Password doesn´t work

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MaryFu
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Password doesn´t work

Post by MaryFu »

Hi!
Please help me, I´m desperate!
I´ve written a good portion of a book and suddenly I cannot open the file. I use the same password that has worked before. I´ve tried to update the open office but it didn´t help.
What to do??
:cry:
open office 4.1.1 on mac Os X
Sea Mac
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Joined: Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:14 am

Re: Password doesn´t work

Post by Sea Mac »

MaryFu wrote:Hi!
Please help me, I´m desperate!
I´ve written a good portion of a book and suddenly I cannot open the file. I use the same password that has worked before. I´ve tried to update the open office but it didn´t help.
What to do??
:cry:
I know of a SURE workaround for "The password is incorrect. The file cannot be opened."
Simply switch to LibreOffice ... that's what I did ... problem solved: the password works again.
This problem has been in the OpenOffice codebase for over a DECADE - affecting ANY password protected file type - and the developers are powerless to find and fix it.
If you don't believe me - search the forum for

The password is incorrect

for yourself, and you'll see most of them conclude "LibreOffice Worked!!!"
This problem was why I switched to LibreOffice 4 years ago ... as I found no help here. They gave me the brush off also.
Here's the answer! viewtopic.php?f=6&t=87115&p=422858&hili ... rd#p422773
LibreOffice 6.1.2 with MacOS 10.9.5
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