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Macro - Help
Hi,
I don't know whether it is possible. Still I am asking the experts. My requirement is this. In a blank worksheet, if anything is typed in a cell, it must become like protected. Means it cannot be deleted or edited or retyped. This is required for the whole worksheet. Can anybody help? Thanks & Regards, Jaleel |
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Macro - Help
To lock all the cells in a Worksheet in EXCEL 2007 take the following action:-
1. Hit Ctrl-1 to launch Format Cells. 2. Protection tab. 3. Remove the green tick from the box called:- Locked - then hit OK. 4. Highlight all the cells in your Worksheet by clicking in the box to the left of A and above 1 in the top left hand corner. This should cause your Worksheet to become highlighted. 5. Ctrl-1 to launch Format Cells once more. 6. Protection tab. 7. Place a green tick from the box called:- Locked - then hit OK. 8. Home / Cells group / Format / Protect Sheet / place a password in the box called:- Password to unprotect sheet (I have used password called test). At this point there are 3 cells on this window that should have a green tick in them. They a- Protect worksheet and contents of locked cells Select locked cells Select unlocked cells After you have entered your password hit OK and then put the password in again in the box called:- Reenter password to proceed. - and then hit OK. Save the file at this point if required. 9. Close and re-open the file. Now try to amend any of the cells in the Worksheet and you will not be able to. Please hit Yes if my comments have helped. Thanks! (I have just run the above procedure and looks OK to me. Let me know if any probs). "Jaleel" wrote: Hi, I don't know whether it is possible. Still I am asking the experts. My requirement is this. In a blank worksheet, if anything is typed in a cell, it must become like protected. Means it cannot be deleted or edited or retyped. This is required for the whole worksheet. Can anybody help? Thanks & Regards, Jaleel |
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Hi,
What you suggested is to protect the worksheet. But my idea is not that. Worksheet must not be protected. But if anything is entered in any of the cell, that cell must get protected. Thanks & Regards, Jaleel "trip_to_tokyo" wrote: To lock all the cells in a Worksheet in EXCEL 2007 take the following action:- 1. Hit Ctrl-1 to launch Format Cells. 2. Protection tab. 3. Remove the green tick from the box called:- Locked - then hit OK. 4. Highlight all the cells in your Worksheet by clicking in the box to the left of A and above 1 in the top left hand corner. This should cause your Worksheet to become highlighted. 5. Ctrl-1 to launch Format Cells once more. 6. Protection tab. 7. Place a green tick from the box called:- Locked - then hit OK. 8. Home / Cells group / Format / Protect Sheet / place a password in the box called:- Password to unprotect sheet (I have used password called test). At this point there are 3 cells on this window that should have a green tick in them. They a- Protect worksheet and contents of locked cells Select locked cells Select unlocked cells After you have entered your password hit OK and then put the password in again in the box called:- Reenter password to proceed. - and then hit OK. Save the file at this point if required. 9. Close and re-open the file. Now try to amend any of the cells in the Worksheet and you will not be able to. Please hit Yes if my comments have helped. Thanks! (I have just run the above procedure and looks OK to me. Let me know if any probs). "Jaleel" wrote: Hi, I don't know whether it is possible. Still I am asking the experts. My requirement is this. In a blank worksheet, if anything is typed in a cell, it must become like protected. Means it cannot be deleted or edited or retyped. This is required for the whole worksheet. Can anybody help? Thanks & Regards, Jaleel |
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there are ways around it if people know what they're doing, but you can try
something like this. test it on some test data. select all of the cells, click format , cells, and uncheck locked on the protection tab. or select whichever cells you want to work with. then paste the code on the relevant worksheet's code page in the vb editor. change the password to whatever you want. Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) If Target.Count = 1 And Target "" Then ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="123" Target.Locked = True ActiveSheet.Protect Password:="123" End If End Sub -- Gary Keramidas Excel 2003 "Jaleel" wrote in message ... Hi, I don't know whether it is possible. Still I am asking the experts. My requirement is this. In a blank worksheet, if anything is typed in a cell, it must become like protected. Means it cannot be deleted or edited or retyped. This is required for the whole worksheet. Can anybody help? Thanks & Regards, Jaleel |
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Hi Jaleel, you did say:-
"This is required for the whole worksheet." However, I shall come back very shortly and show you how to protect just a few cells. Please hit Yes if my comments have helped. "Jaleel" wrote: Hi, What you suggested is to protect the worksheet. But my idea is not that. Worksheet must not be protected. But if anything is entered in any of the cell, that cell must get protected. Thanks & Regards, Jaleel "trip_to_tokyo" wrote: To lock all the cells in a Worksheet in EXCEL 2007 take the following action:- 1. Hit Ctrl-1 to launch Format Cells. 2. Protection tab. 3. Remove the green tick from the box called:- Locked - then hit OK. 4. Highlight all the cells in your Worksheet by clicking in the box to the left of A and above 1 in the top left hand corner. This should cause your Worksheet to become highlighted. 5. Ctrl-1 to launch Format Cells once more. 6. Protection tab. 7. Place a green tick from the box called:- Locked - then hit OK. 8. Home / Cells group / Format / Protect Sheet / place a password in the box called:- Password to unprotect sheet (I have used password called test). At this point there are 3 cells on this window that should have a green tick in them. They a- Protect worksheet and contents of locked cells Select locked cells Select unlocked cells After you have entered your password hit OK and then put the password in again in the box called:- Reenter password to proceed. - and then hit OK. Save the file at this point if required. 9. Close and re-open the file. Now try to amend any of the cells in the Worksheet and you will not be able to. Please hit Yes if my comments have helped. Thanks! (I have just run the above procedure and looks OK to me. Let me know if any probs). "Jaleel" wrote: Hi, I don't know whether it is possible. Still I am asking the experts. My requirement is this. In a blank worksheet, if anything is typed in a cell, it must become like protected. Means it cannot be deleted or edited or retyped. This is required for the whole worksheet. Can anybody help? Thanks & Regards, Jaleel |
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Protect Specific Range Of Cells Only
Let me assume that I wish to protect the following range of cells D 83 to D 85 (inclusive) in a particular worksheet. In EXCEL 2007 take the following action:- 1. Highlight all the cells in your Worksheet by clicking in the box to the left of A and above 1 in the top left hand corner. This should cause your Worksheet to become highlighted. 2. Hit Ctrl-1 to launch Format Cells. 3. Protection tab. 4. Remove the green tick from the box called:- Locked - then hit OK. 5. Highlight cells D 83 to D 85 inclusive in your Worksheet. This should cause those cells to become highlighted. 6. Ctrl-1 to launch Format Cells once more. 7. Protection tab. 8. Place a green tick from the box called:- Locked - then hit OK. 9. Home / Cells group / Format / Protect Sheet / place a password in the box called:- Password to unprotect sheet (I have used password called test). At this point there are 3 cells on this window that should have a green tick in them. They a- Protect worksheet and contents of locked cells Select locked cells Select unlocked cells After you have entered your password hit OK and then put the password in again in the box called:- Reenter password to proceed. - and then hit OK. Save the file at this point if required. 10. Close and re-open the file. Now try to amend any of the cells D 83 to D 85 in the Worksheet and you will not be able to. 11. Now try to amend any other cells (apart from D 83 to D 85) and you will be able to amend them. Please hit Yes if my comments have helped. Thanks! "Jaleel" wrote: Hi, What you suggested is to protect the worksheet. But my idea is not that. Worksheet must not be protected. But if anything is entered in any of the cell, that cell must get protected. Thanks & Regards, Jaleel "trip_to_tokyo" wrote: To lock all the cells in a Worksheet in EXCEL 2007 take the following action:- 1. Hit Ctrl-1 to launch Format Cells. 2. Protection tab. 3. Remove the green tick from the box called:- Locked - then hit OK. 4. Highlight all the cells in your Worksheet by clicking in the box to the left of A and above 1 in the top left hand corner. This should cause your Worksheet to become highlighted. 5. Ctrl-1 to launch Format Cells once more. 6. Protection tab. 7. Place a green tick from the box called:- Locked - then hit OK. 8. Home / Cells group / Format / Protect Sheet / place a password in the box called:- Password to unprotect sheet (I have used password called test). At this point there are 3 cells on this window that should have a green tick in them. They a- Protect worksheet and contents of locked cells Select locked cells Select unlocked cells After you have entered your password hit OK and then put the password in again in the box called:- Reenter password to proceed. - and then hit OK. Save the file at this point if required. 9. Close and re-open the file. Now try to amend any of the cells in the Worksheet and you will not be able to. Please hit Yes if my comments have helped. Thanks! (I have just run the above procedure and looks OK to me. Let me know if any probs). "Jaleel" wrote: Hi, I don't know whether it is possible. Still I am asking the experts. My requirement is this. In a blank worksheet, if anything is typed in a cell, it must become like protected. Means it cannot be deleted or edited or retyped. This is required for the whole worksheet. Can anybody help? Thanks & Regards, Jaleel |
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Macro - Help
Gary,
Thank you very much. This is exactly what I wanted. Cheers, Jaleel "Gary Keramidas" wrote: there are ways around it if people know what they're doing, but you can try something like this. test it on some test data. select all of the cells, click format , cells, and uncheck locked on the protection tab. or select whichever cells you want to work with. then paste the code on the relevant worksheet's code page in the vb editor. change the password to whatever you want. Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) If Target.Count = 1 And Target "" Then ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="123" Target.Locked = True ActiveSheet.Protect Password:="123" End If End Sub -- Gary Keramidas Excel 2003 "Jaleel" wrote in message ... Hi, I don't know whether it is possible. Still I am asking the experts. My requirement is this. In a blank worksheet, if anything is typed in a cell, it must become like protected. Means it cannot be deleted or edited or retyped. This is required for the whole worksheet. Can anybody help? Thanks & Regards, Jaleel . |
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