"frozen" cell in spreadsheet

While running AppleWorks 6.2.9 on a G4 iBook (OS 10.9.1), one cell in one of my spreadsheets has "frozen": I can't delete it, edit it, lock or unlock it, nothing. I've searched high & low and found nothing to restore this one cell to proper operating condition. Meanwhile, everything else in this one spreadsheet is working just fine. Is there a fix for this problem?

HI Bob,
Must be an error is some part of your specs:
G4 iBook is reasonable, as that was the last iBook series.
AppleWorks 6.2.9 was the last version of AppleWorks, so that could happen on an iBook G4
But OS X 10.9.1 can't enter into the mix for several reasons.
The last version of OS X able to run on a G4 processor is Leopard (v10.5.x)
The last version of OS X able to run Rosetta, an environment required for running Power PC applications (including AppleWorks) is Snow Leopard (v10.6.x). Snow Leopard requires an intel processor; the G4 is an IBM/Motorola product.
Regarding the issue at hand, I would suggest a couple of possible solutions:
Try Saving the document as an AppleWorks 5 file, then opening that file using AppleWorks 6. The required translations to v5 then back to v6 has been known to flush out a few problems.
Try copying the whole spreadsheet, then pasting it into an empty spreadsheet in a new document. Like the process above, this has sometimes been enough to remove issues causing problems.
Regards,
Barry

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