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David Ryan David Ryan is offline
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Default Macro Help

Hi folks
I need to have a section of a spreadsheet become locked after data is
entered. I found a great macro someone wrote on the net that does the trick.
The code is;

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)

On Error GoTo justenditall

Application.EnableEvents = False
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A1:A20")) Is Nothing Then
If Target.Value < "" Then
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="thepassword"
Target.Locked = True
End If
End If

ActiveSheet.Protect Password:="thepassword"

justenditall:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

As I said this works well. However I need to reset the cells at times so
that they behave as if originally blank.
What happens is once the cell/s have been used when I delete the data then
insert new data the cells that have already been used and "emptied" all
become locked straight away. However the Cells that have never had data in
them still behave OK ie remain usable till used for the first time.

I hope this makes sense and will appreciate any help.

Note the macro above is not mine but obtained by net search. Not sure who
wrote it but all cudos to them.

Regards David