locking cells
 

excel version 2003
i have 4 cells that once one is select i dont want the user to be able to
type in the others
is there anyway to control this

locking cells
 

Cells are locked by default but has no bearing until you protect the
Worksheet. IF only 4 cells, Ctrl+A Format cell - Protection - unchecked
Locked. Now select your 4 cells and Lock them, then protect the Worksheet.


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Regards
Dave Hawley
www.ozgrid.com
"rwbaker" wrote in message
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excel version 2003
i have 4 cells that once one is select i dont want the user to be able to
type in the others
is there anyway to control this

locking cells
 

the situation is more like
i have 4 rows
9 thru 21
26 thru 29
31 thru 38
41 thru 47

if they select one i dont want them to be able to select another
so what i need to do is not allow them to make mutiple selections

"ozgrid.com" wrote:

Cells are locked by default but has no bearing until you protect the
Worksheet. IF only 4 cells, Ctrl+A Format cell - Protection - unchecked
Locked. Now select your 4 cells and Lock them, then protect the Worksheet.


--
Regards
Dave Hawley
www.ozgrid.com
"rwbaker" wrote in message
...
excel version 2003
i have 4 cells that once one is select i dont want the user to be able to
type in the others
is there anyway to control this

locking cells
 

But you didn't share the columns on the rows that need to be checked. Are they
contiguous -- like columns E:H or are they non-contiguous?

And do you really mean that you have 4 groups of rows?

You could do this kind of thing with an event macro, but I wouldn't. I'd use a
helper cell (add a new column A) and put a warning message in that cell:

=if(counta(E9:h9)<2,"","Error! Please only one entry on this row!"

Then give it a nice format (big, red, letters).

You could even use this column to check for errors -- in code or using another
formula.



rwbaker wrote:

the situation is more like
i have 4 rows
9 thru 21
26 thru 29
31 thru 38
41 thru 47

if they select one i dont want them to be able to select another
so what i need to do is not allow them to make mutiple selections

"ozgrid.com" wrote:

Cells are locked by default but has no bearing until you protect the
Worksheet. IF only 4 cells, Ctrl+A Format cell - Protection - unchecked
Locked. Now select your 4 cells and Lock them, then protect the Worksheet.


--
Regards
Dave Hawley
www.ozgrid.com
"rwbaker" wrote in message
...
excel version 2003
i have 4 cells that once one is select i dont want the user to be able to
type in the others
is there anyway to control this


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Dave Peterson