ClassifyItClassify. Protect. Share.Classification inside Office
Classify emails in classic Outlook and documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Apply your organisation’s visible security markings and structured classification metadata using a configurable policy.
Watch the 53-second introduction → See a real Outlook workflow →
Apply visible email markings and technical headers in accordance with your classification policy. Administrator settings can warn or stop sending when attachments have no classification or a higher classification than the email.
See the Outlook classification workflow →Keep document markings and classification properties together. Carry visible and technical information into PDF exports.
Mark spreadsheets with the sensitivity and release information defined by your organisation.
Give slides a recognisable classification context for the people who create, present and share them.
Configured for your organisation
Define visible labels, formatting and release communities in a shared JSON configuration. Use a local file, network share or web location for distribution.
Quick Select offers up to ten shortcuts. Users can personalise frequent choices within the configured classification vocabulary.
Explore the features →Illustrative document, not product UI
Classification tells the reader how the information should be handled.
Originator · Level · Release
Human-readable markings support awareness. Machine-readable properties and email headers let appropriately configured DLP systems and mail gateways inspect classification information.
ClassifyIt uses iCLASS metadata across its supported applications to represent originator, classification and release communities. In Word, the JSON is stored in an iCLASS document variable, verified in a classified test document. In email, iCLASS is added as an X-header key-value pair. Integration must read the appropriate metadata location for the file format.
Ordinary Office properties can be changed or removed. CI-TDF provides a separate integrity verification mechanism for exported containers. Classification supports your organisation’s controls; it does not itself establish regulatory compliance.
Understand structured iCLASS markings →Planning information handling for an ISO 27001 programme or GDPR security measures? Explore ISO 27001 classification workflows and GDPR security-of-processing examples.
New in ClassifyIt 7.0 · Microsoft Word
One document can contain paragraphs with different sensitivities or release conditions. Version 7.0 introduces individual Word paragraph markings alongside the overall document classification, making that context visible next to the relevant text.
Compact iCLASS-style notation identifies the classification and, where configured, release information for each marked paragraph. The screenshot below uses sample text and a test policy.
Apply an individual classification to selected text, or add markings to paragraphs that have not yet been classified.
Clear selected paragraph markings or refresh their visible representation. Settings control how release codes are displayed.
Test the policy-controlled calculation or verification of the overall document classification from its paragraph markings.
When the administrator enables the beta, paragraph-marking commands appear in the ClassifyIt menu. The test-policy menu below includes selection, refresh, document-classification and settings commands.
ClassifyIt supports Office versions from 2010 onwards installed locally on a Windows workstation, using the classic COM add-in model. New Outlook for Windows and browser-based Office are not supported targets. The download is for 64-bit Office. If you need a 32-bit version, contact support. Test your exact Office build in a pilot.
| Environment | ClassifyIt scope |
|---|---|
| Windows desktop Office | Office 2010 onwards: locally installed classic Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint with COM support. Test your deployment before rollout. |
| 64-bit Office | The public v7.0 installer targets 64-bit Office. |
| 32-bit Office | Contact support to request a matching version. |
| New Outlook and browser-based Office | Not supported targets for this COM add-in. |
| Policy distribution | Shared JSON configuration from a local file, network share or web location. |
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