There are lots of levels of protection in excel.

worksheet protection (tools|protection|protect sheet)
workbook protection (tools|Protection|protect workbook)

and at least one mo

File|SaveAs|Tools|General Options|Password to open (and password to modify)

It sounds like you really want the last one.

wolvina wrote:

Hi All! I need to unprotect (forever) a workbook in Excel 2003. I've
tried doing what Help says (Tools Protect Unprotect Workbook); however,
no matter whether I save the document, or resave as a new document, the file
keeps coming up as either a read only or as a password protected documented.
I need it to be just a regular ole document!!

Thanks for any help!!

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Dave Peterson