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How can I protect two columns in a sheet. Eg. I could enter data in any cell
except in the cells of colums K and M.
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How can I protect two columns in a sheet. Eg. I could enter data in any
cell
except in the cells of colums K and M.
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You need to lock the cells. How you do that depends on the version of Excel
you have - press F1 and read the help file for 'lock cells'


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Select the whole worksheet ( Ctrl A )
Format menu ( Ctrl 1)
Protection tab uncheck "lock" OK
Select columns K and M
Ctrl 1
Protection tab
CHECK " lock " OK
Protect whole worksheet :
toolsprotectionprotect sheet and
choose a password, password again OK


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How can I protect two columns in a sheet. Eg. I could enter data in any cell
except in the cells of colums K and M.
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"FC" wrote:

Select the whole worksheet ( Ctrl A )
Format menu ( Ctrl 1)
Protection tab uncheck "lock" OK
Select columns K and M
Ctrl 1
Protection tab
CHECK " lock " OK
Protect whole worksheet :
toolsprotectionprotect sheet and
choose a password, password again OK


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How can I protect two columns in a sheet. Eg. I could enter data in any cell
except in the cells of colums K and M.
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Many Thanks. Regards,

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