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| author | Mounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr> | 2020-07-28 17:02:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Mounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr> | 2020-07-28 17:32:02 +0200 |
| commit | 25c4d3efa18be57435ac2f22bf2cf44b8634fbf1 (patch) | |
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Documentation: Update Beginner's Tutorial to use "MyVolume.hc" instead of "My Volume" for file container name in order to avoid confusion about nature of file nature for beginners who expect a file to always have an extension (cf https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt/issues/663) Update screenshots to reflect changes in VeraCrypt UI
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diff --git a/doc/html/Beginner's Tutorial.html b/doc/html/Beginner's Tutorial.html index 454f1ed1..d127b993 100644 --- a/doc/html/Beginner's Tutorial.html +++ b/doc/html/Beginner's Tutorial.html @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ The standard Windows file selector should appear (while the window of the VeraCr <p><img src="Beginner's Tutorial_Image_005.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="452"><br> <br> In this tutorial, we will create our VeraCrypt volume in the folder F<em>:\Data\ </em> -and the filename of the volume (container) will be <em>My Volume </em>(as can be seen in the screenshot above). You may, of course, choose any other filename and location you like (for example, on a USB memory stick). Note that the file -<em>My Volume </em>does not exist yet – VeraCrypt will create it.</p> +and the filename of the volume (container) will be <em>MyVolume.hc </em>(as can be seen in the screenshot above). You may, of course, choose any other filename and location you like (for example, on a USB memory stick). Note that the file +<em>MyVolume.hc </em>does not exist yet – VeraCrypt will create it.</p> <p>IMPORTANT: Note that VeraCrypt will <em>not </em>encrypt any existing files (when creating a VeraCrypt file container). If you select an existing file in this step, it will be overwritten and replaced by the newly created volume (so the overwritten file will be <em>lost</em>, <em>not </em>encrypted). You will be able to encrypt existing files (later on) by moving them to the VeraCrypt volume that we are creating now.*</p> <p>Select the desired path (where you wish the container to be created) in the file selector. Type the desired container file name in the @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Move your mouse as randomly as possible within the Volume Creation Wizard window <br> Click <strong>Format</strong>.<br> <br> -Volume creation should begin. VeraCrypt will now create a file called <em>My Volume +Volume creation should begin. VeraCrypt will now create a file called <em>MyVolume.hc </em>in the folder F<em>:\Data\ </em>(as we specified in Step 6). This file will be a VeraCrypt container (it will contain the encrypted VeraCrypt volume). Depending on the size of the volume, the volume creation may take a long time. After it finishes, the following dialog box will appear:<br> <br> |