[Rodger[_3_]]

No matter what I try, I can't find the right password to open a Word document.
How can I find the right password or open it ? P.S.: The Word Document is
not read-only.

[CyberTaz]

Sorry, Roger, but passwords aren't something you can just "find" - that's
what they're all about:-) If you can't remember it you're pretty much out of
luck. There are places which will crack the pw for a fee, but you have to
shop very wisely... Surrendering both your file *and* your credit card info
to someone who makes their living as a hacker can be a bit risky.

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 6/29/08 5:07 PM, in article
, "Rodger"
wrote:

No matter what I try, I can't find the right password to open a Word document.
How can I find the right password or open it ? P.S.: The Word Document is
not read-only.

[Graham Mayor]

If you have password protected the document against opening and you can't
remember the password, you will not open the document without it. There is
no simple back door to decryption. If there was there would be no point in
having the password function. However if you have the time, the computer
power and the software to do so all passwords are crackable .... eventually.

There are third party tools that aid password cracking which you can try, if
you fancy giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords,
but they can take weeks of continuous processing to determine a strong
password. The more characters you may have used and the more varied their
use, the longer it will take.

Hypnosis might be quicker!

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Rodger wrote:
No matter what I try, I can't find the right password to open a Word
document. How can I find the right password or open it ? P.S.: The
Word Document is not read-only.

[Idaho Word Man]

Prayer and fasting have helped me in the past.

"Rodger" wrote:

No matter what I try, I can't find the right password to open a Word document.
How can I find the right password or open it ? P.S.: The Word Document is
not read-only.