The Save with Password functions of Apache OpenOffice use serious encryption techniques that require the original password to be known.
There is no means to recover the password from the files. There is no means to recover the file without discovering the password. The weakest point in this procedure is the password itself. There are programs that attempt to discover weak passwords by rapid, automated trials of commonly-used passwords, short passwords, ones with inadequate variety including well-known patterns. You might find a program that offers to decrypt OpenOffice files (assuming you are using .ods for your spreadsheets) although there is usually no promise to succeed and the free trial will perhaps not try long enough. If you pay for one of those, there still may not be any solution in a reasonable amount of time spent running the program. The risk is yours. It is the purpose of Save with Password to be this difficult and keep whatever your data is that private. There is a slight risk that a file is damaged in such a way that the correct password is also unsuccessful. Since you mention several spreadsheets, that is likely not the case. - Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: MICHELLE BARTON [mailto:ather...@outlook.com] > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 06:09 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: spreadsheet password > > Hi > Can anyone please tell me how I can access my saved spreadsheets without > my password, ive tried every password ive ever used and searched the > internet on recovery and have found nothing, please advise > > Michelle Barton > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
