Document Protection

[Guest]

I have a document that has been previously password protected and I need to
get into the document now to make modificiations to it, but do not know the
password because someone else had password/form protected the document.

Is there anyway to get around this password so that I can unprotect the form
and make the applicable changes?

Thanks,
Sherri-Lyn

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If it is merely protected for forms, you can remove the protection by
inserting the file in a new document.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Hi,

Well the form is "form protected" with a password. Perhaps you could define
what you mean by 'inserting the file in a new document'. The file is
protected and therefore I cannot copy the template and paste it into a new
document.

The form itself has been created to use as a controlled template within our
company. Everyone uses the template to follow our procedures and they cannot
modify the fields contained within the form. The form has been protected
with a password (we have a standard password that is used, but this obviously
was not followed in this case) and now I am unable to update the form.

My question is - is there any way that I can break this "Password Protected"
Form Protection?
Could I send it to an individual such as yourself who could break the
password protection for me?
Is there a different way to "insert" the contents of this document into a
new document that I am not doing?

Thank-you so very much for your suggestions and assistance.

Sherri-Lyn

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Create a new blank document. Use Insert | File to insert the protected form
document/template.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

That worked wonderfully. Thanks for the clarification and help....I hope
that you have a super-fantastic weekend because you deserve it!

Sherri-Lyn

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad I could help!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[punkster]

This worked great but it lost all the formatting. Better than retyping it
though.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You need to prepare the new document with the same margins, etc., as the
original.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

This is by design: when you insert a file, if style names conflict, the
formatting of the target is being applied.