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Keeping all your important documents on a computer doesn’t mean they’re completely safe. Sure enough, your account might be protected by a password, but if more individuals use the same account this is hardly enough. However, alternatives are as simple as specialized applications like Secured Notes which encrypt all your notes.

It doesn’t take a lot of time to get the application deployed, so you quickly get the chance to take it for a spin. Note, however, that the computer you use it on needs to be fitted with Java Runtime Environment, which also means that you can benefit from what the program offers even on other operating systems than Windows.

The visual design is wrapped around a classic window frame, but there are custom textures used for most elements, such as the background and buttons. Even text itself is fitted with a custom font, just to make it feel special, but this doesn’t really have any kind of effect on overall practicality.

As soon as you run the application, a master password needs to be set, with the possibility to reset it later on, but at the cost of all saved notes, because the password is also used as the encryption key. It’s also required every time you want to open a saved note, or whenever the application starts.

Sadly, there are no particular edit operations related to text itself, such as changing the style, attributes, color, or size of the font. All notes are saved as plain TXT files, but don’t worry, even though they’re found by someone else, content is encrypted. The only danger is if they’re accidentally removed.

All things considered, we can state that Secured Notes is a rather straightforward tool of keeping important notes secure. The visual design is appealing, even though there are no customization options, not even for text.