I made a spread sheet for work the has some cells protected then a password.
But once I enable the password, the spell check cannot be used.

Any help would be appreciated

Using a macro is the only work around that I know of.

Sub Spell_Check()
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="justme"
Cells.CheckSpelling SpellLang:=1033
ActiveSheet.Protect Password:="justme", DrawingObjects:=True, _
Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True
End Sub

Unprotects the sheet, does the spellcheck then reprotects the sheet.

"justme" can be changed to your password.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:32:00 -0800, Brian
wrote:

I made a spread sheet for work the has some cells protected then a password.
But once I enable the password, the spell check cannot be used.

Any help would be appreciated

This process is new to me. How would I implement this in Excel?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Using a macro is the only work around that I know of.

Sub Spell_Check()
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="justme"
Cells.CheckSpelling SpellLang:=1033
ActiveSheet.Protect Password:="justme", DrawingObjects:=True, _
Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True
End Sub

Unprotects the sheet, does the spellcheck then reprotects the sheet.

"justme" can be changed to your password.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:32:00 -0800, Brian
wrote:

I made a spread sheet for work the has some cells protected then a password.
But once I enable the password, the spell check cannot be used.

Any help would be appreciated

With your workbook open, hit Alt + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor.

Ctrl + r to open the Project Explorer.

Right-click on your workbook/project and InsertModule.

Paste the macro into that module.

Alt + q to return to the Excel window.

Protect the sheet with the password "justme"(no quotes)

Then run the macro from ToolsMacroMacros or assign it to a button or shortcut
key.


Gord



On Thu, 8 May 2008 09:43:03 -0700, Whitney
wrote:

This process is new to me. How would I implement this in Excel?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Using a macro is the only work around that I know of.

Sub Spell_Check()
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="justme"
Cells.CheckSpelling SpellLang:=1033
ActiveSheet.Protect Password:="justme", DrawingObjects:=True, _
Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True
End Sub

Unprotects the sheet, does the spellcheck then reprotects the sheet.

"justme" can be changed to your password.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:32:00 -0800, Brian
wrote:

I made a spread sheet for work the has some cells protected then a password.
But once I enable the password, the spell check cannot be used.

Any help would be appreciated