[X4U] Not sure if I should ask this here but I have a excel question

[Michael Winter]

On Jan 26, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Robert Ashton wrote:

> I have one spread sheet that my cursor doesn't change. It stays as  
> an arrow. All the rest of my spread sheets the cursor changes as  
> you move it over different cells. To edit a cell or to add to a  
> cell I have to double click in it. I can't even save the spread  
> sheet as save is grayed out. All other spread sheets are fine. Any  
> ideas would be appreciated.

Sounds to me like the spreadsheet is read only -you aren't allowed to  
make changes. Whether that's a function of Excel or the OS I don't  
know. If you select the file in the Finder and do a File->Get Info,  
do you have write privileges or does it show up as being locked?

-Mike