how do i recover a forgotten excel password

[Shadow]

I have got a file that is a n excel spreadsheet. But I have some-how lost my
password for it and need to recover it. I was working on it for a school you
see. I don't really want to spend a fortune on geting the password back. Any
help asap be great.

[dominicb]

Good morning shadow

It sounds like you've lost the password to open the file which isn't good news (out of the four types of protection XL uses this is the most robust). These sites list a number of products / services that will recover / remove your password but they're not free.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/password.htm
http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/links/pword.htm

This one however, is but has a few limitations and is well worth trying before you start paying for the service.

http://www.download.com/Free-Word-Ex...-10249516.html

HTH

DominicB