How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?
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For one of my classes, I get assignment lists as encrypted .doc file (NOT .docx). Word for Android crashes on open (after entering password). Google Docs doesn't handle encrypted files. The only password remover I found in Google Play works only with .docx. I don't have desktop Office license. All online tools I could find are crackers, not removers.
Anyone knows what I can do to view those lists on my phone?
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@gąska Are you restricted to only using your phone? Would trying LibreOffice on a PC be an option? If it does work you can always save the document unprotected and put it back on the phone.
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Ask the teacher/professor to give you the assignment in a format you can actually view?
Not completely analogous, but I successfully negotiated with more than one university instructors to be able to use open-source tools (Python, Scilab, Octave) to hand in assignments that were originally Matlab/Mathematica-based. The university didn't provide licenses.
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@deadfast said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
@gąska Are you restricted to only using your phone?
No, it's just much much much more conveniet. Also, phone has more battery life.
Would trying LibreOffice on a PC be an option? If it does work you can always save the document unprotected and put it back on the phone.
I'll try that when I get home.
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@gąska said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
For one of my classes, I get assignment lists as encrypted .doc file (NOT .docx). Word for Android crashes on open (after entering password). Google Docs doesn't handle encrypted files. The only password remover I found in Google Play works only with .docx. I don't have desktop Office license.
Surely if your school requires you to use Word, they also give you access to a working Word install in a library or computer lab, yes? It'd be highly unethical not to.
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@marczellm said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
Ask the teacher/professor to give you the assignment in a format you can actually view?
This. If nothing else, there's certainly no good reason why they can't be provided in .docx format.
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Another possible option could be to download and install the free (discontinued) Microsoft Word Viewer.
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@blakeyrat said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
Surely if your school requires you to use Word, they also give you access to a working Word install in a library or computer lab, yes? It'd be highly unethical not to.
How much is an MS Word license these days? It probably costs enough that people living on social security benefits would find it a major expense. Yet the social security agency around were I live asks for CVs to be sent to them in Word format. (Yes, you can use Wordpad to make .docx files, but chances are most people asked to send in a CV “in Word” don’t know this.)
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@gurth said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
How much is an MS Word license these days? It probably costs enough that people living on social security benefits would find it a major expense. Yet the social security agency around were I live asks for CVs to be sent to them in Word format.
I don't know what hellhole you live in, but here in Washington State every unemployment office (and many other government offices... including libraries) have computer labs the public can use.
People seem to be misinterpreting what I'm saying. I'm not saying they need to give you a copy of Word (or a laptop, or whatever), I'm saying they have to give you access to the resources you need to complete the course/legal requirement/etc.
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@blakeyrat said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
@gąska said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
For one of my classes, I get assignment lists as encrypted .doc file (NOT .docx). Word for Android crashes on open (after entering password). Google Docs doesn't handle encrypted files. The only password remover I found in Google Play works only with .docx. I don't have desktop Office license.
Surely if your school requires you to use Word, they also give you access to a working Word install in a library or computer lab, yes? It'd be highly unethical not to.
#Poland
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@anotherusername said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
Another possible option could be to download and install the free (discontinued) Microsoft Word Viewer.
That's what I do currently. But it's bit unwieldy to read from laptop. Also, not really an option when you're walking between classes and need a quick reminder.
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@gurth said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
How much is an MS Word license these days?
You can buy CD keys for $5 on Allegro. But I'd rather avoid that if possible.
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@gurth said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
How much is an MS Word license these days? It probably costs enough that people living on social security benefits would find it a major expense. Yet the social security agency around were I live asks for CVs to be sent to them in Word format. (Yes, you can use Wordpad to make .docx files, but chances are most people asked to send in a CV “in Word” don’t know this.)
Yeah, like blakey said, that is literally one reason why publicly-funded libraries exist and have computers for people to use for free.
@gąska said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
That's what I do currently. But it's bit unwieldy to read from laptop. Also, not really an option when you're walking between classes and need a quick reminder.
Print to PDF (install a free PDF printer driver if you don't have) and then store it on Dropbox or Google Drive so you can pull it up on your phone with a few taps.
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@anotherusername somehow, I didn't think of that. Thanks!
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@gąska said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
@gurth said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
How much is an MS Word license these days?
You can buy CD keys for $5 on Allegro. But I'd rather avoid that if possible.
Perfectly legal license key $6.99 [for one month].
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@thecpuwizard I need it once a month.
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@gąska said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
@thecpuwizard I need it once a month.
Oh, I am in complete agreement with the school needs to provide you with the means (aka access) to utilize the information. I was simply responding to the license code question....
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@thecpuwizard the Allegro key is just as legal, for all intensive porpoises. I've got Windows 7 key for $15 a few years back and was able to upgrade to 10 and install all updates without any problems.
Although, my brother was recently called to testify about his Counter-Strike purchase from 2014.
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Did you try other apps?
Polaris Office: Edit&View, PDF - Apps on Google Play
Android's Mobile Office : Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF, TXT + Zip file
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@gąska said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
@thecpuwizard the Allegro key is just as legal, for all intensive porpoises. I've got Windows 7 key for $15 a few years back and was able to upgrade to 10 and install all updates without any problems.
a) It is actually "all intents and purposes"...
b) Got a link?
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@anotherusername said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
Print to PDF (install a free PDF printer driver if you don't have)
Export to pdf has been part of office since 2010 or 2013
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@luhmann yes but Microsoft Word Viewer is old enough that I don't know whether it would have that.
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@coldandtired Those all look like legitimate office apps, but I would wager they work with .docx, not with .doc. One of them's a zip with a lot of XML in a public ECMA standard, and the other is a closed binary format that the spec they finally released still isn't complete.
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Wouldn't the (free) Office 365 online version work? It may not have all the features, but it certainly can open .doc or .docx files and shouldn't choke on the encryption.
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@thecpuwizard said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
a) It is actually "all intents and purposes"...
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@blakeyrat said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
I don't know what hellhole you live in, but here in Washington State every unemployment office (and many other government offices... including libraries) have computer labs the public can use.
Possibly. Probably, perhaps. But see below.
People seem to be misinterpreting what I'm saying.
So are other people.
I'm not saying they need to give you a copy of Word (or a laptop, or whatever), I'm saying they have to give you access to the resources you need to complete the course/legal requirement/etc.
And I wasn’t saying I expect social security agencies to give people copies of software. I was saying the one where I live works on the apparent assumption that everyone they deal with has access to MS Word. My experience with them (and other people working in offices) leads me to believe that it’s not just an apparent assumption, but a complete failure to realise that not everyone who has a computer, necessarily also has MS Office.
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@pie_flavor OP asked about .doc.
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@coldandtired whoops, edited
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@thecpuwizard said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?:
It is actually "all intents and purposes"...
Insensitive porpoises gives this:
