Password Protected xls files

I just installed IWork with the hope of not needing to buy office for my new Mac. I have a number of password protected xls files that i need to open, and I am not given the option to put in the password?
Any way around this, or am I stuck buying office?

You cannot open them with iWork but you do not need to buy office. Download free Neooffice and open them up and get rid of the password. Then save them as xls files. And then you can open them up by numbers. Neoofice is free at neooffice.org

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