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With (RefLink[Evaluatable, paclet:ref/Evaluatable])->(RefLink[True, paclet:ref/True]), typing (Key1[shift, MacOSXreturnenter]) in the front end when the cell is selected will cause the contents of the cell to be sent to the Wolfram Language kernel for evaluation.

(RefLink[Evaluatable, paclet:ref/Evaluatable]) is more often set for styles of cells than for individual cells.

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Use (RefLink[Evaluatable, paclet:ref/Evaluatable]) settings to specify whether a cell can be evaluated:

nb=CreateDocument[{TextCell["2+2","Text",Evaluatable->True],ExpressionCell[Defer[3+3],"Input",Evaluatable->False]}];SelectionMove[nb,All,Notebook];

The first cell can be evaluated, and the second cell cannot:

SelectionEvaluate[nb]

A cell that cannot be evaluated:

CellPrint[ExpressionCell[Defer[1+1],"Input",Evaluatable->False]]

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