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oblongmelon
10-06-2005, 11:17 AM
Hi everyone..a friend of mine just sent me an excel document that I need to change some wording on...unfortunately, he password protected parts of it and does not remember the password. Do you know of anyway I could unprotect the document so I can get my changes in and send back to him? He needs it by this afternoon.
(he's an architect and it's for a project I'm contributing on)
TYIA.
~ob
Jenny
10-06-2005, 11:27 AM
It's software, so that's where it goes. :) Good luck.
DarkFury
10-06-2005, 11:28 AM
"Software forum" usually...

And you may be SOL if he has locked the spreadsheet and has forgotten the password... It's not a good thing to lock them and forget the password.
Maarchk
10-06-2005, 12:02 PM
Is it password protected to read? or just to edit and rewrite. If its only set to not be written or edited, can't you copy the cells onto a new document and use the new one? I'll test this out and get right back to you.

Edit: Well if you can see the cells, you can copy paste them into a new file..
I dont know how severe your problem is. If you can open and not edit, then you can copy paste and work on a new file. It its read protected.. umm i dont think its gonna be working anytime soon... I had a program and i still might that attempts to find it by brute force, but if the password is long, it will take hours or days...
oblongmelon
10-06-2005, 03:34 PM
thanks anyway..he finally figured out the password :)
DarkFury
10-06-2005, 05:07 PM
thanks anyway..he finally figured out the password :)
Thank goodness. That was probably the best solution. :D
ray
10-06-2005, 05:49 PM
There was a way to manipulate the file. I just forget how to do it.
sizemic1
10-06-2005, 06:33 PM
If it was a password protected PDF I could've helped ya out ;)
mechmike0034
10-07-2005, 04:36 AM
Related to the Open Office (http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92475) thread, if you DL Open Office and use it to open the Excel file it'll ignore the cell protection. You should be able to edit the sheet that way.

I had a similar situation with an Excel form (locked cells contained an error) and it worked for me. YMMV...