[Solved] Excel Password Protected file

[Texan2016]

I'm new to OpenOffice and I was using MS Office. I have several MS Office excel files that I have password protected. How can I get OpenOffice to open these files? I know the password, but I get an error every time I try to open it in Open Office.

[Villeroy]

Install https://libreoffice.org/ instead.

[jrkrideau]

Or you can have AOO and LibreOffice both on a Windows machine.

[Texan2016]

I Installed https://libreoffice.org/ and it worked. I can now open MS Office excel files which I had password protected.

Thanks

[ayeeg]

Found a solution on another forum by nelson2801:
> Just setup windows compatibility pack EVEN IF you have Microsoft Office 2007 installed on your system.
> (Download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats from
> Official Microsoft Download Center)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... .aspx?id=3

. I've now Windows 10 on my HP laptop, but have only Open Office 4.1.3 installed. Open Office cannot open password protected .xlsx files. Installing the the MS Office Compatibility Pack, installs 'Microsoft Open XML Converter'. So open the .xlsx file with Microsoft Open XML converter, which converts the file and launches Open Office. It takes time to convert, but works flawlessly! Thanks again.

[Villeroy]

Found a solution on another forum by nelson2801:
> Just setup windows compatibility pack EVEN IF you have Microsoft Office 2007 installed on your system.
> (Download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats from
> Official Microsoft Download Center)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... .aspx?id=3

. I've now Windows 10 on my HP laptop, but have only Open Office 4.1.3 installed. Open Office cannot open password protected .xlsx files. Installing the the MS Office Compatibility Pack, installs 'Microsoft Open XML Converter'. So open the .xlsx file with Microsoft Open XML converter, which converts the file and launches Open Office. It takes time to convert, but works flawlessly! Thanks again.

Could you please upload some encrypted MS Office document so everybody can follow your suggestion?