UniToken Integration Guide Excel 2003

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Install the PKI package

This part explains how to install the PKI package that you can find inside the SDK. The End User package can be found inside the folder Redist/Enduser.

 1 Right-Click on the PKI package installation file and choose “Run as administrator”
Execute the file with an account that has administrator rights on this computer.



 2 Click on [Next] in the welcome screen.


 3 Input your username and Company Name and click on [Next].


 4 Select [Complete] and click on [Next].


 5 Click on [Install] to begin the installation of the PKI package.


 6 Verify that the install wizard completed correctly and click on [Finish].



Encrypt Microsoft Excel 2003 document

 1 In Microsoft Excel 2003, click on [File] then [Save As].


 2 In the [Save As] window, click on [Tools] [General Options]


 3 In the [Save Options] window, input your password and click on [Advanced]

The password for the document doesn’t have to be the same than the UniToken PIN.



 4 In the [Encryption Type] window, choose [RC4, UniToken PRO CSP v2.0] and click on [OK]


 5 In the [Save Options] window, click on [OK] and when you are asked to confirm your password, input your password a second time and click on [OK]


 6 In the [Save As] windows, input a name for your protected file and click on [Save] to apply the settings.


Open the protected document

 1 Insert your UniToken and double-click on the protected document, you will be asked for the document password.

If the password is correct and the UniToken is correctly plugged in to your computer, you will be able to open the protected document normally.



 2 If UniToken is not inserted, you will get the following error message: “The encryption type used is not available”.


Glossary

Microsoft Excel: is a commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It has almost completely become the industry standard for spreadsheets since version 5 in 1993.

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a set of hardware, software, people, policies, and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates.

Microsoft Cryptography API, MS-CAPI is an application programming interface included with Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides services to enable developers to secure Windows-based applications using cryptography.

PKCS refers to a group of public-key cryptography standards devised and published by RSA Security.