Secrets-Editor provides common functionality like copy 'n' paste, undo/redo, drag 'n' drop, and a search tool. When you save a new file for the first time (or when you save an existing file as a new file), you have to specify a so called PassPhrase (something Similar to a password, but a sentence instead of a single word -- so people, who don't remember character combinations, can use a secret sentence instead); this passphrase will then be used for authentification when you open the file again.
Since version 3.0 you can encrypt arbitrary documents with Secrets-Editor (see menu add-ons). As one tries to avoid to first decrypt a document, then save it on the hard disk, and then View It with a separate application, Secrets-Editor now supports beside the file type .txt also the image types .gif, .jpg, and .png, i.e. you may now, for instance, view scanned and encrypted documents directly inside Secrets-Editor.
