I want to lock in a format in my Excel worksheet and still be able to re-sort
the data and move around cells to different locations without altering my
format.

For example, if I highlight only certain rows with a specific fill color,
and I sort the data, I want the data to be re-ordered, but the row fill-color
to stay in place.

Basically, I want to lock in a format, but keep the text of a cell
"un-locked."

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