No, they are not protected.

I can copy individual cell contents, if I use the edit box.

I cannot copy entire cells or ranges of cells. It is functioning just like
it does if multiple copies of excel are running.



"Eduardo" wrote:

Hi,
Check if your workbooks are not protected

"keith" wrote:

I cannot copy and paste between workbooks or use the format painter between
workbooks in excel 2007.

I don't think I am running multiple instances of excel. I have tried opening
excel and then dragging the two files into excel to open them.