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Bruce

Can I Protect a cell range only?
 
I don't want to protect the whole sheet, and then set up exclusion ranges. I
want to protect the C column only.

Is there a way to do that?

Gord Dibben

Can I Protect a cell range only?
 
Bruce

By default all cells are locked when the sheet is protected.

Hit CRTL + A(twice if xl2003) then FormatCellsProtection. Uncheck "locked"
and OK.

Select the cells you wish to lock and FormatCellsProtection. Check "locked"
and OK.

Now ToolsProtectionProtect Sheet. This is mandatory!!

You can set a password to unprotect. These can easily be broken in Excel but
will keep your formulas from being accidentally overwritten.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:03:02 -0700, Bruce
wrote:

I don't want to protect the whole sheet, and then set up exclusion ranges. I
want to protect the C column only.

Is there a way to do that?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


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