Is there a better way to notify a user that a worksheet is unprotected other
than reviewing the toolbar.

For relatively inexperienced users, it is oftentimes necessary for them to
unprotect a worksheet, clear some rows which contain various locked columns
and then re-protect the sheet. An alert message (flashing in the worksheet)
would prevent them from forgetting to re-protect.

Even better would be to not have to unprotect the sheet. Clearing a row
containing both locked and unlocked cells should allow the unlocked cells to
clear without having to unprotect the sheet.

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