Can't lock down a defined name list - help!
I have an excel sheet that the first column contains drop downs to select a
code from another tab. I used Insert / Name / Define to choose the list. I have tried to lock every cell and protect the sheet and every cell works fine except where I have the drop downs. What is odd is that even the drop down cells are locked on my Excel (2003) but when I email it to my client (uses Excel 2000) it is not locked and he can click the drop down and choose codes. Please help - thanks! -Steve |
Can't lock down a defined name list - help!
Protection changed its behavior in xl2003 (or was it in xl2002???).
You have to unlock that cell in xl2003. Steve wrote: I have an excel sheet that the first column contains drop downs to select a code from another tab. I used Insert / Name / Define to choose the list. I have tried to lock every cell and protect the sheet and every cell works fine except where I have the drop downs. What is odd is that even the drop down cells are locked on my Excel (2003) but when I email it to my client (uses Excel 2000) it is not locked and he can click the drop down and choose codes. Please help - thanks! -Steve -- Dave Peterson |
Can't lock down a defined name list - help!
What do you mean "have to unlock that cell in xl2003"? Its locked on my
version (2003) but when I send it to my client its not locked on his version (2000). He wants to email that file to his customers but I can't afford for the protection to be hit or miss. How do I ensure that it is locked/protected in all versions from 2000 on? And why would it lock everything except that column (where the drop downs are)??? Is there something different I can do? Thanks! "Dave Peterson" wrote: Protection changed its behavior in xl2003 (or was it in xl2002???). You have to unlock that cell in xl2003. Steve wrote: I have an excel sheet that the first column contains drop downs to select a code from another tab. I used Insert / Name / Define to choose the list. I have tried to lock every cell and protect the sheet and every cell works fine except where I have the drop downs. What is odd is that even the drop down cells are locked on my Excel (2003) but when I email it to my client (uses Excel 2000) it is not locked and he can click the drop down and choose codes. Please help - thanks! -Steve -- Dave Peterson |
Can't lock down a defined name list - help!
I would guess that the cell is still locked in xl2k.
But excel's behavior changed. In xl2k, cells with data|validation could change a locked cell. In xl2003, it can't. So you can just unlock those cells (format|Cells|Protection tab). Steve wrote: What do you mean "have to unlock that cell in xl2003"? Its locked on my version (2003) but when I send it to my client its not locked on his version (2000). He wants to email that file to his customers but I can't afford for the protection to be hit or miss. How do I ensure that it is locked/protected in all versions from 2000 on? And why would it lock everything except that column (where the drop downs are)??? Is there something different I can do? Thanks! "Dave Peterson" wrote: Protection changed its behavior in xl2003 (or was it in xl2002???). You have to unlock that cell in xl2003. Steve wrote: I have an excel sheet that the first column contains drop downs to select a code from another tab. I used Insert / Name / Define to choose the list. I have tried to lock every cell and protect the sheet and every cell works fine except where I have the drop downs. What is odd is that even the drop down cells are locked on my Excel (2003) but when I email it to my client (uses Excel 2000) it is not locked and he can click the drop down and choose codes. Please help - thanks! -Steve -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Can't lock down a defined name list - help!
But I need them locked.
So is there no way to lock those cells in xl2k??? Is there another way of doing a drop down list that would be able to be locked in xl2k? Thanks! "Dave Peterson" wrote: I would guess that the cell is still locked in xl2k. But excel's behavior changed. In xl2k, cells with data|validation could change a locked cell. In xl2003, it can't. So you can just unlock those cells (format|Cells|Protection tab). Steve wrote: What do you mean "have to unlock that cell in xl2003"? Its locked on my version (2003) but when I send it to my client its not locked on his version (2000). He wants to email that file to his customers but I can't afford for the protection to be hit or miss. How do I ensure that it is locked/protected in all versions from 2000 on? And why would it lock everything except that column (where the drop downs are)??? Is there something different I can do? Thanks! "Dave Peterson" wrote: Protection changed its behavior in xl2003 (or was it in xl2002???). You have to unlock that cell in xl2003. Steve wrote: I have an excel sheet that the first column contains drop downs to select a code from another tab. I used Insert / Name / Define to choose the list. I have tried to lock every cell and protect the sheet and every cell works fine except where I have the drop downs. What is odd is that even the drop down cells are locked on my Excel (2003) but when I email it to my client (uses Excel 2000) it is not locked and he can click the drop down and choose codes. Please help - thanks! -Steve -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Can't lock down a defined name list - help!
Doesn't your data|validation stop users from entering invalid data?
Why would you need the cell locked if you have data|validation protecting it? Steve wrote: But I need them locked. So is there no way to lock those cells in xl2k??? Is there another way of doing a drop down list that would be able to be locked in xl2k? Thanks! "Dave Peterson" wrote: I would guess that the cell is still locked in xl2k. But excel's behavior changed. In xl2k, cells with data|validation could change a locked cell. In xl2003, it can't. So you can just unlock those cells (format|Cells|Protection tab). Steve wrote: What do you mean "have to unlock that cell in xl2003"? Its locked on my version (2003) but when I send it to my client its not locked on his version (2000). He wants to email that file to his customers but I can't afford for the protection to be hit or miss. How do I ensure that it is locked/protected in all versions from 2000 on? And why would it lock everything except that column (where the drop downs are)??? Is there something different I can do? Thanks! "Dave Peterson" wrote: Protection changed its behavior in xl2003 (or was it in xl2002???). You have to unlock that cell in xl2003. Steve wrote: I have an excel sheet that the first column contains drop downs to select a code from another tab. I used Insert / Name / Define to choose the list. I have tried to lock every cell and protect the sheet and every cell works fine except where I have the drop downs. What is odd is that even the drop down cells are locked on my Excel (2003) but when I email it to my client (uses Excel 2000) it is not locked and he can click the drop down and choose codes. Please help - thanks! -Steve -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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