I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now
left the company without revealing the password.

Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password
is not known?

If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The
document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach would
be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions
that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as the
demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or longer -
of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of
giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords!

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Brendan Vassallo wrote:
I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and
has now left the company without revealing the password.

Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the
password is not known?

I have had varying success with WordKey, to extract old passwords.
Best of Luck
DeanH

"Brendan Vassallo" wrote:

I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now
left the company without revealing the password.

Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password
is not known?

The password was used to protect the document so that it can be filled in as
a form. Is there a way to find out the password?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The
document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach would
be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions
that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as the
demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or longer -
of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of
giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords!

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Brendan Vassallo wrote:
I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and
has now left the company without revealing the password.

Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the
password is not known?

Use Insert | File to insert the document into a new blank document. This
will remove the protection.

--
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.

"Brendan Vassallo" wrote in
message ...
The password was used to protect the document so that it can be filled in
as
a form. Is there a way to find out the password?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The
document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach
would
be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions
that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as
the
demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or
longer -
of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of
giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords!

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Brendan Vassallo wrote:
I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and
has now left the company without revealing the password.

Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the
password is not known?

You are a dead set legend...thank you so much

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Use Insert | File to insert the document into a new blank document. This
will remove the protection.

--
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.

"Brendan Vassallo" wrote in
message ...
The password was used to protect the document so that it can be filled in
as
a form. Is there a way to find out the password?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The
document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach
would
be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions
that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as
the
demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or
longer -
of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of
giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords!

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Brendan Vassallo wrote:
I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and
has now left the company without revealing the password.

Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the
password is not known?

Hi
We have the same problem at our company. I've tried your tip, but it doesn't
work. It still asks after the password. Depending on XP or the version of
Word?

Please advise!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" skrev:

Use Insert | File to insert the document into a new blank document. This
will remove the protection.

--
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.

"Brendan Vassallo" wrote in
message ...
The password was used to protect the document so that it can be filled in
as
a form. Is there a way to find out the password?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The
document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach
would
be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions
that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as
the
demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or
longer -
of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of
giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords!

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Brendan Vassallo wrote:
I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and
has now left the company without revealing the password.

Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the
password is not known?

This works only for form protection, 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.

"Valentin Bakran" wrote in
message ...
Hi
We have the same problem at our company. I've tried your tip, but it
doesn't
work. It still asks after the password. Depending on XP or the version of
Word?

Please advise!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" skrev:

Use Insert | File to insert the document into a new blank document. This
will remove the protection.

--
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.

"Brendan Vassallo" wrote in
message ...
The password was used to protect the document so that it can be filled
in
as
a form. Is there a way to find out the password?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no.
The
document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest
approach
would
be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking
solutions
that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive
as
the
demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or
longer -
of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue
of
giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords!

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Brendan Vassallo wrote:
I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and
has now left the company without revealing the password.

Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if
the
password is not known?

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"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The
document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach would
be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions
that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as the
demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or longer -
of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of
giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords!

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Brendan Vassallo wrote:
I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and
has now left the company without revealing the password.

Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the
password is not known?

Dear Brendan,

I read your post. Most people do not realize that although they may have
encrypted their "whatevers" on their computers for security reasons. The
majority of the time if you go into the browsers password file you will find
someones passwords to everything 99% of the time.