Recently I decided to protect my Excel files pertaining to banking and
finance.
After a couple of days I found that I was inconvenienced by having too long
a password, so I decided to use a shorter password

I went to the ‘MS Change Protection’ Help but couldn’t apply it.

What are the simple steps to change my password?

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chequer
When the game is over, the King and the pawn share the same box.

Hello,

Try asking in the microsoft.public.excel group

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"chequer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:816D9E21-2A01-46EC-9BEE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Recently I decided to protect my Excel files pertaining to banking and
> finance.
> After a couple of days I found that I was inconvenienced by having too
> long
> a password, so I decided to use a shorter password
>
> I went to the 'MS Change Protection' Help but couldn't apply it.
>
> What are the simple steps to change my password?
>
> --
> chequer
> When the game is over, the King and the pawn share the same box.

=?Utf-8?B?Y2hlcXVlcg==?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in news:816D9E21-2A01-46EC-9BEE-(E-Mail Removed):

> Recently I decided to protect my Excel files pertaining to banking
> and finance.
> After a couple of days I found that I was inconvenienced by having
> too long a password, so I decided to use a shorter password
>
> I went to the ‘MS Change Protection’ Help but couldn’t apply
> it.
>
> What are the simple steps to change my password?
>

Individually protecting files gets old quickly.

Consider using the freeware Truecrypt where you mount a virtual disk
with a password and then everything placed on this virtual disk will be
protected after this disk is dismounted. When mounted, you use it just
like another disk.
<http://www.truecrypt.org>

If you have XP Pro, you can also use the Encrypting File System (EFS).
It has the advantage that the only password you need to remember is the
one you log into your computer with and the disadvantage that you can
loose everything if the system crashes and you haven't backed up your
certificates.
Start->Help and Support-> [Search] EFS

HTH,
John