OpenOffice and password protected encrypted .docx files?

[Roger]

On 02/04/2010 07:52 PM, Mike Cloaked wrote:
> Can anyone advise me on the following problem?
>
> I have been sent a .docx which was created in MS Office 2007, and encrypted
> with a password that is needed to open it.  In the past if anyone sent me an
> open .docx file then OpenOffice in F12 would open it without any problems.
> However the password protected file appears not to be accessible in
> OpenOffice, and attempting to open the file does not ask for a password and
> won't play ball.  Since I don't have MS Office 2007 the question is whether
> I can open the file at all?
>
> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>
> Thanks
>    
Had the same problem a month ago researched and googled for days, the 
only solution I found was to request the password.
Roger