>Hi,
>I've one MS Word 8.0 document. unfortunately i lost its password. can anyone please help me how to get my doc back.
>its kindaa urgent, it would be ok for me if i loose the formatting but get the text inside....
>
>i'll appreciate your sincere suggestions
>
>thanx

Nilesh,

I really didn't think this would work, but I just did a test and was able to find the text in a "protected" document simply by opening it with Notepad. Oddly, Foxpro wouldn't let me; locked up and had to break out of it. My hex editor also let me get at the text. Kinda scary really...

Renoir