4.1 Opening Sealed Documents

This section covers the following topics:

4.1.1 About Opening Sealed Documents

Your rights (see Section 1.3, "About Rights") determine whether you can open a sealed document, and what you are allowed to do with the document once it is open.

To open a document that has been sealed using Oracle IRM, you must have Oracle IRM Desktop installed on your computer.

4.1.2 Opening a Sealed Document in a File Browser

Rights:

To open a sealed document, you need the Open right. See Section 1.3, "About Rights".

Microsoft Windows Explorer

Use one of the following procedures to open a document in Microsoft Windows Explorer:

  • double-click the document name, or

  • select the document name, then select Open from the File menu.

The Microsoft Desktop

Use one of the following procedures to open a document from the Microsoft Desktop:

  • double-click the document icon on the Desktop, or

  • right-click the document icon on the Desktop, then select Open.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Use the following procedure to open a document that is listed on a page in Microsoft Internet Explorer:

  1. Click the file name, or right-click the file name and select Open.

  2. In the File Download dialog, select either Open (to immediately open the sealed file in its associated application), or Save (to save the sealed file to a location from which it can be opened later).

Protected View:

You cannot use the Open option in the File Download dialog if the sealed file is a Microsoft Office document and Microsoft Office is configured to use "Protected View" (a Microsoft Office 2010 feature). In this case, use the Save option.

4.1.3 Opening a Sealed Document in a Microsoft Office Application

Rights:

To open a sealed document, you need the Open right. See Section 1.3, "About Rights".

If you have enabled Microsoft Office support (see Section 3.4, "Enabling Microsoft Office Integration" and Section A.1.1, "General Tab"), you can use the Oracle IRM Desktop toolbar to open a sealed document.

Use the following procedure to open a sealed document in a Microsoft Office application:

  1. Open the Microsoft Office application.

  2. On the Oracle IRM Desktop toolbar, click the Open Sealed button.

    This opens the Open Sealed dialog, which lists sealed documents of the type shown in the Files Of Type drop-down list.

  3. In the Files Of Type drop-down list, select the type of sealed file to open (for example, Sealed Word Document).

  4. In the files area, select the sealed file to open.

  5. Click Open.

You can also open sealed documents in the same way as other documents. For example, you can click the Open button in the Microsoft Word toolbar, and then select a sealed document from the familiar Open dialog. In this case, you can use the All Files option in the Files Of Type drop-down list to show any type of file, whether sealed or not.