The main window consists of a menu bar, a toolbar, and the entries of the current database.
The menubar has the following items:
For reading and writing PasswordSafe databases. You can create a
new database, open an existing one, save the current database, under
the existing name or with a new name, and export the database, either
to the old, version 1.7, format, or as a text file, readable by a text
editor or spreadsheet application.
Select this menu item open a different password database. You will be prompted to save the current database if necessary/desired. You can see the name of the current database at the top of the main window.
Select this menu item to save the current password database.
Select this item to save the current password database under a different name. A version under the old name (without the most recent changes) will still exist.
For adding a new entry,
editing or viewing an existing entry, deleting an entry, and searching
for entries containing given text. Also for copying the password or
username of an entry to the clipboard, and for clearing the clipboard.
Select this menu item to add a password to the current database.
Select this menu item to view or change an entry.
To delete an item, highlight its title and select this menu item.
To copy a password
to the Windows clipboard, just double-click on the desired title. Or,
you can highlight the title and select the Copy Password to Clipboard
menu item. You can then paste the password into whichever Windows
application requires it. (If the application does not provide a Paste
command on its menu, you can still paste by hitting Control-V or
Shift-Insert.)
By default, the clipboard will be cleared when you exit or minimize Password Safe.
To
copy a username to the Windows clipboard, highlight the title and
select the Copy Username to Clipboard menu item. You can then paste the
password into whichever Windows application requires it. (If the
application does not provide a Paste command on its menu, you can still
paste by hitting Control-V or Shift-Insert.)
By default, the clipboard will be cleared when you exit or minimize Password Safe.
For selecting how the password entries will be displayed. Either as a list, or as a heirarchical tree.
For changing the safe combination (master password) of the currently
open database, making a backup copy or restoring from a backup copy,
and for setting various options.
Select this menu item to change the Password Safe combination for the current database. Type the combination in the box marked "Safe Combination," then again in the box marked "verify." Then click OK. The OK button will only be activated if you typed the same Safe Combination in the same case both times.
Choose this item to make a backup of the current password database.
Select
this menu item to restore a previously made backup of a database. The
restored version will be unnamed. You will have to give it a name in
the Save As dialog if you wish to keep it.
Help - For accessing the online help, and for showing the version of the PasswordSafe application.
The toolbar consists of buttons that provide shortcuts to the most
commonly used functions. Move the cursor over a button to get a short
description of what it does.
Depending on the currently selected view, the entries are either
displayed as a flat list, or a tree. When displayed as a list, the
entries can be sorted according to the displayed fields by clicking on
the title of the desired column. When displayed as tree, the entries
can be arranged by catergory, sub-category, etc., providing a means to
group related passwords together.