I have a spreadsheet in which I have locked certain cells, then I protected
the spreadsheet (Tools Protection Protect Worksheet). However, I can
still write to the locked cells. I can prevent that by not allowing users to
select locked cells, but I would like them to be able to copy and paste.
What am I missing? I am using Access 2003.

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If you can still edit locked cells then you have not protected the worksheet
properly.

Or the cells you think are locked are not.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 05 May 2010 19:38:24 GMT, "BruceM via OfficeKB.com" <u54429@uwe
wrote:

I have a spreadsheet in which I have locked certain cells, then I protected
the spreadsheet (Tools Protection Protect Worksheet). However, I can
still write to the locked cells. I can prevent that by not allowing users to
select locked cells, but I would like them to be able to copy and paste.
What am I missing? I am using Access 2003.

Try this,

Goto Tools-Protection-Protect Sheet (instead of protect workbook)

All the best

I thought I had provided enough detail to show I had locked the cells and
protected the worksheet properly. However, there is a layer of protection I
had not considered. It was an inherited workbook, and it turns out that
ranges were unlocked (Tools Protection Allow User to Edit Ranges.
Presumably this option is intended to allow certain users to edit ranges, but
instead they had implemented it without requiring a password, which was
effectively the same as unlocking the cells. All cells were locked (Format
Cells Protection), but ranges were exempted behind the scenes.



Gord Dibben wrote:
If you can still edit locked cells then you have not protected the worksheet
properly.

Or the cells you think are locked are not.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

I have a spreadsheet in which I have locked certain cells, then I protected
the spreadsheet (Tools Protection Protect Worksheet). However, I can
still write to the locked cells. I can prevent that by not allowing users to
select locked cells, but I would like them to be able to copy and paste.
What am I missing? I am using Access 2003.

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Message posted via http://www.officekb.com

Thanks for letting us know Bruce.

One thing I never thought of. I never use the "allow users to edit ranges"


Gord

On Thu, 06 May 2010 11:42:23 GMT, "BruceM via OfficeKB.com" <u54429@uwe
wrote:

I thought I had provided enough detail to show I had locked the cells and
protected the worksheet properly. However, there is a layer of protection I
had not considered. It was an inherited workbook, and it turns out that
ranges were unlocked (Tools Protection Allow User to Edit Ranges.
Presumably this option is intended to allow certain users to edit ranges, but
instead they had implemented it without requiring a password, which was
effectively the same as unlocking the cells. All cells were locked (Format
Cells Protection), but ranges were exempted behind the scenes.



Gord Dibben wrote:
If you can still edit locked cells then you have not protected the worksheet
properly.

Or the cells you think are locked are not.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

I have a spreadsheet in which I have locked certain cells, then I protected
the spreadsheet (Tools Protection Protect Worksheet). However, I can
still write to the locked cells. I can prevent that by not allowing users to
select locked cells, but I would like them to be able to copy and paste.
What am I missing? I am using Access 2003.