In Excel, locked cells are not visually highlighted with a specific color, different font style, or a lock icon by default. Rather, the locked status of a cell is determined by the protection settings of the worksheet. Here's how you can identify locked cells:
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Cell Protection Settings:
- By default, all cells in an Excel worksheet are locked, but this setting only takes effect when the worksheet is protected. You need to check the protection status of the worksheet to identify locked cells.
- To check if a cell is locked, right-click on the cell and select "Format Cells." In the Format Cells dialog box, go to the "Protection" tab to see if the "Locked" checkbox is checked.
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Worksheet Protection:
- If the worksheet is protected (under the Review tab, the "Unprotect Sheet" option will be available), then locked cells cannot be edited.
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Visually Identify:
- While Excel does not automatically highlight locked cells, you can highlight locked cells manually by using Conditional Formatting to apply a specific format to those cells (though this requires you to set it up).
In summary, the options given (highlighted color, different font style, separate tab, lock icon) are not true for identifying locked cells in Excel. The correct way to identify them is by checking the protection settings and confirming whether the worksheet is protected.
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