Encrypted document manager toolbar???

[Synergy]

A user next to me at a client site doesn't have ourlook express so I am
posting this on his behalf. When he opens a document some type of
encryption toolbar pops up. When he pastes anything to the document, he says
it pastes in as encrypted and a little icon displays in place of the text.
What is this and how can it be turned off.

Thank you,

Mark A. Sam

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Not something in Word itself. Must be some sort of add-in or document
management system. He needs to ask the company IT person.

 

[Synergy]

Susanne,

There is no IT person here, they have an outside network guy. He said this
started happening suddenly about a year ago. I'll have him check with the
network guy but I doubt he will know anything.

Thank you,

Mark

 

[Terry Farrell]

A year ago? A busy user then!

Definitely something outside Word. Word does not do that sort of encryption.
In recent versions of Word, a password protected document will be encrypted,
but nothing like the way you describe. That sounds more like a third party
encryption utility such as PPP.

 

[Tyro]

Word did not do that.

Tyro