First you must have autofilter enabled then when protecting the sheet, allow
"use autofilter" in options.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:13:01 -0700, Don
wrote:

Hi All,

I want to protect and hide formulas for a whole array of cells in
spreadsheet ... Is there a way of doing this but retaining the ability to
apply the Autofilter (under 'Data' menu option)?

Many thax,

Don-