John Walkenbach has a good spiel on protection.

http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/faqs/protectionFAQ.htm

HTH
Paul
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Be advised to back up your WorkBook before attempting to make changes.
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Hi,

I have one spreadsheet in one workbook.

Is there a way to make cells F9:R1999 READ-ONLY ?

So that the user is able view the contents of F9:R1999 but not change
them.

And the rest of the cells can be changed by anyone.

Thanks,
Luther