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How do I remove a forgotten password?
I created a word document using MS Word from my Office XP package and
assigned a password to protect it. Actually it is a file I don't wish my teenage children opening and reading. Anyway I can't remember the password or for some reason the password I believe I used is not working. How can I open the document? I need to be able to reset the password or remove it or something first, but how can I do that? |
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Without the password you cannot open this encrypted document. There are
password cracking tools available on the internet which you can attempt to use at your own risk, but note that while their demos may seem spectacularly quick with four digit locks, things get a lot slower when using real world passwords, and you could find that it takes days (or longer) of continuous processing to crack the password. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Eagle69 wrote: I created a word document using MS Word from my Office XP package and assigned a password to protect it. Actually it is a file I don't wish my teenage children opening and reading. Anyway I can't remember the password or for some reason the password I believe I used is not working. How can I open the document? I need to be able to reset the password or remove it or something first, but how can I do that? |
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In addition to what Graham has said, if you think you remember the password,
there's a chance you are typing it wrong. Passwords are case-sensitive, so make sure you don't have CapsLock on and are not capitalizing (or failing to capitalize) inappropriately. -- 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. "Eagle69" wrote in message ... I created a word document using MS Word from my Office XP package and assigned a password to protect it. Actually it is a file I don't wish my teenage children opening and reading. Anyway I can't remember the password or for some reason the password I believe I used is not working. How can I open the document? I need to be able to reset the password or remove it or something first, but how can I do that? |
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