Sometimes if you have forumulas or connected cells... merged, divided, connected etc... OOo wants to protect the sheet because it recognizes that there are "sheets inside the sheet" That's how it does some cell divisions and combinations. You don't see it, but OOo creates mini sheets(to my understanding at least. This is a guess by watching OOo behavior, and some programming experience) Try protecting regular cells on a fresh sheet and see if it still wants to protect your cells if so, try formatting your cells first, then protecting the sheet, or working with an active sheet and a copy as an un-protected sheet. Rigel
On 6/3/05, Marwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I'm trying Openoffice 2.0. > My system is Win 98SE using an Athelon 900mHz prosessor. > I'm having a problem in the 'protection' area. If I try to 'protect' a > cell there is a notation that says the entire sheet must be protected first. > When I do that 'format > cell' is greyed out. > What am I doing wrong? > Also, can the page tab font be made larger? > I would appreciate your help on this. > Thanks, > Jim > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
