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Password-protected ODS file that opens with Excel

Vincent -  
SATS_fr Posted messages 4850 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello,

I saved a file as ods with a password to open it. Since installing Microsoft 365, I do not have the option to enter my password.

When I try to open this file, a window appears indicating:

Unable to open "Toto.ods": this file has been password protected and cannot be opened.

I am using:

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2021

Microsoft 365

Windows 10 Professional version 21H2

Thank you for your help in resolving this issue.

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    SATS_fr Posted messages 4850 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   785
     

    Hello.

    If I'm not mistaken, ODS is a file created by LibreOffice?

    Reinstall the program if you no longer have it, open it with LibreOffice and if you want to open it with Office, save it as XLS.

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    1. Vincent
       

      Thank you SATS_fr,

      Indeed, this is Libre Office. I will try it and keep you updated.

      Be patient, I'm not very fast.

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      1. SATS_fr Posted messages 4850 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   785 > Vincent
         

        Hello.

        No problem.

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    2. Vincent
       

      SATS,

      I'm not very skilled. I reinstalled Libre Office (which another person had installed without telling me the consequences; I only had Excel files before).

      I can open all the ods files without any problem. But I haven't been able to convert them to xls. It asks me for a password.

      If you could guide me step by step, I would be the happiest of clueless people.

      Vincent

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      1. SATS_fr Posted messages 4850 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   785 > Vincent
         

        Hello.

        I had done this manipulation some time ago. I just tried again, and it's not working in xls format.

        I don't have Office to test other formats (like html).

        Either LibreOffice has reduced its capabilities, or Microsoft has prohibited it.

        I'm sending you a slightly dated link; maybe some solutions are still valid, especially conversion sites. Type "export ods to xls" into a search engine, and you'll find a number of sites that I can't test since I don't have Office.

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