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How do I remove password protection from a 2007 word document (docx)? When entering the right password I get an error message telling me the password would be wrong. But: I'm definetly sure it is right. I tried several methods like renaming it to *.htm (Unprotect a Word Document), *.zip or *.rtf but nothing helped.
Any ideas on solving this problem?
Marco Frost
Posted 2014-12-14T18:04:18.430
Reputation: 125
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Please follow the below steps.To remove passwords from MS Word.
1.Convert original word document in to Rich text format(.*rtf).
2.open that Rich text format(.*rtf) file using any of the text editor.
3.Search for "passwordhash".
4.It will display something like this.{ *\passwordhash ======}.
4.Delete the text between passwordhash and closing curely braces.
5.Then save the file and close the editor.
6.open that Rich text format file(.*rtf) using MS Word.
7.convert the ( .rtf)format in to original fromat(.docx).
8.click "stop protection" button in review tab.
Hope this helps.
vembutech
Posted 2014-12-14T18:04:18.430
Reputation: 5 693
Just a simple silly question: can you copy all the document (CTRL-A and CTRL-C) & paste all in a new document (CTRL-C)? – Hastur – 2014-12-15T00:02:18.077
Are you able to open the file at all? As in, is it just edit protected, or do you have to enter the correct password to even open it? – music2myear – 2014-12-22T15:26:15.390