Grouped rows disabled when Protecting worksheets!

Greetings to to the forum,

My first post as I have a query which hopefully someone will be able to resolve for me!?

I have a protected worksheet which enables only certain sections to be edited, data inputs etc. I also have a set of rows grouped which need to be activated depending on data type for particular projects to be captured. Problem is, when the sheet is protected, when users click on the + and - buttons to either ungroup and group the rows depending on type of project, this feature is disabled.

I get a popup alert that tells me "You cannot use this command on a protected worksheet. To use this command you must first unprotect the sheet ....". Problem is I don't want all users to have access as giving them the password defeats my purpose of protecting the sheet.

See the attached file, row 23.

Any idea on how to overcome this will be appreciated !??


regards,
Dave