In Excel 97 and 2000 a sheet's EnableSelection property is not maintained
after a save, close and open. In Excel 2002 and 2003 this was fixed. For
97 and 2000 you'd have to reset the EnableSelection property when the
workbook is opened with a macro.

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Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Greg" wrote in message
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|I have a worksheet where I block selection access to locked cells. This
| works fine while users are working with the sheet. What I am finding is
that
| when the file is opened, selection access is now allowed although changing
| the cell is still protected. As a test, I tried to access the locked
cells
| BEFORE I saved the workbook and I could not. I closed Excel or even if I
| just close the workbook, upon opening the workbook again I was able to
select
| what should have been selection denied cells. Any ideas?