Re: OpenOffice and password protected encrypted .docx files?

[j.halifax .]

> ...Since I don't have MS Office 2007 the question is whether
> I can open the file at all?

In such cases I ask the sender to export it as ".doc" and send it
again. I do not accept M$' immoral pressure for buying unneeded 
new versions.


> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: Roger <arelem at bigpond.com>
> Předmět: Re: OpenOffice and password protected encrypted .docx files?
> Datum: 04.2.2010 10:41:08
> ----------------------------------------
> 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
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