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Is the file password protected or just protected? &nbsp;The header is protected by default when protection is enabled. &nbsp;To unprotect, try clicking on Protect Document from the Developer tab, and select Restrict Formatting and Editing. &nbsp;If it's protected you should see a Stop Protection option at the bottom of the help window that &quot;should&quot; pop up on the right side. &nbsp;Click this and change the Editing Restrictions.<br />
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The file isn't pass protected but the object is. &nbsp;When I hit &quot;stop protection&quot; it requests a password. &nbsp;That I do not have. &nbsp;Are there any options other than recreating? &nbsp; Thank you.
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Thanks for your help. &nbsp;It's probably better for me to recreate. &nbsp;I thought I'd try and figure out a way since it's not the first time I've encountered a similar situation. &nbsp;The key here is to make sure people note passwords or make available to other users. 
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I was given a document (created in Word) that apparently was created by a former associate. &nbsp;The logo in the header has apparently been protected and we need to update. &nbsp;Is there an easy way to unprotect so that changes can be made or do we need to recreate the document? &nbsp;The information in the footer was not protected.<br />
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I was given a document (created in Word) that apparently was created by a former associate.  The logo in the header has apparently been protected and we need to update.  Is there an easy way to unprotect so that changes can be made or do we need to recreate the document?  The information in the footer was not protected.

Thanks.

Is the file password protected or just protected?  The header is protected by default when protection is enabled.  To unprotect, try clicking on Protect Document from the Developer tab, and select Restrict Formatting and Editing.  If it&#39;s protected you should see a Stop Protection option at the bottom of the help window that &quot;should&quot; pop up on the right side.  Click this and change the Editing Restrictions.



The file isn&#39;t pass protected but the object is.  When I hit &quot;stop protection&quot; it requests a password.  That I do not have.  Are there any options other than recreating?   Thank you.

Thanks for your help.  It&#39;s probably better for me to recreate.  I thought I&#39;d try and figure out a way since it&#39;s not the first time I&#39;ve encountered a similar situation.  The key here is to make sure people note passwords or make available to other users. 

Unprotect header in MIcrosot Office Word 2007

Microsoft Word is a commercial document editing program that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It features numerous text-editing tools for creating richly formatted documents, along with tools for the use of macros in Word documents. Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Plugins permitting the Windows versions of Word to read and write formats it does not natively support, such as the OpenDocument format (ODF) are available. Word can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art.