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Hi folks,
Anyone know of a way I can prevent people selecting a whole column when they sort? the problem is that when people do this the surnames become separated from the first names. I realise this can be overcome by clicking in a cell rather than selecting a column, so I wolud like to make selecting more than 1 cell for a sort impossible. To compound matters I cannot protect the whole sheet as people need to put in info. Help! Many thanks, Danny |
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I think it's more of a training issue.
But for the most part, I try to make sure I select my complete range (all the columns), then use data|sort. I do my best not to let excel guess at ranges to sort, pivot, subtotal, chart, filter, ... On the other hand, maybe you could give the users a Userform (or even Data|form) to enter data. Your macro could unprotect the worksheet, give the users something to use to enter the values, then reprotect the worksheet. You could even give the user a macro to sort the range, too. Danny J wrote: Hi folks, Anyone know of a way I can prevent people selecting a whole column when they sort? the problem is that when people do this the surnames become separated from the first names. I realise this can be overcome by clicking in a cell rather than selecting a column, so I wolud like to make selecting more than 1 cell for a sort impossible. To compound matters I cannot protect the whole sheet as people need to put in info. Help! Many thanks, Danny -- Dave Peterson |
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Genius! Thank you for your help.
Happy New Year!, Best wishes, Danny "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I think it's more of a training issue. But for the most part, I try to make sure I select my complete range (all the columns), then use data|sort. I do my best not to let excel guess at ranges to sort, pivot, subtotal, chart, filter, ... On the other hand, maybe you could give the users a Userform (or even Data|form) to enter data. Your macro could unprotect the worksheet, give the users something to use to enter the values, then reprotect the worksheet. You could even give the user a macro to sort the range, too. Danny J wrote: Hi folks, Anyone know of a way I can prevent people selecting a whole column when they sort? the problem is that when people do this the surnames become separated from the first names. I realise this can be overcome by clicking in a cell rather than selecting a column, so I wolud like to make selecting more than 1 cell for a sort impossible. To compound matters I cannot protect the whole sheet as people need to put in info. Help! Many thanks, Danny -- Dave Peterson |
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