How to Fix Password Protected Word Files?

Microsoft Word is used for creating document files for both personal and official purposes. It is a part of the Microsoft Office suite software, but can also be purchased as a stand-alone produt. MS Word software offers a number of features like, spelling and grammar check, insert pictures, charts and tables, save your work in a variety of file formats and print them out. The software saves the Word files with .doc file extension. And, also you can protect your Word files with password for providing more security or to disable editing.

Sometimes, it happens as your password protected .doc file is not opening in Microsoft Word software and when you try to open, it shows some error message or sometimes it will not show any window for entering password. These entire problems occur due to Word file corruption and such files become unusable. It also happens like you might have forgotten the password of the encrypted Word file. Here you cannot access the .doc file without the help of a repair software as Microsoft doesn’t support recovery of lost password for Word document. But don’t try different softwares without knowing much as it may sometime lead to permanent damage of the .docs file. Here, you can select Remo Repair Word software without any second thought, to repair password protected Word document.

Factors Making the Password Protected Word File corrupt / damaged:

  • Header file corruption due to some unknown errors makes the Word file inaccessible.
  • Unexpected system shut down due to power surge while working on .doc file makes the file broken.
  • The Word file gets damaged due to the attack of external threats like Malware, spyware or viruses
  • Improper upgradation of MS Office Software leads to corruption of .doc file
  • Accidental changing of the file extension of Word file while changing file name makes the file inaccessible
  • The .doc file will get broken when file system corruption or database corruption occurs.
  • Microsoft Word software malfunction also leads to Word file corruption.

Why Remo Repair Word Software?

Remo Repair Word is one of the most trustworthy software's that is available in the market, which can be used for repairing corrupted Word files that are either password protected Word document easily. The software is designed to work in such a way that it will not make any modifications in the original .doc file as it opens the file in read only mode and extracts contents from the corrupt file and creates a new healthy Word file. You can preview the fixed Word documents before restoration onto the system. The software is available in trail version also that helps you to assess its features. If you are satisfied with it, you can go for actual purchase of the software.

Other features,

  • The software fixes corrupted .doc and .docx files due to any reason.
  • It mends and recovers all attributes such as OLE objects, images, forms, graphs, hyperlink etc from broken Word document file.
  • The repaired .docs file can be saved in any destination including external devices like USB, hard disk, etc
  • The software supports all versions of Windows operating system including Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 etc.
  • We provide 24 hours technical assistance for clearing your queries and problems
 
 

Procedure to repair password protected Word file:

Step 1: At first, download Remo Repair software and install it on your computer. After installation, open the application and choose your corrupt Word file which is to be repaired and click “Repair” button.

Fix Password Protected Word Document - Main Screen

Figure A: Main Screen

Step 2: Then, the software starts fixing your Password Protected Word files and you can view the file repair process in progress bar.

Mend Password Protected Word Document - Repairing Progress

Figure B: Repairing Progress

Step 3: After completion of Password protected Word file repair process, you can also preview the fixed Word file by using "Preview File" option.

Repairing Password Protected Word Document - Preview Repaired File

Figure C: Preview Repaired File

Step 4: You can store the repaired Word files on any desired location by clicking Save button.

Password Protected Word File Repair - Save Repaired File

Figure D: Save Repaired File