HI

This may be an impossible thing to do....

When I try to access a protected cell , I am given the standard Excel
popup saying that it is protected and that I can modify it by putting a
password in via the tools menu.

I do realise that the text in the popup can't be changed , but I was
wondering if the popup itself could be replaced with a message box or
validation popup whenever access to a protected cell is attempted?

Perhaps a small macro applying to all the protected parts for the sheets
could be triggered to replace the standard popup with a new one with a
customised message. (One that doesn't suggest users go digging around
trying to unprotect cells...)

Grateful for any help.