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Unprotecting Documents
We have a number of documents (forms) we need to modify that were created by
a former employee that have been password protected - no one knows the password - I've tried saving as another name, format, etc, and cannot get to an unprotected state, Any suggestions/recommendations other than recreating the entire document? Thanks |
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Unprotecting Documents
Usually... those "documents" are saved as templates and are used to create
new documents that are created by filling in the form. If you open the existing/protected form, you get the behavior you observe. However... if you create a new document based on those forms--i.e., using them as templates--you should be able to save the resulting new document as a template, as well as be able to turn off forms protection without needing a password. I just tried this here, and it worked fine, allowing me to clone a protected template that could then be unprotected. I did this for a document with standard forms protection. If the former employee used some stronger form of protection (permissions), then all bets might be off. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "RV" wrote in message ... We have a number of documents (forms) we need to modify that were created by a former employee that have been password protected - no one knows the password - I've tried saving as another name, format, etc, and cannot get to an unprotected state, Any suggestions/recommendations other than recreating the entire document? Thanks |
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