Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Remove Document Protection in Word 2007

  1. Rename the document to zip format
  2. Open it up in my favorite zip program
  3. Edit settings.xml in Notepad
  4. Look for "protection" in the xml file, and you will locate <w:documentProtection> element.
  5. Remove all the attributes in it or Remove that element itself.
  6. Update the zip file
  7. Rename the document back to docx
  8. Open it up in Word 2007, and you are able to edit the document...
Viola... You are done...