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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
well this file is NOT anything critical, just the jobs i did for a co. a
while back, that is why i offered it to someone in your co. to open it
for me and see that the file truthfully belongs to me.
thanks
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Pepperdine"
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Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: [users] [moderated]
On Thursday 20 July 2006 21:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i have a spreadsheet file that i forgot the password.
can u help me open it?
i can send it to you and you can do it for me.
thanks
reuben
Reuben,
AIUI, this is not possible. The purpose of passwords is to prevent
strangers
from opening a file, so why would you expect passing the file to a
stranger
be a way of retrieving the data? I seem to remember someone saying
that the
encryption used by OOo is strong.
--
Andy Pepperdine
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