Forgotten Document Password--Help!
My daughter just came in the room crying that she can't open the document she's been working on all morning on her old iMac (running version OX 8.6, Appleworks 5.0.3) because she changed the password to "something weird" and now can't remember it.
Any tips on working around that?
Message was edited by: S. Shore
The only thing I can think of is to try icWord from Panergy Software. I do believe it has opened password-protected files for other users when I suggested it. Resave the file as AppleWorks 5 with a new name. Hopefully, she's learned about using memorable passwords or writing them down.
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