Well, it doesn't need to be the end of the story. A search of the internet
for password removal for Excel files will come up with several hits and,
needless to say, if you use one of the methods, always do it on a backup of
the original file.

"Yasmin" wrote:

I figured as much - thank you.

"bigwheel" wrote:

No. Presumably, you cannot unprotect it first.

"Yasmin" wrote:

Is there any way to import external data in worksheet that is protected?