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by plt

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I have a extemely important document in Word 97 that has to be unlocked. Unfortunately the employee who locked it was killed in an auto accident. Is there any way to unlock this document without knowing the password. Time is of the escence in this matter.

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by alpha-male

The utilities available through www.lostpassword.com (as Anna recommended) are generally considered the best available. If you purchased their product and it would not help I have to admit this is the first time I've seen that happen.

The only other additional advice I can offer will help if you can open the document read only. If so, you can export it as html, then open and edit the created file. It may require some reformatting, but it's better than recreating the whole document.

If youcan't open the document at all, and the cracking utilities lostpassword offers won't help you may be out of luck.

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