[TriLUG] OT: password cracking service for Word docs

[Jason Tower]

i can't speak for word, but a client recently sent me a XLS file that had
passwd-protected cells/columns (they had forgotten the passwd and wanted
to know if i could "fix" it).  OO calc had no trouble with it, saved it as
a new file and all was right with the world.  i did have to do a
"unprotect sheet" or something like that first, only took a second.

jason

> On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 16:39, Dan wrote:
>> --On Friday, March 26, 2004 04:07:41 PM -0500 Jason Tower
>> <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
>>
>> > yeah, it's called openoffice :)
>>
>> 'splain please... will OpenOffice read in the password protected files?
>> I've not played with OO because, like Office, it seems to be way bloated
>> to
>> me.
>
> OpenOffice will not read password protected word documents at all.
> Do give it a try for your general office needs, though, it feels a lot
> less bloated in recent versions, like the one included in Fedora Core 1
> or Mandrake 10.
>
> AbiWord will open some types of password-protected Word docs... but it
> will prompt for the password.  It needs this to decrypt.
>
> I believe John Beimler has experience with this; if he doesn't see this
> thread, you may want to ask him on IRC (nick jbeimler).
>
> --Jeremy
>
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