Hi,
Did you open the file in browser?
Did this problem appear in all Excel protected Workbooks?
How did you protect the Workbook? Protect Workbook or Worksheet?
If you protect the Worksheets but not Workbook, Worksheets which are protected can only be viewed in Excel for the web. This is by design behavior for Excel.
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