I cannot open a structure protected excel document - please help!

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tidswels

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******** type=text/javascript><!--google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2974935598394359";/* Ad001 */google_ad_slot = "2220822013";google_ad_width = 234;google_ad_height = 60;//-->*********>******** type=text/javascript src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">*********>I tried locking an excel document and i ticked a box that said protect structure, and then entered my password and now I cannot open the document. It is a white square on my desktop now with no options to do anything, it cannot even be attached to an email or deleted. This was on excel 2008 on a macbook.

I desperately need to open this document but am struggling! Please help if you know how I can sort this out please!

Sam
 

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