High Lights Protector is a text encryption software that protects the texts you highlight by encrypting them with password protection.

Whatever editors you are working with, wherever the texts are, whenever you may highlight the texts, you may protect them with High Lights Protector!

1. Password protection
2. Protected text can be saved in any applications
3. May partially select characters, words, lines, paragraphs to protect
4. Easy to use
5. Text protection is just one keypress

1. FILE_ID.DIZ
2. High Lights Protector.exe
3. hl_protector.dll
4. High_Lights_Protector_readme.html

First, put all the files in the files list above in a same folder.
Double click "High Lights Protector.exe".

The hotkey to protect the highlighted text is F8.
The hotkey to unprotect the highlighted 'protected' text is F9.

Open your favorite editor, highlight some texts, they may be just a word, a few lines, a paragraph, or the whole page, then press F8.  A window will popup for you to enter the password.   After you've entered the password, click 'Protect' to protect the text you just highlighted.   Then you may save it or send it to someone.

'Unprotect' the text means to restore the protected text to its original.

Highlight the text you previously 'protected', then press F9.   A window will popup for you to enter the password.  You must enter the same password you've used to protect the text.   Then click 'Unprotect'.

You may use the same password to protect all the highlighted texts for the session by checking the 'Keep using this password.' button on the password input window when you are about to protect or unprotect text.

Alternatively, you may call the password input window by pressing Ctrl + F8.   Just type the password you want to use, check the box, then click 'Ok'.   You'll not be asked for the password again.  All highlighted text to be protected and unprotected will be using the same password.

The password will be remembered until you reset it, or the application is closed.

To reset the password, press Ctrl + F8:

If you want the program changes back to ask you for the password everytime again, uncheck the 'Keep using this password' button, and click 'Ok'.

If you want to change the password, simply type in the password and press 'Ok'.

'No funny characters' is a feature that makes the output of the protected text containing only numbers and capital letters.

If you have protected a text with this feature checked, remember to check it too Whenever you're to unprotect the text.

There are few advantages of the feature 'No funny characters'

1. Since most word processors will automatically convert most high ASCII and formatting characters into space or substituted characters, a text with just normal letters will be safe when working with these word processors.
2. Protected text without formating characters is safe for all kinds of data transmission, including e-mail, via modem, broadband, wireless, etc.
3. Protected text is easily recognized when trying to highlight it to unprotect.

Click the application icon on the taskbar, then click Exit.

1. This software will not check whether the password you enter is correct or not.  If you protect or unprotect a text with an incorrect password, the original text can never be restored!  It's a good idea to make a copy first.  Also, if you havn't saved the text, you may always 'Undo' it, then you may try to input the password again.

2. The highlighted text must be in an editable environment, for example edit box, input box, most editors, and some word processors.

3. Even you've checked the feature 'Keep using this password', you'll still be asked again the password when the application is restarted.

4. Be careful of the word processors.
   Most word processors have 'Auto Correct', 'Auto Spell Check', and 'Auto Format' functions, etc, and most of them will convert all High ASCII characters to substituted characters or spaces, these functions and features will all alter your 'protected text', and render it 'unprotectable'.  So, if you work with these word processors, turn off those features first.
   However, the feature 'No funny characters' may be called as a solution for this.

The text in the below input box was protected by High Lights Protector.

To read the message, first, run the application by double click the "High Lights Protector.exe".
Then come back here, highlight the text below, press F9, and enter the password High Lights then click 'Protect'.  The password is case sensitive.

If you can't read the message, click inside the input box, the protected text will be reset, then highlight the text and try again.

The text below was also protected by High Lights Protector, only this time it was protected with the feature 'No funny characters' checked.  So, when you try to unprotect it, remember to check the 'No funny characters' checkbox.

The password for the below protected text is: Protector

Windows operating system version 95 or above.

High Lights Protector will cost you one email.
If you use it or store it at your disposal, I would like to have an email telling me about that.   My e-mail is   kalvinau2003@yahoo.com

Should you have any suggestions and comments, please send email to the above address.

Or you may write in my guest book .