Password protect multiple documents

[Gdareos]

I have an assignment that calls for me to password protect hundreds of
.doc files.

Can I write a macro that will password protect multiple documents
without manual intervention.

Further, I do have some files that are password protected, and I'm
supposed to change their passwords, so I would need a macro that would
open a document, and change the old password to a new one.

Thanks for any help :)

George (baffled in Houston, Tx)

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You could modify the code in the article "Find & ReplaceAll on a batch of
documents in the same folder" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/BatchFR.htm

to do what you want. You will find the Syntax for supplying the password if
you check out Documents.Open in the VBE Help file.

Also take a look at the article "Skipping Password-Protected Documents in a
Batch Process" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CheckIfPWProtectB4Open.htm

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"Gdareos" <gDareos_at_la_louisiane.com> wrote in message
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[Gdareos]

This is super helpful, and I'll check it out over the weekend.

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!

George