Close the original Word document and double-click the new RTF file you created. This file will open in Word and will be identical to the original, with the exception of having no password protection.

Open Microsoft Word, click the "File" tab and select the file under Recent Documents to open a document you recently opened in Word.

Microsoft Word We’re sorry. We can’t open Document because we found a problem with Its contents. Microsoft Office cannot open this file because some parts are missing or invalid.