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Re: HELP! need to open password-prot. WordPerf. doc
Subject:Re: HELP! need to open password-prot. WordPerf. doc From:byfield -at- DIRECT -dot- CA Date:Fri, 20 Dec 1996 14:01:28 -0800
Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> wrote:
Subject: Re: HELP! need to open password-prot. WordPerf. doc
>This isn't what you want to hear, but my understanding is that it simply
>can't be done. WP even states somewhere in the documentation that not
>even their own technical support people can do it.
What about loading the document into a plain text editor? You'd lose
the formatting, and have to wade through all the WP code, but at
least you'd have the information.
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Prostyle Software
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