password recovery for MSOffice components

once in a regretable while, i run accross a Word or Excell file in my archives that is password protected and... guess what. that's right, forgot it! there are plenty of come-ons for "free" password crackers but when you try to use them, they just give you a peek at a small portion of the file contents and invite you to spend $25 or more.

Any chance you guys can beat the deal?

Pick passwords you can remember. You can have that for free ;)