Hi Jennifer-

I believe the problem is that .csv is _not_ an Excel file format & _does
not_ support internal protection the way a .xls does. Therefore Excel's
protection is one of the features that gets stripped out when you save in
..csv format. CSV is simply a form of text file, so pw to open & read only
can't be applied from within Excel either.

You might try opening the file in a Text Editor that supports Read Only PW
protection (if there is one), or change the file's attribute to Read Only by
rt-clicking the file icon.

Good Luck |:)

"Jennifer Boe" wrote:

I have a .csv file created in Excel 2003 I need to protect from changes to
cells made by any other users. The protection menus and commands all come up
when I try to protect the file, but after it's saved changes can continue to
be made without the password.

Are these .csv files unprotectable? Or is there an additional step?

Thanks so much for any assistance.

jennifer