Excel Spreadsheet Protection
Hello,
I have a protected Excel spreadsheet that is available for use by a large population. I would like to allow users to manupulate any saved copies. Currently, when you save a copy to your personal desktop the protection is still active and users can not make the spreadsheet their own. How do I protect the original document but allow user manipulation of copies? -- Michael J. Nowak Energy Systems/Dow Chemical Texas City, TX |
Excel Spreadsheet Protection
Mike,
You could use the _BeforeSave event to check if it a .Save or .SaveAs. If .Save, do nothing as it updating the original. If .SaveAs, remove the protection of the worksheet(s) first. NickHK "Mike" .(donotspam) wrote in message ... Hello, I have a protected Excel spreadsheet that is available for use by a large population. I would like to allow users to manupulate any saved copies. Currently, when you save a copy to your personal desktop the protection is still active and users can not make the spreadsheet their own. How do I protect the original document but allow user manipulation of copies? -- Michael J. Nowak Energy Systems/Dow Chemical Texas City, TX |
Excel Spreadsheet Protection
Nick, thanks for the reply. I am assuming you are talking about writing
macro code to checkthese conditions. I am not a real expert at that. Do you have any more specific details on how I might accomplish this? -- Michael J. Nowak Energy Systems/Dow Chemical Texas City, TX "NickHK" wrote: Mike, You could use the _BeforeSave event to check if it a .Save or .SaveAs. If .Save, do nothing as it updating the original. If .SaveAs, remove the protection of the worksheet(s) first. NickHK "Mike" .(donotspam) wrote in message ... Hello, I have a protected Excel spreadsheet that is available for use by a large population. I would like to allow users to manupulate any saved copies. Currently, when you save a copy to your personal desktop the protection is still active and users can not make the spreadsheet their own. How do I protect the original document but allow user manipulation of copies? -- Michael J. Nowak Energy Systems/Dow Chemical Texas City, TX |
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