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Andy - 31 Mar 2004 10:11 GMT

I have passworded one of my spreadsheets but i cannot remember the password
on this so i cannot edit it anymore is there a way around this?

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Dave Hawley - 31 Mar 2004 10:29 GMT

There is code out there for this sort of thing. But it might be easier
to simply copy the data (ctrl+A) to another sheet.

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Norman Harker - 31 Mar 2004 11:16 GMT

Hi Andy!

Take a trip to:
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/removepwords.html

You can download a workbook that should allow removal of the internal
Excel passwords.

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> I have passworded one of my spreadsheets but i cannot remember the password
> on this so i cannot edit it anymore is there a way around this?

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Andy - 31 Mar 2004 21:56 GMT

Hi Norman

Many thanks that download was cool job done

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Andy

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> > on this so i cannot edit it anymore is there a way around this?

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Norman Harker - 01 Apr 2004 00:17 GMT

Hi Andy!

Thanks for thanks is always appreciated and shows Google Searchers the
way to go.

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Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia
njharker@optusnet.com.au
Excel and Word Function Lists (Classifications, Syntax and Arguments)
available free to good homes.

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