Hi,

Is there any way to get round the protection if you have lost the password.
Have a document that I can not even type in to or do anthing with because it
is over protected and I have lost the password. Or do I have to start again
from scratch.


Thanks in advance

Matt

What would be the point of a password that is easy to circumvent?
There are password crackers out there if you have the inclination to send
your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords for a living, and
have the time to wait while brute force methods are used to obtain the
password (which takes very much longer than the four digit demonstration
trials seem to suggest when the password is longer and more complex).
If this is a protected form that you can open but not edit, then insert that
form file into a new blank document. This removes the protection. The
original will still be protected but the copy will not.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Matt wrote:
Hi,

Is there any way to get round the protection if you have lost the
password. Have a document that I can not even type in to or do
anything with because it is over protected and I have lost the
password. Or do I have to start again from scratch.


Thanks in advance

Matt

Thanks that worked you have just saved me hours of work

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

What would be the point of a password that is easy to circumvent?
There are password crackers out there if you have the inclination to send
your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords for a living, and
have the time to wait while brute force methods are used to obtain the
password (which takes very much longer than the four digit demonstration
trials seem to suggest when the password is longer and more complex).
If this is a protected form that you can open but not edit, then insert that
form file into a new blank document. This removes the protection. The
original will still be protected but the copy will not.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Matt wrote:
Hi,

Is there any way to get round the protection if you have lost the
password. Have a document that I can not even type in to or do
anything with because it is over protected and I have lost the
password. Or do I have to start again from scratch.


Thanks in advance

Matt

I take it that it was a form?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Matt wrote:
Thanks that worked you have just saved me hours of work

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

What would be the point of a password that is easy to circumvent?
There are password crackers out there if you have the inclination to
send your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords for a
living, and have the time to wait while brute force methods are used
to obtain the password (which takes very much longer than the four
digit demonstration trials seem to suggest when the password is
longer and more complex).
If this is a protected form that you can open but not edit, then
insert that form file into a new blank document. This removes the
protection. The original will still be protected but the copy will
not.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Matt wrote:
Hi,

Is there any way to get round the protection if you have lost the
password. Have a document that I can not even type in to or do
anything with because it is over protected and I have lost the
password. Or do I have to start again from scratch.


Thanks in advance

Matt

Form or a document with "password to modify." It was evident from the OP
that it was not a password to open.

--
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.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
I take it that it was a form?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Matt wrote:
Thanks that worked you have just saved me hours of work

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

What would be the point of a password that is easy to circumvent?
There are password crackers out there if you have the inclination to
send your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords for a
living, and have the time to wait while brute force methods are used
to obtain the password (which takes very much longer than the four
digit demonstration trials seem to suggest when the password is
longer and more complex).
If this is a protected form that you can open but not edit, then
insert that form file into a new blank document. This removes the
protection. The original will still be protected but the copy will
not.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Matt wrote:
Hi,

Is there any way to get round the protection if you have lost the
password. Have a document that I can not even type in to or do
anything with because it is over protected and I have lost the
password. Or do I have to start again from scratch.


Thanks in advance

Matt

I've told you before that your crystal ball is cleaner than mine. It
didn't actually mention 'password to modify' unless I am completely cracking
up, though I suspected from the description that it was likely, hence the
fuller reply.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Form or a document with "password to modify." It was evident from the
OP that it was not a password to open.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
I take it that it was a form?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Matt wrote:
Thanks that worked you have just saved me hours of work

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

What would be the point of a password that is easy to circumvent?
There are password crackers out there if you have the inclination
to send your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords
for a living, and have the time to wait while brute force methods
are used to obtain the password (which takes very much longer than
the four digit demonstration trials seem to suggest when the
password is longer and more complex).
If this is a protected form that you can open but not edit, then
insert that form file into a new blank document. This removes the
protection. The original will still be protected but the copy will
not.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Matt wrote:
Hi,

Is there any way to get round the protection if you have lost the
password. Have a document that I can not even type in to or do
anything with because it is over protected and I have lost the
password. Or do I have to start again from scratch.


Thanks in advance

Matt

Well, the OP said "Have a document that I can not even type in," which
suggested that he could at least open it. And of course if you can open it,
you're home free. It's the ones you can't open that are a lost cause.

--
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.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
I've told you before that your crystal ball is cleaner than mine. It
didn't actually mention 'password to modify' unless I am completely
cracking
up, though I suspected from the description that it was likely, hence the
fuller reply.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Form or a document with "password to modify." It was evident from the
OP that it was not a password to open.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
I take it that it was a form?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Matt wrote:
Thanks that worked you have just saved me hours of work

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

What would be the point of a password that is easy to circumvent?
There are password crackers out there if you have the inclination
to send your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords
for a living, and have the time to wait while brute force methods
are used to obtain the password (which takes very much longer than
the four digit demonstration trials seem to suggest when the
password is longer and more complex).
If this is a protected form that you can open but not edit, then
insert that form file into a new blank document. This removes the
protection. The original will still be protected but the copy will
not.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Matt wrote:
Hi,

Is there any way to get round the protection if you have lost the
password. Have a document that I can not even type in to or do
anything with because it is over protected and I have lost the
password. Or do I have to start again from scratch.


Thanks in advance

Matt