Excel 2007 to 2013 not allowing data to be added to cell

[rob read]

Hi,

I have created an Excel spreadsheet in 2007. When a friend opens the workbook in Excel 2013, It does not let him add data to the cells. ( just one column which is the "date" column) The worksheet is not locked or protected.

When I right-click on the column and goto format cells, protection, the box is ticked, but the note says this doesn't take effect unless the sheet is protected witch it isnt.

The other columns work fine.

Any ideas/

thanks Rob

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Thanks for changing the thread title

Check whether you are seeing any message saying Protected Content like that... in the top!

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Check the message bar whether it is opened as protected mode then you have to click enable editing. you may find the message bar in yellow or red colors.

[rob read]

Thanks Mate,

Just waiting for my friend to "team View" so i can check it out.

will let you know.

cheers Rob

[rob read]

OK,

No, there is no protected work sheet or any protection I can tell.

The cells are showing a drop-down box, but there should not be one there.

The other column cells can be added to, but just not the first column which is the Date column.
cheers Rob

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Just take a screen shot and post it here for better understanding...