Paul, form excel help,

weorksheet protecting
Protecting elements from all users You can prevent users from inserting,
deleting, and formatting rows and columns, from changing the contents of
locked cells, and from moving the cursor to cells that are locked or to
cells that are unlocked.

By default all cells on a worksheet are locked. Before you protect a
worksheet, you can unlock cells where you want users to enter and change
data, in two ways. To unlock cells for all users, you can use the Protection
tab of the Format Cells dialog box. To unlock cells for specific users, you
can use the Allow Users to Edit Ranges dialog box. Any ranges that you
specify in this dialog box and don't assign a password for are also unlocked
for all users. The cells you leave locked become protected only after you
protect the worksheet.

Other worksheet features and elements for which you can restrict access for
all users include hyperlinks, sorting, AutoFiltering, PivotTable reports,
graphic objects, and scenarios. These protections apply to all users and the
entire worksheet, not to individual users or data ranges.

For chart sheets, you can protect the contents of the chart from changes,
and you can protect any graphic objects on the sheet, such as text boxes,
from being changed or deleted. A protected chart sheet continues to be
updated whenever the source data for the chart changes.

Giving specific users access to protected ranges If you have the Windows
2000 operating system, you can allow specific users to edit specific cells
or ranges. Users to whom you grant access can edit the cells even if the
cells are locked. Your access restrictions take effect only after you
protect the worksheet.

The users you specify in the Permissions for range dialog box can
automatically edit the range without entering the password. Other users are
prompted for the password, and users who enter the password can then edit
the range. If a cell belongs to more than one range, users who are
authorized to edit any of the ranges can then edit the cell. If a user
attempts to edit multiple cells at once and is authorized to edit some but
not all of those cells, the user will be prompted to select and edit the
cells one by one.

workbook protecting
Protecting workbook elements and files

Protecting workbook elements You can prevent users from adding or deleting
worksheets, or displaying hidden worksheets. You can also prevent users from
changing the sizes or positions of the windows you set up to display a
workbook. These protections apply to the entire workbook.

To hide an entire workbook so that users can't see it but can gain access to
contents such as macros, use the Hide command on the Window menu, and then
save the hidden workbook.

Protecting a shared workbook You can protect a shared workbook so that
users cannot return it to exclusive use or delete the change history log. If
you want to require a password to remove this type of protection, you must
apply the protection before you share the workbook. Applying the protection
automatically turns on sharing. Unprotecting these features turns off
sharing and deletes all of the saved change history.

Alternatively, you can protect the sharing and change history without a
password. You can apply this protection when a workbook is already shared,
and then unprotecting won't turn off sharing or delete the change history.

file protecting
Protecting a workbook file from viewing and editing You can restrict who
can open and use the data in a workbook file by requiring a password to view
or save changes to the file. You can set two separate passwords, one that
users must enter to open and view the file, and another that users must
enter before they can edit and save changes to the file. These passwords
apply to the workbook file and are separate from the protection provided by
the Protect Workbook dialog box.


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"Paul Cooling" wrote in message
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Can someone please help to explain what the difference is
between protect sheet and protect workbook.

Many thanks in advance

Paul