Office Password Recovery Magic

As its name implies, Office Password Recovery Magic is a handy application that uses brute force to quickly retrieve forgotten or lost passwords for files created with one of the Microsoft Office applications.

Ease of use is one of the application's advantages and the interface makes no exception. It only comprises a simple window where you can browse for the input file and start the decryption process, without a lot of hassle on the user's part.

The application provides support for multiple file types, enabling you to recover read-only passwords for Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX etc.), Excel (XLS), PowerPoint (PPT) and Access (MDB) files.

The 'Settings' section is the place where the scanning parameters can be configured. In order to fasten the search process, you can enter some information about the password, such as its length variation (the minimum and maximum number of characters) or its format (in this case, you have to select whether it contains letters, numbers, symbols or all).

In addition to this, the application accepts dictionaries (password detection algorithms) created with third-party dedicated software, in order to generate much more accurate search results. If you don't have such a file on your computer, you can simply allow Office Password Recovery Magic to use the default dictionary that it comes with.

Once all these parameters are configured, all that is left to do is press the 'Start' button and let the software do its magic. The file type and the corresponding Office version are automatically detected and so is the encryption algorithm used for password-protecting the document.

The application analyzes all the possible combinations of letters, symbols and numbers within the user-defined password length range in order to guess the password, which might take a while. Once the password is found, it is displayed in the main window.

Office Password Recovery Magic can be used for trying to restore misplaced or forgotten passwords for multiple versions of Office applications. Although the scanning process might take some time, recovering a lost password will surely bring a smile on your face.