You can, however, turn off protection, freeze panes, and turn protection back on.
The Freeze Panes will remain in effect you just can't turn it on or off when protected.

"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote ...
Freeze Panes will be unavailable(grayed out) if the Workbook is protected for
Windows and Structure.


On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:46:02 -0800, gregp22
i have an apple laptop, and i'm trying to use the 'freeze panes' feature on a
spreadsheet. for some reason, when i go to window, the freeze pane option is
faded. how do i get it to work?