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I need to protect individual cells in Excel like Supercalc did.
In the cells you want protected go to the Format Menu and
Format/Cells/Protect and/or Hidden You can mark as many cells as you want in one operaation. Then protect the worksheet. Only the cells you formatted will be Hidden/Protected. ed cells in my Excel spreadsheet. The old SuperCalc allowed me to protect my formulas so i could not accidentally overwrite or delete them. I've tried many times to figure it out. it only allows me to protect a whole file. this is usless to me. Please change this feature or let me know how. Thanks. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc |
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I need to protect individual cells in Excel like Supercalc did
To all 3 replies. Thanks for the instruction. I will try this today. Hope
it works. But it sure was easier in SuperCalc. All you did was select the cell/s, then click "protect". That was it. This is like traveling from Houston to L.A. by way of NY. <g PS: to add to the sheet each week now, do I have to unprotect the file each time then protect again? "ed" wrote: In the cells you want protected go to the Format Menu and Format/Cells/Protect and/or Hidden You can mark as many cells as you want in one operaation. Then protect the worksheet. Only the cells you formatted will be Hidden/Protected. ed cells in my Excel spreadsheet. The old SuperCalc allowed me to protect my formulas so i could not accidentally overwrite or delete them. I've tried many times to figure it out. it only allows me to protect a whole file. this is usless to me. Please change this feature or let me know how. Thanks. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc |
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I need to protect individual cells in Excel like Supercalc did
To start with...............you are not protecting the file, just the worksheet.
Second of all, Excel is NOT Supercalc so forget most of what you learned and work with what Excel has to offer. If you want a click method of protecting cells, ToolsCustomizeCommandsFormat. Scroll down until you find the Lock Cells button with the PadLock. Drag it to your toolbar. This toggles lock/unlock for seleted cells. Also under CommandsTools find the Protect Sheet button and drag it up to toolbar. To add to the sheet each week you will most likely have to unprotect the sheet to unlock more cells if that is you wish. And one more sad note: Excel internal protection is quite weak and passwords can be cracked easily. Assume the protection is for accidental overwriting of formulas and not to hide sensitive material and you will do fine. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:05:02 -0700, DaNoArt wrote: To all 3 replies. Thanks for the instruction. I will try this today. Hope it works. But it sure was easier in SuperCalc. All you did was select the cell/s, then click "protect". That was it. This is like traveling from Houston to L.A. by way of NY. <g PS: to add to the sheet each week now, do I have to unprotect the file each time then protect again? "ed" wrote: In the cells you want protected go to the Format Menu and Format/Cells/Protect and/or Hidden You can mark as many cells as you want in one operaation. Then protect the worksheet. Only the cells you formatted will be Hidden/Protected. ed cells in my Excel spreadsheet. The old SuperCalc allowed me to protect my formulas so i could not accidentally overwrite or delete them. I've tried many times to figure it out. it only allows me to protect a whole file. this is usless to me. Please change this feature or let me know how. Thanks. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc |
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I need to protect individual cells in Excel like Supercalc did
Well if there is a toolbar toggle switch I can activate, then that is GREAT!
I should have joined this group years ago. I like Excel better than Supercalc. However, I was just surprised that Excel didn't have the feature when something as antiquated as SuperCalc did. Thanks for the tip. "Gord Dibben" wrote: To start with...............you are not protecting the file, just the worksheet. Second of all, Excel is NOT Supercalc so forget most of what you learned and work with what Excel has to offer. If you want a click method of protecting cells, ToolsCustomizeCommandsFormat. Scroll down until you find the Lock Cells button with the PadLock. Drag it to your toolbar. This toggles lock/unlock for seleted cells. Also under CommandsTools find the Protect Sheet button and drag it up to toolbar. To add to the sheet each week you will most likely have to unprotect the sheet to unlock more cells if that is you wish. And one more sad note: Excel internal protection is quite weak and passwords can be cracked easily. Assume the protection is for accidental overwriting of formulas and not to hide sensitive material and you will do fine. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:05:02 -0700, DaNoArt wrote: To all 3 replies. Thanks for the instruction. I will try this today. Hope it works. But it sure was easier in SuperCalc. All you did was select the cell/s, then click "protect". That was it. This is like traveling from Houston to L.A. by way of NY. <g PS: to add to the sheet each week now, do I have to unprotect the file each time then protect again? "ed" wrote: In the cells you want protected go to the Format Menu and Format/Cells/Protect and/or Hidden You can mark as many cells as you want in one operaation. Then protect the worksheet. Only the cells you formatted will be Hidden/Protected. ed cells in my Excel spreadsheet. The old SuperCalc allowed me to protect my formulas so i could not accidentally overwrite or delete them. I've tried many times to figure it out. it only allows me to protect a whole file. this is usless to me. Please change this feature or let me know how. Thanks. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc |
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