How do you unlock a document in Microsoft Word I tried doing what it said in the Help feture but had no luck. Everything is greyed out so Im not able to click on anything.I need this ASAP for workty?

Answer 1

I think this is what you are wanting. Really wonderful information. Try it yourself on one you password protect if you are not sure about it. But, you will be pleased.

To unprotect a Word document that has been locked, read on:

1) With the document open press F11 while holding down shift and alt (Alt-Shift-F11). This should launch the script editor in Word;

2) Next select the find option (or hit ctl-f), and run a find for the word "password." This should highlight something liket his"32943208";

3) Delete the letters and numbers between the tags (in the above example this would be the 32943208);

4) Save the document in the script editor and close the window. You should now be back in your Word document;

5) From the "Tools" pulldown menu, select "unprotect." Your document should now be unprotected.

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Abbreviated version:

1. Click "Tools" in the menu bar.

2. Click "Unprotect Document"

3. If there is a password enter it.

4. Click "Ok"