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User put a hard password on an excel spreadsheet. &nbsp;Office 2003 I think.<br />
Users says it started with numbers or symbols and then had about 10 upper and lower case.<br />
Tried a program called passware but it ran for 20 hours going through all the letters but I know the password starts with numbers or symbols. &nbsp;Any help is appreciated. 
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User put a hard password on an excel spreadsheet.  Office 2003 I think.
Users says it started with numbers or symbols and then had about 10 upper and lower case.
Tried a program called passware but it ran for 20 hours going through all the letters but I know the password starts with numbers or symbols.  Any help is appreciated. 

Excel spreadsheet password

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