User cannot remember document password

[Fred Phillips]

A secretary created a word document with a password and
now she cannot remember password. Is there any way to get
this document to open as it contains important
information we need.

Thanks,
Fred

 

[Graham Mayor]

Hypnosis? Nothing else is likely to be successful.

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[John Smith]

A secretary created a word document with a password and
now she cannot remember password. Is there any way to get
this document to open as it contains important
information we need.

Thanks,
Fred

I doubt that any such thing will be promoted here but when recovering lost
passwords from Word documents Google is your friend. ;-)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If this is a form document, inserting it into a fresh document using Insert
| File will remove the protection. Otherwise you're at the mercy of hackers.

 

[Graham Mayor]

There are utilities available from hackers who adverise on the web - there
is one linked from my web site - but the problem is that these utilities
only work with simple passwords. With useful passwords the cracking is
likely to be expensive and can require a PC to be tied up for a very long
time trying every possible option. This can take weeks of processing. You
also have the issue of paying a person who cracks passwords for a living
with your credit card


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