Asunsoft Word Password Geeker is a professional password recovery tool to help recover forgotten or lost Word password without file damaged. It offers four attack methods to find your Word password with less time. This tutorial instructs you how to use it step by step to recover password for Microsoft Word. Now see how it works.
I. Download and install Word Password Geeker
Download Word Password Geeker from Asunsoft official website and then install it ready for beginning recovery.
II. Import the target encrypted Word document
Run the installed Word Password Geeker, and then click Open button on the top left corner or click File menu and then select Open File sub-item.
In the Open File dialog, browse and select the target password protected Word document.
Then click Open button in the Open File window to import the target file to the program.
III. Select attack type and make attack settings
Click the pull-down list under Type of attack, and you can see four types provided: Brute-force, Mask, and Dictionary and Smart. You select one of the attack types.
Select attack type following the tips:
Brute-Force Attack will try all possible password combinations to find back lost password.
Mask Attack can largely reduce password recovery time if you still remember the lost/forgotten password partially.
Dictionary Attack can quickly find your password back if you use regular words or phrases for password which come in the range of built-in dictionary.
Smart Attack can automatically and smartly try all possible characters combinations including all printable characters like numbers, letters and marks.
ake attack settings corresponding to the attack types you chose roughly like the following instructions:
Brute-force attack: Range setting and Length setting narrow down the password range to make it more specific to recover.
Mask attack: Range setting and define a mask. To define a mask means to tell the program what you are still remembering of your passwords. If you are sure that your password makes up of 6 characters and starts with letter A, then you can define it as: A*****.
Dictionary attack: Click Dictionary tab next to Length and select the target dictionary, which can be the AsunsoftDictionary or a dictionary created by you yourself.
Smart attack: Smart attack recovers automatically and smartly and thus needs no attack setting.
IV. Start recovery and open the encrypted Word file with the recovered password
Click Start button or click Attack menu and then select Start sub-item to start recovering your forgotten or lost Word password.
Click Copy button to copy the recovered password first and then click Open button to open the previously password locked Word file when you are in the following interface.
Now after you have recovered your forgotten or lost Word password, you can open, edit and make changes to it freely.