Unlock all layers

Hi everybody.
i recieved a illustrator file with thousands of layers/sublayers, one of them is locked, and illustrator don't let me replace a font because says that "layer is locked".
there is a command to unlock all layers?
or to force a replace font without unlocking?
Thanks

Try locking one of your top layers. It will be available then as here
When I had no top layers locked it looked like yours.

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ing mode:
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