts.
	This button allows you to set up your printer.
	This button prints the current document.
	This button inserts the date.
	This button allows you to change the background color.
	This button will undo the last action.
	This button will cut the current selection.
	This button copies the current selection to the clipboard.
	This button pastes from the clipboard.
	The following buttons are for the on screen text encryption.
	This button is a checkbox to select method 1 encoding.
	This button is a checkbox to select method 2 encoding.
	This button encodes the current text using the selected method.
	This button decodes the current text using the selected method.
	This button allows you to open a RTF (Rich Text File).
	This button allows you to save a RTF (Rich Text File).
	This button aligns a line or selected text to the left.
	This button aligns a line or selected text in the center.
	This button aligns a line or selected text to the right.
	This button turns bullet listing on.
	This button turns bullet listing off.
	This button selects all the text in the document.
	This button deactivates the safety on encoding/decoding.

TExt Editor Encrypt/Decrypt Tutorial

The following is a step-by-step tutorial that covers how to quickly and easily encrypt and decrypt open text in the Text Editor.

This first section will cover encoding/decoding with the safety on.

First, type out a line of text in the editing field.
Next, select one of the methods of encoding by pressing either or .
Now press the button and watch the text become scrambled.
To decode the text, you must use the same method and then press .

This next section covers encoding/decoding using the safety off. When you open an existing text file, the safety override button is automatically checked.

First, click on the button and select an existing text file and press open.
Once the text file is open, select an encoding method.
Next, press the button and the text will become encoded.
At this point you may either save the encoded text as a file, or decode immediately. For this tutorial, go ahead and save it as a new text file by pressing the .
Once the file is saved, clear the screen by pressing the button.
Now, open the file you just saved by pressing the button.
Using the same method you encoded the file with, decode the text by pressing the button.

Special Notes

This section will cover some important issues regarding the text editor.

The encryption methods used by the text editor are very weak. These methods are in no way a means of security. These methods are provided as a quick method of scrambling.
If you want a secure method of scrambling text, the Secure Email utility provides on screen Blowfish encryption which is very secure. If you want strength, give it a try. You may also encrypt files using the Blowfish method by running the Blowfish File Security utility.
The text editor will not save your font and background color settings with the file. These features are provided for printing text documents with different fonts and the background color as a way to see what text looks like on different colored paper.
The text editor is provided as an enhanced version of the Notepad type text editors. Our text editor is now a Rich Text File application in the way MS Word or Word Perfect are. We have redeveloped the enhanced text editor to handle a multitude of file types as well. Our text editor defeats Notepad in many ways. One important note is that you may now load huge text files without the worry of truncated text.
If you encode text using method 1, you must decode that text using method 1. If you do not decode using the same method as you encoded with, the text may be lost forever.

You should have a look at ONUX PC Security