Hi folks,

I have a pretty simple spreadsheet in excel 2007 and I need to protect some
of the formulas from being deleted or edited. I can protect the whole sheet
but then users cannot enter data in ANY cell. What am I doing wrong? I just
want to protect the cells with formuls in them.

Al

All cells are "locked" by default, but "locking" does not take effect unless
you protect the worksheet from the "Tools-Protection" menu.
having said that, you need to first select any cells that a user is allowed
to change (select multiple cells using the CTRL) and select all those cells
at once and then hit Ctrl+1 and go to the "Security" tab and unlock those
cells.
Then go to Tools-Protection-Protect Sheet.
if you want you can assign a password

hope this helps?

-kc
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"Al Taylor" wrote:

Hi folks,

I have a pretty simple spreadsheet in excel 2007 and I need to protect some
of the formulas from being deleted or edited. I can protect the whole sheet
but then users cannot enter data in ANY cell. What am I doing wrong? I just
want to protect the cells with formuls in them.

Al

You need to unset the "locked" attribute for the relevant cells, under
Format Cells/ Protection, before you protect the worksheet. By default the
locked attribute is set for all cells.

See http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/he...968401033.aspx and
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/he...785801033.aspx
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David Biddulph

"Al Taylor" wrote in message
...
Hi folks,

I have a pretty simple spreadsheet in excel 2007 and I need to protect
some
of the formulas from being deleted or edited. I can protect the whole
sheet
but then users cannot enter data in ANY cell. What am I doing wrong? I
just
want to protect the cells with formuls in them.

Al