Select all the column not to be protected;
Use Format | Cells | protection and deselect the Lock box
Now Tools | Protect | worksheet

Does this give you what you want?
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"Kinnaird" wrote in message
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I am trying to password protect a column of single cells but it keeps
protecting the whole work sheet can ant one help?