You need to set a registry key.
Usual caveats about editing the registry apply.

In:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel

Edit / New / DWord value : name it QuerySecurity
Edit / Modify : give it value 2

For more info (relating to Excel 2000) see
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;248204

Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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