Unprotect Word Documents for Editing [How To]

To unprotect a Word document that has been locked, read on:

1) With the document open press F11 while holding down shift and alt (Alt-Shift-F11). This should launch the script editor in Word;

2) Next select the find option (or hit ctl-f), and run a find for the word “password.” This should highlight something like this “32943208”;

3) Delete the letters and numbers between the tags (in the above example this would be the 32943208);

4) Save the document in the script editor and close the window. You should now be back in your Word document;

5) From the “Tools” pulldown menu, select “unprotect.” Your document should now be unprotected.