Office 2000- Excel password protection

You can take ownership of any file... but it will not reveal the password. Best option:

http://www.lostpassword.com/

Buy the utility that will allow you to get the password from the file itself.

You don't need to spend any money! There is a freeware tool availabel and as soon as I find it in my archives at home, I'll let you know where you can get it.

Ralph

Yes
just copy the to a new work book, and I have found that it releases the sheet, the transfer it back to whence it came

Jim

changing ownership will not give you access to a password protected msoffice file unfortunately.
The pw-protection seems to be rather impossible to crack, even when using professional tools (which costs muchos)

..if only all ms products were as good as the password-protection ...