Unprotect Word document

[Markus Henseler]

This applies to all Word file which can be opened without a password.
Protections in Word (except the open file protection) can be easily removed when you

• save the file as RTF,
• open the file in text mode (it’s plain ASCII), then
• edit the RTF code, save and close it,
• open it again as RTF and save it in the original format.

Look out for the string “prot” when editing the RTF code.

Click to download a PDF with step-by-step instructions.

• This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Markus Henseler. Reason: added link to PDF
• This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Markus Henseler.

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