Cannot password protect an Excel doc.

A

armil

I created a Excel doc., entered a password to protect it but doc. will
open without a password. Tried it serveral times.

Armil
 
J

JE McGimpsey

armil said:
I created a Excel doc., entered a password to protect it but doc. will
open without a password. Tried it serveral times.
Click to expand...

Did you enter the password by clicking on Options in the Save As dialog,
and entering the password in the Password to open file input box?
 
C

CyberTaz

Did you create a password to *Open* or a password to *Modify*? If the
latter, no pw need be entered to open the file but it opens as Read Only.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 9/30/07 9:39 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "armil"

I created a Excel doc., entered a password to protect it but doc. will
open without a password. Tried it serveral times.

Armil
 
A

armil

Did you enter the password by clicking on Options in the Save As dialog,
and entering the password in the Password to open file input box?
Click to expand...

Thanks a lot JE Mc now it works just fine.........Armil
 

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