Ok just to break a habit of a lifetime I am going to ask an IT related question: Is there any way of unlocking an Excel spread sheet without the pass word?
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We can tell - someone asked the same q in technical...
http://forums.contractoruk.com/techn...readsheet.html
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Try searching Google - lots of useful tools for this. Never done it myself but always been told it is a fairly easy task. If you do use something to try and crack the password make sure you have the file you want to break backed up just in case it gets trashed.Comment
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Aha! Much better advice than "just Google it"Originally posted by cojak View PostWe can tell - someone asked the same q in technical...
http://forums.contractoruk.com/techn...readsheet.html

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I've got the pawword breaker for versions up to 2003, I'm sure there's more up to date ones around. Very easy, gives VBA passwords etc too.Originally posted by Halo Jones View PostOk just to break a habit of a lifetime I am going to ask an IT related question: Is there any way of unlocking an Excel spread sheet without the pass word?Comment
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Yay it worked
Thanks again that just saved me 3hrs of re-typing it
I think this is a fundamental difference between IT types & the rest of the world, the IT types google it, everyone else just asks a geek
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