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Remove the password from a document protected for forms
Word 2003
Word documents protected for forms are not secure. You may not be able to readily discover the password, but you can easily removeit in Word 2003 using the script editor or by using the method shown later on this page.
Open the document in Word 2003 then press ALT+SHIFT + F11. The document will be opened in the script editorand will look something like:

From the edit menu - select FIND and search for 'password'.

The search routine will take you to the area of the document where the password is stored -

The bitwe are interested is the unique sequence of digits in the middle of that line, highlighted below in red.
5F23E53C
If you may need to replace the original password later, make a note of the sequenceof digits before overwriting with zeros.
Overwrite the red digits with zeros. 00000000
Save the document from the script editor. Close the editor and you can unlock the fields without the originalpassword from the forms toolbar

Alternative method - all Word versions
There is no script editor in Word 2007 or above, so the above method will not work in that version.
An alternative methodthat will work in Word 2007/2010 (and also in earlier versions, but without the possibility of restoring the original unknown password) is to open a new blank document then insert the form into thatdocument.

Word versions before 2007 - Insert > File

In Word 2007/2010 - Insert Tab - Object > Text from File
This will produce a copy of the form without the protection. You can then make yourchanges and re-protect the new form before saving it.
There will be a strong likelihood of formatting differences between the copy and the original form, if the form was created from a differenttemplate from the Normal template used to create the blank document. For example, the form may have different margin settings from those in the Normal template. The copy will thus adopt the margins of...