diff -cNr old/sc/source/ui/view/viewfun2.cxx new/sc/source/ui/view/viewfun2.cxx
*** old/sc/source/ui/view/viewfun2.cxx	Wed Aug  1 00:38:18 2007
--- new/sc/source/ui/view/viewfun2.cxx	Thu Oct 25 15:23:48 2007
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*** 1189,1195 ****
  BOOL ScViewFunc::RemoveMerge( BOOL bRecord )
  {
  	ScRange aRange;
! 	if (GetViewData()->GetSimpleArea( aRange ))
  	{
          ScRange aExtended( aRange );
          GetViewData()->GetDocument()->ExtendMerge( aExtended );
--- 1189,1201 ----
  BOOL ScViewFunc::RemoveMerge( BOOL bRecord )
  {
  	ScRange aRange;
!     ScEditableTester aTester( this );
!     if (!aTester.IsEditable())
!     {
!         ErrorMessage(aTester.GetMessageId());
!         return FALSE;
!     }
! 	else if (GetViewData()->GetSimpleArea( aRange ))
  	{
          ScRange aExtended( aRange );
          GetViewData()->GetDocument()->ExtendMerge( aExtended );