Open Office Free

[Amanda Tracy <ma...@hotmail.com>]

Greetings!I have Open Office 3.3, absolutely love the program, thanks so much:) However, I pulled a rookie move and forgot the password I set for a document I created in OOo. Any suggestions on how to recover said password and/or document contents? I didn't save the password anywhere, have attempted any password I use or have used recently, and don't have another copy of the document. I'm sure my chances of recoverring it are slim, but I thought it was worth a shot. Oh, and, if it's relevant, yes, I have only a free version and while purchasing any decryption software isn't in my near financial future; if such software exists, I would be happy to know the name of it for future refrence.  Much appreciated,
mandi_t84@hotmail.com 		 	   		  

Re: Open Office Free

[bob hake <bo...@centurytel.net>]

I looked in my cookies and found my document. But I did save it as a template also. So you may look that way. Phyllis

Re: Open Office Free

[Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:15:05 -0500
Amanda Tracy <ma...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Greetings!I have Open Office 3.3, absolutely love the program, thanks so much:) However, I pulled a rookie move and forgot the password I set for a document I created in OOo. Any suggestions on how to recover said password and/or document contents? I didn't save the password anywhere, have attempted any password I use or have used recently, and don't have another copy of the document. I'm sure my chances of recoverring it are slim, but I thought it was worth a shot. Oh, and, if it's relevant, yes, I have only a free version and while purchasing any decryption software isn't in my near financial future; if such software exists, I would be happy to know the name of it for future refrence.  Much appreciated,
> mandi_t84@hotmail.com 		 	   

The encryption used in OpenOffice to encode a password protected file is very strong; experience suggests that breaking it is a brute force method that may tie your computer up for days or longer.  Don't waste your money on commercial cracking applications - they most probably won't work.

If you have an idea of what password you may have used, try again, remembering that passwords are case sensitive.  It shouldn't take long to try the various case permutations of such passwords.


-- 
Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>

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