When trying to remove protection from a word document we receive invalid password
The file was created and password protected in microsoft word. The file is a .doc. I open with writer, click on edit, enter the password and it says password incorrect, cannot be modified. I am using 3.6.1.2
If you can open the document as read-only then you have two workarounds:
1) select all and copy-paste to new document
or
2) save as odt with UNCHECKED "Save with password" in SaveAs dialog
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Asked: 2012-09-14 21:50:32 +0200
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Please accept our sincere condolences and grieve with you. :-( Did you mean Writer?.. or indeed the Word? This file has been created in which version of the program? And - sorry for the stupid question, but I had to ask - are you sure that you enter the correct password? And CapsLock is Off?
JohnSUN ( 2012-09-14 22:49:59 +0200 )editProtected file have two passwords: first - to open, second - to change. Do you have both passwords?
Timon ( 2012-09-15 19:59:44 +0200 )editThe file was created and password protected in microsoft word. The file is a .doc. I open with writer, click on edit, enter the password and it says password incorrect, cannot be modified. I am using 3.6.1.2
B.Osborn ( 2012-09-17 19:51:03 +0200 )editOh, I see what you mean! I tried to create a very hard protected document in Word and saw these messages when I opened it in LibO. But tell me, you can open the document as read-only to see its contents? Or you can't even that?
JohnSUN ( 2012-09-17 20:46:01 +0200 )editIf you can open the document as read-only then you have two workarounds: 1) select all and copy-paste to new document or 2) save as ods with UNCHECKED "Save with password" in SaveAs dialog
JohnSUN ( 2012-09-17 20:54:24 +0200 )editThanks for the reply. Yes it opens as read only.
B.Osborn ( 2012-09-17 23:35:51 +0200 )editIt's good... And so? What about workarounds?
JohnSUN ( 2012-09-18 10:09:21 +0200 )editThey worked
B.Osborn ( 2012-09-18 22:42:18 +0200 )edit@JohnSUN – Please, could you post your workarounds as an answer. (So we can mark it as "correct".)
manj_k ( 2013-01-30 11:46:40 +0200 )editOK. Done
JohnSUN ( 2013-01-30 12:20:55 +0200 )edit