Password protecting a Numbers worksheet

Hi gang!
I'm very new to Mac (bought my first MacBook 3 days ago!) and I'm just as new to iWork. I'm trying to use Numbers with old Excel spreadsheets that I've converted. One of the things that I loved about Excel is that you could password protect a file so it could not be opened or edited without knowing the password. I've been looking and looking and I can't find where Numbers does that. Does such a feature exist?

Hello
I assumes that you have tell your system that it may use your password automatically (thru keychain).
If you did that it's like installing a secure lock … and put the key under the door-mat
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE jeudi 6 mars 2008 12:18:29)

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How to password protect a numbers document

I'm trying to figure out how to password protect a numbers document.
My intention is to load this document onto a website, but only want authorized persons with the correct password to be able to access.
Any ideas??
Thanks

bscaplan wrote:
I am using Numbers 08
And the Numbers User Guide, supplied with iWork '08, make no mention of password protection, which was introduced in Numbers '09.
Looks like the best option is Wayne's second suggestion—open via File > Print > PDF > Open in Preview, then Save the resulting PDF document with encryption turned on.
An alternate, if you want the recipients to receive a copy of the Numbers '08 file, and to be able to edit that file, you could enclose it in a secure disk image file.
The basic procedure is to:
Use Disk Utility to create a new, blank, sparse disk image, assign a password and save.
Double-click the .dmg file (and enter the password when requested) to mount the disk image on your desktop, then Save a copy of your file to the (open) disk image.
When done, eject the image, and upload the (encrypted) .dmg file to the website.
Detailed instructions may be found in Disk Utility's Help files.
Launch DU (found in the Utilities folder in Applications), click the Help menu and choose Disk Utility help.
Go to the index, scroll to and click Security, then click a title similar to "Protecting confidential documents in a secure disk image." (a search on 'confidential' should also take you to a list containing that title.)
My version of DU is old enough that sparse images hadn't been introduced, or I'd post a copy of the article here.
Regards,
Barry

Password protect a Numbers file

Hello friends, I was wondering how to password protect a numbers file. I'm creating a financial report and only some eyes can see it. Anyway to force a user to enter a password before it opens is the goal. I appreciate your assistance. Gary

I advice against using the built in password function for really confidential data.
Apple has not specified what level of encryption is used, and it is possible that the encryption level is so low that any hacker can open the file.

Applying Password-protection for Numbers files?

It looks great -- at first view. I grabbed my standard Excel file with all my misc. stuff in it, and hit the first snag. It was password-protected, so Numbers wasn't going to let me import it. Okay, that makes sense. So I figure out how to unprotect the file and manage to get it into Numbers. But when I went to apply a password requirement to open it, no joy.
This seems to be a no-brainer to me, a must-have feature. But the Help tool couldn't find anything on it. If it truly isn't supported then what was supposed to be the Red Letter Day of finally getting rid of the last Microsoft applications is going to have to be delayed until Apple releases an update.
Ideas?

KOENIG Yvan wrote:
If someone protecting files send them to an other one, two formulas are available:
- 1 - remove the protection
- 2 - give the key
The two are usable for an encrypted image disk.
Yes, but that is not the case I am talking about. You talk about a sender who uses a Mac and knows that the receiver may have problems opening his files.
I am talking about a PC user who sends out encrypted MS Office documents in the belief that all the recipients have MS Office.
Example: Let's assume that you work for one of the big companies in Sophia Antipolis or for Carrefour in Antibes. Their management asks all the employees if they can read MS Office files. Everyone who says "yes" gets a confidential encrypted Excel file with pension calculations mailed to them. The other ones get the form in paper format. If you have iWork, you will have to wait for the paper version to arrive. You will have to fill it in on paper and you will have to verify the calculations manually. In some cases there may not even be a paper version available.
And I am talking about the Mac user who wants to send protected data to a PC user. As the PC User cannot open a Mac disk image, the only solution I can see for an iWork user is an encrypted PDF, and that one will not be editable by the receiver.
I am not saying that Apple has a duty to fulfill those requirements or that Apple should promote MS Office as a format. I am only saying that as long as iWork does not support password protection, some of iWork's users will have this kind of problems.
But maybe we are not giving the same meaning to "file protection".
For me it means "keep it from others view" aka "access denied"
Maybe, for you, it means "don't give the ability to edit it" aka "read only"
We give exactly the same meaning to the expression "file protection".

Can I password protect my numbers spreadsheet on my iPad

I just purchased my first apple ipad2 and I do a lot of spreadsheets in excel, I bought numbers and need to password protect my file so other family members can not get to my files. Can this be done? If so, how?
Best regards,
John

Not with the Apple Mail app.
There are two 3rd party apps that use webmail resources that allow secure accounts as well as multiple accounts;
For Gmail accounts use Secure Gmail, and for other accounts use Secure Webmail. Both are in the iTunes App Store.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/secure-gmail/id496041864?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/secure-webmail/id510417578?mt=8

Can I password protect a numbers document

Is it possible to password protect a document created in the "numbers" app.?

Yes, for instructions please read this article:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4822560_folder-mac-os-x-leopard.html

How can I protect my data in numbers from unintentional user of my iPad by other family members? In other words, how can I password protect my numbers and other apps from apple computer company?

I have other members of my family use my iPad for educational/recreational use, young children who may want to play kid games. I don't want them to accdently get into my data stored in the three business apps from apple. I would like to password protect these files.
I would also like to log out of the email systems that I use, so some one else can use this device to access their own emails. By leaving my accounts open al the time, is really asking for trouble from a host of sources.
I can't believe that the iPad is not designed to protect the privacy and data from prying eyes ... Un intuitional as it may be.
Please fix this issue so I create my info on this device and enjoy it fully. Or tell me how I can protect my data.
Thnax.

Thanx for your response. Any data stored anywhere should be able to be protected from stealing, malicious destruction or unintentional destruction. Theo ad an be stolen and without any kind ofpassword protection, the thief could get into your sensitive data.
If Apple wants iPad to become a business tool that can be used with ideas, thots, data protected, then Apple needs to provide this protection to it's customers. Now it's unto the users to use it or not.
I know iPad is being considered to be used by doctors, and can u imagine the confidentiality requirements of HIPPA rules... It will make this device not usable without data protection. I am sureweall have heard about hacking going on at all levels. It's surprising that this device's software is left unprotected.
My iPad may be sitting on my desk and my 3 year old grand daughter would pick it up and start "playing" with it. That means I can't store anything on this machine that may possibly be changed.
I have discussed this with specialists in apple stores, and those who have been around info technology understand my concerns and they may forward this request further up. They do not have the answer for it..... So far.
I think data security should be everyone's concern... Be it a one person device or multiple user device.
I hope that some responsible people at Apple would read this and provide the protection that will make this device lot more acceptable in the business world.

Is there a way to password protect a numbers spreadsheet in ios5?

Hi,
I have created a numbers spreadsheet in my macbook and then i protected it with a password to open. Then i have uploaded it to icloud as i need to be able to access it from both my iphone4 and my ipad2. Although the spreadsheet is indeed accessible from all my devises, i don't get asked for a password neither on the iphone nor on the ipad and the spreadsheet opens right away without any protection (it actually asked for my password once, the first time i opened it in my ipad and tha was it. Since then it opens without asking for the password)
Why isn't the password i created in the macbook working everytime i open it in any of the other two devices?
Is there any way i can have it working everytime one tries to access it?
Thx
Ibro

This is an iOS question in an OSX app discussion, but I'll give an opinion. iOS devices are personal, and can be passcode protected themselves. It's reasonable to assume that once the file is opened on that personal device, it will always open on that device without further verification.
Jerry

Password protection of Numbers 08 Sheet

Any one know how to protect opening of Numbers08 sheet with a password?

Question asked and responded MANY times.
I know that it's your 1st post but it's not a reason for dropping the Terms of Use which you are supposed to read before entering the forum.
They state:
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Searching in existing thread would have give you:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6461995
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE jeudi 22 mai 2008 09:42:25)

Can the iOS version of Numbers use password protection yet?

We have the whole iWork suite on our macs, but (so far) just Keynote & Pages on our iOS devices. Before buying Numbers for iOS, I'm trying to figure out if Apple has gotten around to adding an option for password protection for Numbers documents. I know the earlier versions of Numbers for iOS did NOT have that capability, but I haven't found anything about the current version. Thanks!

Yes, it has! I opened up my new iOS version of Numbers and noticed a new Set Password option on the Tools popover list. I loaded one of my password protected spreadsheets into iCloud, and opened it in the new iOS Numbers. It prompted me for a password and let me in.
I made some changes then opened it on my Mac using the new version of Numbers there. Again, I was prompted for a password and everything worked as expected.
Also, on the iOS version, the Set Password option changes to a Change Password option if you're working with a password protected spreadsheet.
Thanks Apple!

No password protection?

I'm trying to upgrade my old AppleWorks spreadsheets to Numbers as well as substitute Excel. Unfortunately I can't because there is no password protection in Numbers as there is in the 8 year old AppleWorks.
Did Apple really forget this?
Numbers is really a great application from what I can see but won't be used in our design firm until it has password protection.

That was exactly what I was thinking also.
A good explanation of how to set it up once, is found at www.macworld.com/2006/10/secrets/decmobilemac/index.php
Then with one password, all your sensitive files are protected at once.
Of course this is no good if you want to send the file via mail and still protect it. The only easy way I found is to save it as a password protected PDF (via PDF button left lower part of the Print dialog box).
But here I discovered that you can not print all worksheets at once in Numbers !! What a bug !
Only if you export to PDF can you export all worksheets at once, printing is not possible !
Stef

Protect a Numbers File

Hello, Could someone tell me how to password protect a Numbers file. I have some passwords I need to travel with but want them protected in case the laptop is stolen. Thanks...

Hello
Welcome to the club.
The search tool is also for newcomers.
Using it you would already knows that the free soluce is to store your document(s) in an encrypted disk image. You may create one with Disk Utility.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE jeudi 13 décembre 2007 21:02:25)

Why can't I password protect?

I have password-protected a Numbers file, and yet it opens simply by clicking on it, without my having to enter a password. So, apparently the password protection is not working.
I would like to find out what is wrong with this feature in Numbers, and how to make it work properly.

Paul,
1) how did you set the password for your Numbers file? Did you use the inspector?:
See the last section at the bottom of the Document Inspector.
2) When you entered the password did you check the box "Remember this password in my keychanin"? :
3) Have you tried opening the doument in another user space, on another machine?
4) What version of the Numbers are you using? Is the OS X version (10.5.8) really what you are running on?

I can no longer access a password protected Numbers file with the correct password. Error message only says the file "cannot be opened."

I'm using Numbers version 3.2.2.
Suddenly I cannot access my password protected Numbers file with the correct password. I have the correct password written down so I know I haven't made a mistake.
The response box that pops up says that the file cannot be opened. There are no other options for me to choose from.

Also, I tried to open it through an older version of Numbers but it sent this error message.

HT4088 Will numbers open an excel file that is password protected? Xlsx latest ms excel?

Will numbers open an excel file that is password protected? Xlsx latest ms excel?

No. None of the iWork apps on any platform will open a password-protected Office file. You have to remove the password in Office first.

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