This is not the default behaviour.

Maybe start over.

Select all cells and FormatCellsProtectionLocked.

Select Columns A and C and FormatCellsProtectionUnlocked

Now protect the worksheet with "select unlocked cells" checkmarked.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:02:10 -0800, pdberger
wrote:

Good morning --

I've protected a worksheet, all except for cells in columns A:C. Typically,
the user will enter values for a row in those columns, then move down to the
next row. I can enter values fine but, when I press 'Tab' to move to the
next column, nothing happens -- the active cell doesn't move to the right.
If I deactivate the protection, the 'Tab' key works fine. I use Excel 2003.

Can someone tell me why it's behaving like this?

Thanks in advance.