Gnumeric and Applix can modify locked Excel files?

[Dave Horsfall <dave () horsfall org>]

I found I was able to modify a supposedly password-locked Excel file
without the password, with Gnumeric (a free *nix clone of Excel) and
Applix (a commercial *nix clone of Office).

To test this further (since I don't do Windoze) would anyone happen to
have some non-sensitive locked spreadsheets that they could share with me?

You can get the spreadsheet from http://horsfall.org/ft100memory0504.xls
(but be gentle, as it's a slow link; there's nothing interesting there).

-- Dave

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