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HoganD87

I overprotected my spreadsheet! Need help ASAP!!
 
So I try to unprotect my worksheet so that anyone in my network can do
whatever they want to it. Now all I see is

"The cell or chart you are trying to change is protected and therefore
read-only"

"To modify a protected cell or chart, first remove protection using the
Unprotect Sheet command (tools menu, Proctection submenu.) You may be
prompted for a password"


A little vague and... it didn't work...

step by step help please!!


Mike H

I overprotected my spreadsheet! Need help ASAP!!
 
Step by step

click

Tools|Protection|Unprotect sheet

then (if prompted) enter the password you used.

Mike

"HoganD87" wrote:

So I try to unprotect my worksheet so that anyone in my network can do
whatever they want to it. Now all I see is

"The cell or chart you are trying to change is protected and therefore
read-only"

"To modify a protected cell or chart, first remove protection using the
Unprotect Sheet command (tools menu, Proctection submenu.) You may be
prompted for a password"


A little vague and... it didn't work...

step by step help please!!


Gord Dibben

I overprotected my spreadsheet! Need help ASAP!!
 
What is vague about the suggestion?

Your sheet is obviously protected via ToolsProtectionProtect Sheet.

To unprotect it go to ToolsProtectionUnprotect sheet.

Provide a password if one is required.

If you don't know the password you can copy all the date to a new sheet.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:50:04 -0700, HoganD87
wrote:

So I try to unprotect my worksheet so that anyone in my network can do
whatever they want to it. Now all I see is

"The cell or chart you are trying to change is protected and therefore
read-only"

"To modify a protected cell or chart, first remove protection using the
Unprotect Sheet command (tools menu, Proctection submenu.) You may be
prompted for a password"


A little vague and... it didn't work...

step by step help please!!




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