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But both option encrypts the document the same way? In other words, if we use &quot;save as &gt;&gt;&nbsp;General Option&quot; it doesn't mean is less secure or a different encryption that in &quot;File &gt;&gt;&nbsp;Encryption and Passwors&quot;?
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But both option encrypts the document the same way? In other words, if we use "save as >> General Option" it doesn't mean is less secure or a different encryption that in "File >> Encryption and Passwors"?

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With EE's help we were able to identify the encryption used in MS Office 2010; 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is used (others also available). &nbsp;Up-to now, we found two ways of saving a document with password:<br />
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&quot;<b><i>File &gt;&gt;&nbsp;Encryption with password</i></b>&quot; and &quot;<b><i>Save As &gt;&gt;&nbsp;General Option</i></b>&quot;.<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/02_w06/896658/Encryptions-in-Ms-Office--Word--using-Fi" target="_blank" title="file-encrypt (77 KB)"><img alt="file-encrypt" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 622px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/02_w06/896658/Encryptions-in-Ms-Office--Word--using-Fi" /></a><a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/02_w06/896659/Encryptions-in-Ms-Office--Word--using-Sa" target="_blank" title="save-as (180 KB)"><img alt="save-as" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/02_w06/800_896659/Encryptions-in-Ms-Office--Word--using-Sa" /></a><br />
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<i><b>Is there a difference between the two?</b></i>
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With EE's help we were able to identify the encryption used in MS Office 2010; 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is used (others also available).  Up-to now, we found two ways of saving a document with password:

"File >> Encryption with password" and "Save As >> General Option".
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Is there a difference between the two?

When saving an MS Office document with password, what is the difference 'Encryption with password and 'General Option'

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.