I was proceeding under the assumption that the docs have a password required
to open the file. Otherwise, the OP could open the file and simply save it
under a new name.
I found Graham's page not to be relevant because the OP is talking about
Word docs made in 1994, long before Word stored any meta information in XML
along with the document.
-Scott
"Beth Melton" wrote in message
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I think there may be some confusion on the type of password that was set on
the documents. The information on Graham's page is for recovering a
passwords used to protect Word documents for forms/read only/tracked
changes which are all collaborative tools and aren't intended to be used
for security. When a document has been protected for collaboration then it
can be opened in Word and they can be easily bypassed. If a password is
required to open the document then Graham's page isn't applicable.
~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
"Scott M." wrote in message
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I hardly think that Word documents saved in 1994 had XML metadata stored
along with them. And so, the information on your page would not be
useful.
Thirdly, there are MANY tools out there that use different techniques to
open a Word document that is password protected, here is just one example
of a very good tool:
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/d...sword_14353_p/
I'm sorry Graham, but your information is just either wrong or not
applicable in this circumstance.