• When protecting a workbook or worksheet, Excel uses a 16-bit hash code to store the password as one of 65,536 possible combinations. This means that one Excel hash code may unlock hundreds or even thousands of different passwords.
  
  Ultimate Excel Password Cracker comes with 8 different password recovery force levels, so that you can recover the password as quickly as possible. This is always the first password combination that successfully unlocks the workbook or worksheet.
  
  Ultimate Excel Password Cracker uses three types of cracking methods:
      Quick
      Dictionary
      Brute Force
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• The quick method uses a special algorithm to simulate the 16-bit hash code used by Excel. This method can crack passwords of any length, usually within just seconds.
  
  The dictionary method searches a list of words for the first matching password that works. Ultimate Excel Password Cracker comes with a wordlist of over 84,000 words. Unique to Ultimate Excel Password Cracker, the wordlist can be fully customised by the user, by simply editing the text file.
  
  The brute force methods try all possible combinations in selected force level, until the password is successfully recovered.
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  More information is provided in the "About" section of the program, including the number of possible combinations.