i've tried one and it didn't work, now i'm trying another program. we'll see
if this one has success. thanks for the info.

"Reitanos" wrote:

I seem to have random success with these password breaking programs,
maybe 50-50.

As Mike said, it's a good idea to keep track of the passwords if you
can find a common place to store them. Another option that I use often
is to put a clue in the document properties that I will recognize, but
would make not make sense to someone else.

On Jul 10, 4:13 pm, "Niek Otten" wrote:
Look he

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/fileandvbapwords.html

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Ann" wrote in ...

| help! i have a workbook that i've password protected and can't get into now.
| i've tried everything i know and it won't work. this is 2003. any possible
| way around it? it's got important info in it. tia