I usually open it in OpenOffice and remove the protection there (use openoffice2.0) then save it as a word file again -----Original Message----- From: Dave.Collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Dave.Collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 1:11 PM To: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Microsoft Word Protection Bypass Where can I find the "how to" to get around the password protection? I have a form that I need to modify, but whoever created it is no longer with the company and as a result, the password is "gone" Many Thanks