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Canceling a protected document password
How do you reset/cancel a protected document password? I have a user that has
forgotten the correct password to open their document. Any suggestions? Thank you |
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"Artgrl8163" wrote in message ... How do you reset/cancel a protected document password? I have a user that has forgotten the correct password to open their document. Any suggestions? Create a new blank document. Go to Insert, File. Select the protected document and insert it into the blank document. All protection will be removed from the text in the new document. -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup |
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I don't believe that works for documents with a password to open, just for
password-protected forms. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jonathan West" wrote in message ... "Artgrl8163" wrote in message ... How do you reset/cancel a protected document password? I have a user that has forgotten the correct password to open their document. Any suggestions? Create a new blank document. Go to Insert, File. Select the protected document and insert it into the blank document. All protection will be removed from the text in the new document. -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup |
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The only way to open a Word document that is password protected against
opening is with the password. There are password crackers available that purport to crack passwords if you have the time. Word's encryption can be set to a high standard and the brute force password crackers required will take many hours or days of continuous processing to locate the correct password. the more complex the password, the longer it takes. Hypnosis might be quicker? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Artgrl8163 wrote: How do you reset/cancel a protected document password? I have a user that has forgotten the correct password to open their document. Any suggestions? Thank you |
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