yes the worksheet is protected by password , the password was filled in xls padlock at the time of compiling , also formula protection of xls padlock has not been used , since sheet does not contain any formulas , the top 2 rows has been protected by excel protection features , rest of the cells has been marked as unlocked while using excel protection feature .
however after compiling the workbook when data is pasted prom another workbook to the unlocked cells of the worksheet , the unlocked cells gets converted to locked and no editing is allowed . no such issued is found while using the workbook before compiling
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