Q124850: Writer: How to Decode a Document with a Password

Article: Q124850
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): MACINTOSH:1.0,1.1,1.1a; WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfaq
Last Modified: 30-APR-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a 
- Microsoft Creative Writer for the Macintosh, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a 
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SUMMARY
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If you use the Secret Agent tool to create a password for a document, pictures
and text are not intelligible when you open the document later. To see the
document correctly, you must supply the correct password. If you forget the
password, Creative Writer provides a way to decode the document.

MORE INFORMATION
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To decode a document for which you have forgotten the password, follow these
steps:

1. Open the document.

2. Choose Secret Agent.

3. Type "Detective McZee to the rescue" (without the quotation marks).

4. Press down and hold CTRL+SHIFT and click OK (Windows) or press down and hold
  COMMAND+SHIFT and click OK(Macintosh).


Additional query words: 1.00 1.10 1.10a kbhowto kids mskids writer pwd passwd cryptic mac win adult mode mczee 007

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Keywords          :  kbfaq
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbHomeProdSearch kbPTProdChange kbCreativeWriter100 kbCreativeWriter110 kbCreativeWriter110a kbCreativeWriter110Mac kbCreativeWriter110aMac kbCreativeWriter100Mac
Version           : MACINTOSH:1.0,1.1,1.1a; WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a
Issue type        : kbhowto

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