If as you say you have protected the worksheet, and not unlocked the cells,
then the formatting is protected. In 2002 onwards you are also given a lot
of control over what is protected and what isnt, in case you wish to allows
users to do certain things.

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Elkar" wrote in message
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"Paste Special" works great, if you know about it. Unfortunately, a lot
of
end-users don't. When you create, format, and protect a worksheet for use
by
others, it would be nice if the formatting would remain protected from
people
using "Paste".

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

Editpaste special there you have different options like values, formulas
and formats

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Peo Sjoblom

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"Rock Jock" <Rock wrote in message
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I use Excel to capture geologic data most of which is heavily formatted
for
visual display and ease of understanding. When I cut and copy data in
cells,
sometimes the format is cut or copied as well. I would like Excel to
have
a
layer on which the format is applied and the data residing on a
different
layer. When the format layer is locked, a cut or copy or paste only
affects
data, not the format.

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