In Excel, I want to be able to type in a cell, superscript it, and then lock
it. so later when the cell is filled out, it still has the original data in
it (for example "name:") but you can type in the cell and still have the
original data there.

Place "name:" in its own cell then remove the border to the cell below.
I believe that is the only workaround.

"JDR" wrote:

In Excel, I want to be able to type in a cell, superscript it, and then lock
it. so later when the cell is filled out, it still has the original data in
it (for example "name:") but you can type in the cell and still have the
original data there.