When you press F2, does your PC says something like "this file is protected mode "? Then you should hear something like " to unprotect press F6". After pressing F6 you should get a drop menu and arrow donw to get to unprotect. These are the steps I take when I get a file that is protected. This work for word, excel and any MS office files. Good luck
Moe -----Original Message----- From: Talk <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike via Talk Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2019 8:01 AM To: madl--- via Talk <[email protected]> Cc: Mike <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Reading cells and fields in xl Hello When I press f6 the only option I get is to allow editing, which doesn't work, or close. I've tried it several times but as soon as I press f2 I get the warning about protected mode again. Perhaps I am going about this in the wrong way. All I want to do is to be able to cursor across names and scores. Unfortunately because names are ocasionally spelt wrongly, searching for a name doesn't always work. Consequently, I have to tab and cursor until I can find the name I want. That is when I need to be able to read the name letter by letter because I need to find it several more times. The spread sheet is the results from an acoustic shooting competition which has anything from 60 to 100 competitors and each name will appear multiple times. I hope that makes sense because it felt like a rant. Best wishes Mike. On 11/08/2019 14:42, madl--- via Talk wrote: > Yes , all you have to do is as follow. > Presss F6 and erro down to take it out of protection mode, once you do that > use F2 to edit cell as normly do. > I am sorry I was responding with my I phone and the space got in there by > mistake. > > Good luck > > Moe > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Mike via Talk > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2019 6:33 AM > To: Rod Hutton via Talk <[email protected]> > Cc: Mike <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Reading cells and fields in xl > > Hello Rod > > > Thanks but I have tried it without the space and still no luck. > > > I have been working down through the file menu to options and then trusted, > as recommended by John. However, Window-eyes won't allow me to check or > uncheck the boxes which seem to have something to do with my problem. > > > I may have to wait for sighted assistance. > > > Best wishes > > > Mike. > > > > On 11/08/2019 11:22, Rod Hutton via Talk wrote: >> Hi Mike, >> >> I don't work with Excel much, but I venture a guess that the space you read >> in the response was related to the fact that the person was dictating his >> response on his iPhone. >> Therefore, what I'm saying is the space should be ignored. Smile >> >> Hth, >> >> Rod >> >> Sent from Outlook for Windows >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Talk <[email protected]> >> On Behalf Of Mike via Talk >> Sent: August 11, 2019 4:12 AM >> To: Moe Adl via Talk <[email protected]> >> Cc: Mike <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Reading cells and fields in xl >> >> Hello >> >> >> Unfortunately, this doesn't appear to work on my machine. After pressing f6 >> followed by space f2 I get the same message about protected mode. Many >> thanks though for taking the time to reply. >> >> >> Best wishes >> >> >> Mike. >> >> On 11/08/2019 00:42, Moe Adl via Talk wrote: >>> Press F6 to take it out of protection mode. Then you can use Space F2. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Aug 10, 2019, at 2:32 PM, Mike via Talk <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello Everyone >>>> >>>> I occasionally receive xl spread sheets that I need to be able to read >>>> character and numbers individually.The files are protected and so I can't >>>> use f2. Is there any way, using Window-eyes that I can cursor across >>>> names and numbers? >>>> >>>> With thanks in advance >>>> >>>> Mike. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >>>> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>>> >>>> For membership options, visit >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/madl%40comcast.net. >>>> For subscription options, visit >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>> List archives can be found at >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >>> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>> >>> For membership options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/kazejaed%40runbox.com. >>> For subscription options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> List archives can be found at >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rod_hutton%40hotmail.com. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/kazejaed%40runbox.com. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/madl%40comcast.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/kazejaed%40runbox.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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