Cant remember password to activate microsoft office on mac

#CANT REMEMBER PASSWORD TO ACTIVATE MICROSOFT OFFICE ON MAC HOW TO#

Pretty cool! I hope you can see from my example how to simply remove a password or, for that matter, add password protection to your spreadsheet next time you save it. Now when I open up the spreadsheet instead of seeing a password prompt, I see this: (Tip: a shortcut to set or delete passwords can be found by clicking on the вЂњOptionsвЂ¦вЂќ button from this file save dialog window too, if you donвЂ™t want to fiddle with Preferences)

With that changed, a quick File вЂ“> Save AsвЂ¦ lets me specify a new name for the non-password-protected (but read-only recommended) file:

(as an experiment, IвЂ™m going to remove the password but also check вЂњRead-only recommendedвЂќ. You can remove the password protection by simply deleting the password or passwords here, then click вЂњOKвЂќ. symbols to represent each character in the password.Since I already have a password protecting this document, you can see that theyвЂ™re shown with Now you can set a password for opening or modifying here by simply typing one in. Right now, letвЂ™s stay on task! Click on вЂњSecurityвЂќ, and вЂ¦ You may be surprised if youвЂ™ve never poked around in the Excel preferences, thereвЂ™s a lot you can access: After setup runs, you may be prompted with the Get Started with Office 2011 screen again. Personalize your copy of MicrosoftВ® Office, select your preferred setting for updates and click Continue. The very first step is to open up the Excel spreadsheet in question, then go to Preferences: Your Mac may prompt you that Microsoft Office Setup Assistant would like to access your contacts. The best way, however, is to step through the entire Security section on your document, so let me show you how to do that. Seriously, itвЂ™s a bit weird to remove the password because thereвЂ™s no feedback or indication that itвЂ™s been removed: all you do is delete the previously entered password when youвЂ™re doing a вЂSave AsвЂ™ save. I imagine itвЂ™d sound flippant if I just said вЂњyou remove password protection from an Excel file the same way you set up the password protection in the first placeвЂќ so I will resist saying that.

Cant remember password to activate microsoft office on mac