I would like to know if there is a way with excel 2003 to protect a cell and
the type the answer in that cell?

Example:

Name______________________ and to be able to type your name in the line.

In order to do this you would need to validate the names because Excel has no
way of knowing if John Smith or sfnksdfk is a name.

To do this create a list of accpetable names and then select your input cell
and click data - validation - select list and then input the range of your
list (A1:A100 for example). users will then only be able to selct names from
the validated list.

Mike

"Scottyvan" wrote:

I would like to know if there is a way with excel 2003 to protect a cell and
the type the answer in that cell?

Example:

Name______________________ and to be able to type your name in the line.