password not prompted, unreadable file

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EH

I have a Word file that is protected with a password. It
has been opened several times, but now it opens without
prompting the password dialogbox and opens it as read only.

The whole document is encrypted and I cannot seem to get
the password dialogbox in any way...

I open the document in Word 97.

Kind regards,

EH
 
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Word Heretic

G'day "EH" <[email protected]>,

Have you tried

File > Open

Set doc type to Recover Text

Select your doc


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