Corel WP8, MS Word password recovery

[BriMorgan13]

I am trying to access vital documents (MS Word and Corel WP8) at work, left behind by an employee who password protected them! Is there any way to access these documents without the password, or to reset the password to one of my own choosing?
If there's not a backdoor, what software (if any) is available for hacking these passwords?
Thanks in advance!

 

[kranky]

I'm not aware of any backdoor. A couple of commercial products that are available are:

Passware
Elcomsoft (Didn't look like it would handle WP, though)
Access Data Password Recovery

Good luck.

 

[Shack70]

look here for a password cracker. Seach for MS word crack...

 

[BriMorgan13]

Thanks very much for the tips. I used your links and found some betas that I will experiment with!