Locked Word documents (Word 2007)

[steveh]

Hi all

I have been forced from Word 2003 ( ) to Word 2007, I have loads of password protected documents, however when I go into review on the tab the document lock icon says "Protect Document" suggesting that the document is already unlocked, when I click the down arrow it is showing Unrestricted. I have tried the key combination that you use in 2003 versions to show the pages to access and remove the password but that doesn't work. Any ideas please?

[HansV]

If you mean that you have set a password to open the document, this is set through Office button > Prepare > Encrypt Document.
If it is a password to edit the document, it is set in Office button > Save As > Tools > General Options.
See Password protect documents, workbooks, and presentations.

The Protect Document button on the Review tab of the ribbon lets you protect a document for forms and similar.

[steveh]

If you mean that you have set a password to open the document, this is set through Office button > Prepare > Encrypt Document.
If it is a password to edit the document, it is set in Office button > Save As > Tools > General Options.
See Password protect documents, workbooks, and presentations.

The Protect Document button on the Review tab of the ribbon lets you protect a document for forms and similar.

Hi Hans

thanks for your input, the link you supplied was very similar to something I had already investigated but I still couldn't unlock the documents, I know the passwords are correct because I have a rigid naming rule for Company documents. As a temporary measure I set up an old PC that had Excel 2003 running on it, unlocked the documents using the password and then emailed them back to myself to edit on my desk PC.

[HansV]

Glad to hear you found a workaround.