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password protect .csv files
I have a .csv file created in Excel 2003 I need to protect from changes to
cells made by any other users. The protection menus and commands all come up when I try to protect the file, but after it's saved changes can continue to be made without the password. Are these .csv files unprotectable? Or is there an additional step? Thanks so much for any assistance. jennifer |
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Jennifer,
A CSV file contains only the data, separated by commas (and maybe some quote marks as needed). Nothing else. Nothing functional. Only your network or operating system could restrict access. The file contains nothing like that -- only raw data. You can change the Windows properties to Read only, but there's no password, and anyone can reset that. Consider saving it as an Excel workbook. All users will need Excel (or the free viewer) to be able to open it, but now it can protected (for what that's worth -- Excel's security is crackable). -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "Jennifer Boe" <Jennifer wrote in message ... I have a .csv file created in Excel 2003 I need to protect from changes to cells made by any other users. The protection menus and commands all come up when I try to protect the file, but after it's saved changes can continue to be made without the password. Are these .csv files unprotectable? Or is there an additional step? Thanks so much for any assistance. jennifer |
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