Create hidden folder

I am a newbie to Mac, TA DA, and have a question. In windows, to hide a folder, you just had to change it's properties with a right click. Can anyone tell me how to create and hide a folder in Lion? I have a manuscript that I am working on that no one else needs to read until I say so. How can I store this on my mac and hide it, yet have it available to me when I am working on it? Thanks for your help.

In Terminal, enter: chflags hidden, then space, then drag the folder into the Terminal window, then press return.
To open it, in Finder, ⇧⌘G, and enter the folder name.
However, a much better option is to use an encrypted disk image

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R

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Hello...
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Bill: Can you suggest a site? I am in the weeds here trying to get this done yesterday. I have been reading code and trying to figure this out since yesterday morning. I have to roll out this image to 2 dozen machines and
this is holding us back. Any idea which site I can post to for help?
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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