Well..there are lots of companies/software that do this for a fee...but this one seems to offer a free download, so I see no harm in you trying it, Dianne....let us know if it works! http://www.softpile.com/Utilities/Password_Recovery/Review_05588_index.h tml Good luck! Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dianne Gronfors Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 9:55 PM To: Microsoft Office Subject: [mso] passwords in Word I have a situation here where I need to get into a Word document that was prepared more than a year ago. Of course, it was password protected and I can't remember the password. Is there a method to find out what this password might be? thanks. Dianne ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************