Problem with protected Excel worksheet in protected Word document

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Anthony Travis

I have inherited a Word document that contains form fields. The document is
protected. It also contains a number of Excel worksheets, which contain
unlocked cells for users to complete - in the locked cells, hidden formulae
then calculate totals. I needed to change the wording (not the formulae) in
the worksheet, so i unprotected it and unlocked all the cells. However, when
I locked the cells I needed to (leaving the user input cells unlocked) and
protected the worksheet again, I found i could access any cell in the
worksheet from Word. What is more, when I tried to re-protect the Word
document, Word crashed completely.
I'm fairly fluent in Word & Excel, but this is all new to me and I can't
find anything in the help sections.
Any ideas out there?
 

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