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Greetingss.
Thanks for being there
I have protected a worksheet in excel, and would like to unprotect just certan cells. Hope you can help
Thanks
Bob
Answer
You protect a worksheet, not cells. Before you protect the worksheet you FORMAT certain cells to not be "locked" (default is they are all locked) - foramt/cells/protection/deselect locked checkbox. Then when you protect the sheet, the cells which are not locked are available to be changed.
HTH
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