First, I do not have your problem in my computer - XP + XL2003.
Second, if you can not use F2 to edit the cell's contents, try to use you
mouse i) select the cell; ii) click the content which is shown in the
formula bar; iii) modify the content in the formula bar.

Hope this helps.

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"Phil-in-SF" wrote in message
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I'm using Excel 2003, and I can't seem to edit the contents of an unlocked
cell when I protect the worksheet. Hitting F2 in these cells deletes the
content of the cells. I am allowed to enter in new data, but I would
prefer
that F2 would work as it does with unprotected worksheets (i.e., and allow
me
to modify the cell's existing information). I've done a lot of testing on
this, including on other machines, even other versions (2000 and 2002). Is
this really an "undocumented feature" or am I losing my mind?