Sorry, I'm stumped. If the cell's locked and the sheet's protected, that should be that. Unless someone has figured out your sheet-protect password, and is just toying with you...
If it's repeatable, post a copy of the workbook. Regards - Dave. > Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:52:07 -0700 > Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ MS Excel 2003: odd sheet protection/cell > locking behavior > From: jeffhollifield1...@gmail.com > To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > I don't think my question was clear. I understand how to lock or > unlock cells. The problem I'm having isn't with this. What I'm > seeing is that when the Worksheet Protection is on, and a cell is > Locked, that users are able to enter data into the cell anyway. > > Has anyone seen this before or have any idea why this would be > happening. There is no VBA in this workbook, so there's nothing > behind the scenes happening to turn off sheet protection. > > On Mar 17, 12:57 am, Dave Bonallack <davebonall...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Each cell has to be locked for protection to have any effect. > > > > Select one of the cells that is disobediently accepting data > > > > Format, Cells, Protection tab, click 'Locked' > > > > Do this for each cell you want to lock, or you can select lots of cells in > > the ordinary way, or with the Ctrl key, and just do the 'Locked' thing once. > > > > Regards - Dave. > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:35:15 -0700 > > > Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ MS Excel 2003: odd sheet protection/cell > > > locking behavior > > > From: jeffhollifield1...@gmail.com > > > To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > I've got an Excel spreadsheet that is used for collecting some data > > > from end users and each tab uses Sheet Protection with a password, > > > with users able to select locked & unlocked cells. 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