remove read-only protection

It's relatively easy to crack read-only protection of DOC, DOCX and ODT files. To do that you need to:

• Microsoft Office 2003. Open the DOC file with Microsoft Office 2003, press Ctrl + Shift + F11. Search for "password" and you'll find something like that:

<w:DocumentProtection>ReadOnly</w:DocumentProtection> <w:UnprotectPassword>4A14C4F4</w:UnprotectPassword> Remove those lines. Save the document :)

• Microsoft Office 2007. Open the DOCX file with ZIP archiver. Open word/settings.xml.