finding the password to unlock a protected cell/chart

I'm trying answer a survey in an excel sheet and everytime I try to type in
an answer a message comes up saying I need to remove protection.When I head
up to tools and follow the prompts,I need a password to complete the
procedure . Can anyone tell me what that password is ?

Thanks

P

Hi,

Have you contacted the original author of the survey?

Cheers
Andy

Pizza wrote:
> I'm trying answer a survey in an excel sheet and everytime I try to type in
> an answer a message comes up saying I need to remove protection.When I head
> up to tools and follow the prompts,I need a password to complete the
> procedure . Can anyone tell me what that password is ?
>
> Thanks
>
> P

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info

Hi Andy

Thanks for responding to my question.

It's not a "survey" as such. It basically an excel sheet which is a music
quiz ..you play a soundbite and answer who the artist is and song titile
etc.However when I went to type in an answer a message appeared as I stated
before. I've never encountered this before and was wondering what the
password would be to unlock this cell/chart so I can do this quiz !!
Sorry..it's not really important..or life or death..but I thought it odd I
needed a password to do anything !!

Cheers

P

"Andy Pope" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Have you contacted the original author of the survey?
>
> Cheers
> Andy
>
> Pizza wrote:
> > I'm trying answer a survey in an excel sheet and everytime I try to type in
> > an answer a message comes up saying I need to remove protection.When I head
> > up to tools and follow the prompts,I need a password to complete the
> > procedure . Can anyone tell me what that password is ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > P
>
> --
>
> Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
> http://www.andypope.info
>

Well the password would be whatever the author used to protect the
sheet/workbook.

As to why you should need a password to complete the quiz I can not say.
But it does not seem very practical, assuming you are using the the quiz
as instructed.

Maybe you could post a link to the location of the quiz.

Cheers
Andy

Pizza wrote:
> Hi Andy
>
> Thanks for responding to my question.
>
> It's not a "survey" as such. It basically an excel sheet which is a music
> quiz ..you play a soundbite and answer who the artist is and song titile
> etc.However when I went to type in an answer a message appeared as I stated
> before. I've never encountered this before and was wondering what the
> password would be to unlock this cell/chart so I can do this quiz !!
> Sorry..it's not really important..or life or death..but I thought it odd I
> needed a password to do anything !!
>
> Cheers
>
> P
>
> "Andy Pope" wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Have you contacted the original author of the survey?
>>
>>Cheers
>>Andy
>>
>>Pizza wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying answer a survey in an excel sheet and everytime I try to type in
>>>an answer a message comes up saying I need to remove protection.When I head
>>>up to tools and follow the prompts,I need a password to complete the
>>>procedure . Can anyone tell me what that password is ?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>P
>>
>>--
>>
>>Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
>>http://www.andypope.info
>>

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info