I have cells that are not protected, but then I protect the sheet with only the "Select unlocked cells" option checked. Since there is a "format cells" box that is not checked, it implies I should not be able to format the cells. I can not directly format cells this way.
But the problem is that if I do a drag (with plus sign) or a copy/cut/paste it modifies the formatting. For example, I have an outside border on a group of cells. If I drag the first cell down, all of the cells have borders. This is not my intent and I have no way to stop this from happening. Any ideas?