I protected a sheet because I have formulas on the sheet. So, I locked those
cells and left the rest of the cells unlocked. When the sheet is protected,
if I click in a cell and try to add text to the cell, it deletes all the
previous text. Is there any way to stop that from happening?

When you "click in a cell" where is the editing insertion point?

If you just select the cell and start typing, the existing text will be
overwritten

If you double-click on the cell you should go into edit mode and be able to add
to the existing text.

Alternative..........select the cell then hit F2 to edit.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:11:03 -0700, Kristin
wrote:

I protected a sheet because I have formulas on the sheet. So, I locked those
cells and left the rest of the cells unlocked. When the sheet is protected,
if I click in a cell and try to add text to the cell, it deletes all the
previous text. Is there any way to stop that from happening?

When I double-click on the cell is when I have a problem. All the previous
text disappears. I have formatting cells/columns/rows allowed in the
protection, but it still gets rid of all the text. Also, if I hit F2 that
does the same thing as if I'd double-clicked in the cell - everything
disappears.
Thanks for any help!

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

When you "click in a cell" where is the editing insertion point?

If you just select the cell and start typing, the existing text will be
overwritten

If you double-click on the cell you should go into edit mode and be able to add
to the existing text.

Alternative..........select the cell then hit F2 to edit.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:11:03 -0700, Kristin
wrote:

I protected a sheet because I have formulas on the sheet. So, I locked those
cells and left the rest of the cells unlocked. When the sheet is protected,
if I click in a cell and try to add text to the cell, it deletes all the
previous text. Is there any way to stop that from happening?

I also have trouble doing a Find in the sheet. If I type something I know is
in the sheet, it still tells me it can't find what I'm looking for??

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

When you "click in a cell" where is the editing insertion point?

If you just select the cell and start typing, the existing text will be
overwritten

If you double-click on the cell you should go into edit mode and be able to add
to the existing text.

Alternative..........select the cell then hit F2 to edit.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:11:03 -0700, Kristin
wrote:

I protected a sheet because I have formulas on the sheet. So, I locked those
cells and left the rest of the cells unlocked. When the sheet is protected,
if I click in a cell and try to add text to the cell, it deletes all the
previous text. Is there any way to stop that from happening?