Is it possible to password-protect a .rtf or .rtfd?

I am making a journal-type .rtfd document, and I want to password-protect it so no one else but me can read and type into it. Thanks in advance.

Password protect, no. OSX per se does not offer that functionality by itself.
However, if you select the document and do a Get Info (command i) you can change the permissions so that only your account has read and write permissions. Then you'd only have to make sure nobody else knows your password.

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Messages are not part of the application. Protecting the application would do nothing to protect the data, which can be easily viewed without using Mail.app.
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Is it possible to Password Protect certain folders/files?

Or just the entire thing? Are there any programs out there that can allow me to do this? Or is there something already built into the Mac.
I am going off to college soon and want to make sure no one is snooping and reading any of my past writings. Thanks for the help!!

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http://www.altomac.com/download/
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