Password protect your document to help prevent unauthorized access and changes. Using a password for any document that contains sensitive information helps protect and limit access to that document. You can also choose to remove personal information when saving a file. Jul 17, 2017 Is it possible to password protect a document in Word for iPad? I can do it in my Microsoft Word 10 version. Password protect a Word document for iPad. I am going to go ahead and move your question over to the Office for Mac section of the Microsoft community, so you are able to get better support with your question.
Dave, I just got another read-only password-protected Word file from my boss and I’m hoping there’s a way to sidestep the password because he gets really mad every time I ask him to unlock the file and/or send me an unprotected version. I dunno if this is legal, though. Can you even answer this for me?
Okay, everyone who thinks this is illegal, click and you can go shopping instead. ? Good, we’ve gotten rid of those sticklers and can talk about the relatively simple technique that you can use to sidestep the password protection on a Word file. Is it illegal? I don’t think so, since it’s a document that your boss sent you. Here’s how you crack the password protected Microsoft Word file: First, open the document and do a “Save As” specifying Rich Text Format (RTF).
It’ll end up being called something.rtf. Now open the RTF file by double-clicking on it. It should look identical to the original Word file. Final step: save the RTF file with a new name as a Microsoft Word format document.
That’s all there is to it. You’ve sidestepped the read-only lock on the file your boss sent you and are good to go. In terms of actually breaking the password on a file that has it set as the “open file” password, that’s beyond the scope of what I’ll write about here.
But I will say that there are some Google searches that can probably help you track down plenty of tips on doing just that. S Word has used 128-bit AES encryption since Office 2007 so no, there’s no easy way to unlock it. If think your password is simple enough or vunerable to a dictionary attack, you could try one of the various password cracking apps available (caveat downloader). It’s trivial to remove the Edit protection from Word documents by editing ‘settings.xml’ within the compressed.docx file as discussed in other answers here. However, as you have applied ‘Encrypt with Password’ to require a password to open the document, that method won’t be available. You probably should look into a paid tool if getting this document open is important. How about this one: If you do find a free one, please do share with us.
Here is what happened to me, I was using two administrator accounts with two different passwords and once a friend of mine pluged in his flash and released a virus to my computer then after the computer was restarted it couldn’t display the desktop, then I tried to fix it by coping the system32 from the OS cd. Then it worked but unbelivabely the password of the first account opened the second account but the first account couldn’t be opened by either of the passwords, unfortunately the account I couldn’t open was the one I have lots of documents I have been working on for the past six (6) years, then I installed windows again leaving the files undeleted then i found them all but I couldn’t open them even in read only. Please Any Idea What I should do to access my documents would be a lot apperciated. I prepared a document in case of divorce with my husband. I changed regularly the password to open and modify it (it is the same password). But now I can not open anymore because I lost the last one. If I give you that file, could you open it for me?
I tried to change the extension.rtf and no use. Every crackers I found on the web give only a demo version. I bought one very expensive and limited times to use (all the credit is already used and I do not want to pay 30 euros more). This document is important for me! Please help me! Thanks so much.