XL97: Cannot Edit Text Box with Unlocked Text

ID: Q158711


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SYMPTOMS

When you click a text box with unlocked text on a protected worksheet, you cannot select the text box in edit mode, and the Edit Text command is not available when you right-click the text box.


CAUSE

This behavior occurs when all of the following conditions are true:

When the worksheet is protected, if you assign a macro to a text box, you cannot edit the text in the text box. Instead, the macro runs when you click the text box.

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel.


RESOLUTION

To edit the text in the text box, first unprotect the worksheet, and then edit the text. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Protection, and then click Unprotect Sheet.


  2. Type the password, if applicable, and click OK.


  3. Right-click the text box, and click Edit Text on the shortcut menu.

    The text box is selected in edit mode, and you can modify the text.


Additional query words: XL97 8.0 8.00 textbox


Keywords          : kbprg kbui kbdta xlui xlformat xldraw KbVBA xlvbmigrate 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 6, 1999