Word 2000 protected document

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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.

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I take it that it was a form? :)

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

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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.

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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.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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