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Protect Workbook
I keep reading the Excel Help and rubbing my eyes and looking at Excel and
rubbing my eyes some more . . . I need to prevent users from changing the names of my worksheets. I have a few formulas that "hard code" sheet names inside INDIRECT formulas, so any change to the sheet names causes a Ref# error. When I looked in Help it says the following: On the Tools menu, point to Protection, and then click Protect Workbook. To protect the structure of a workbook so that worksheets in the workbook can't be moved, deleted, hidden, unhidden, or renamed, and new worksheets can't be inserted, select the Structure check box. I see no such menu option in Excel 2003. There is something about Worksheet Sharing, but not the basic protection features described in Help. There has to be a way - besides some type of VBA workaround - to prevent users from changing the names of worksheets, right? |
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I have excel 2003 and if I click on protect workbook the "structure" option
box displays. You could also try password protection on the sheet or workbook. "andy62" wrote: I keep reading the Excel Help and rubbing my eyes and looking at Excel and rubbing my eyes some more . . . I need to prevent users from changing the names of my worksheets. I have a few formulas that "hard code" sheet names inside INDIRECT formulas, so any change to the sheet names causes a Ref# error. When I looked in Help it says the following: On the Tools menu, point to Protection, and then click Protect Workbook. To protect the structure of a workbook so that worksheets in the workbook can't be moved, deleted, hidden, unhidden, or renamed, and new worksheets can't be inserted, select the Structure check box. I see no such menu option in Excel 2003. There is something about Worksheet Sharing, but not the basic protection features described in Help. There has to be a way - besides some type of VBA workaround - to prevent users from changing the names of worksheets, right? |
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ToolsProtectionProtect Workbook is a standard meny item and does what you
want. Perhaps it has been dragged off the Tools menu? Go to ToolsCustomize then right-click on Tools on your menu bar and "Reset" Also while in ToolsCustomize dialog open the Options tab and "always show full menus" A note of warning here. You can password protect a workbook under ToolsProtection but Excel's internal security is quite weak and passwords can easily be broken. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:48:02 -0700, andy62 wrote: I keep reading the Excel Help and rubbing my eyes and looking at Excel and rubbing my eyes some more . . . I need to prevent users from changing the names of my worksheets. I have a few formulas that "hard code" sheet names inside INDIRECT formulas, so any change to the sheet names causes a Ref# error. When I looked in Help it says the following: On the Tools menu, point to Protection, and then click Protect Workbook. To protect the structure of a workbook so that worksheets in the workbook can't be moved, deleted, hidden, unhidden, or renamed, and new worksheets can't be inserted, select the Structure check box. I see no such menu option in Excel 2003. There is something about Worksheet Sharing, but not the basic protection features described in Help. There has to be a way - besides some type of VBA workaround - to prevent users from changing the names of worksheets, right? |
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Thanks, Gord, but for some reason even Reset does not restore the missing
menu item. But you got me to a workaround: from the long list of toolbars I selected "Protection" which popped up with five little icons, one of which is "Protect Workbook" and provides the missing functionality. Funny, though, that I cannot restore it onto the regular drop-down menu. Some errant gamma ray hit just the right spot on my hard drive, maybe. Thanks. "Gord Dibben" wrote: ToolsProtectionProtect Workbook is a standard meny item and does what you want. Perhaps it has been dragged off the Tools menu? Go to ToolsCustomize then right-click on Tools on your menu bar and "Reset" Also while in ToolsCustomize dialog open the Options tab and "always show full menus" A note of warning here. You can password protect a workbook under ToolsProtection but Excel's internal security is quite weak and passwords can easily be broken. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:48:02 -0700, andy62 wrote: I keep reading the Excel Help and rubbing my eyes and looking at Excel and rubbing my eyes some more . . . I need to prevent users from changing the names of my worksheets. I have a few formulas that "hard code" sheet names inside INDIRECT formulas, so any change to the sheet names causes a Ref# error. When I looked in Help it says the following: On the Tools menu, point to Protection, and then click Protect Workbook. To protect the structure of a workbook so that worksheets in the workbook can't be moved, deleted, hidden, unhidden, or renamed, and new worksheets can't be inserted, select the Structure check box. I see no such menu option in Excel 2003. There is something about Worksheet Sharing, but not the basic protection features described in Help. There has to be a way - besides some type of VBA workaround - to prevent users from changing the names of worksheets, right? |
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Thanks for the feedback.
Gord On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:34:00 -0700, andy62 wrote: Thanks, Gord, but for some reason even Reset does not restore the missing menu item. But you got me to a workaround: from the long list of toolbars I selected "Protection" which popped up with five little icons, one of which is "Protect Workbook" and provides the missing functionality. Funny, though, that I cannot restore it onto the regular drop-down menu. Some errant gamma ray hit just the right spot on my hard drive, maybe. Thanks. "Gord Dibben" wrote: ToolsProtectionProtect Workbook is a standard meny item and does what you want. Perhaps it has been dragged off the Tools menu? Go to ToolsCustomize then right-click on Tools on your menu bar and "Reset" Also while in ToolsCustomize dialog open the Options tab and "always show full menus" A note of warning here. You can password protect a workbook under ToolsProtection but Excel's internal security is quite weak and passwords can easily be broken. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:48:02 -0700, andy62 wrote: I keep reading the Excel Help and rubbing my eyes and looking at Excel and rubbing my eyes some more . . . I need to prevent users from changing the names of my worksheets. I have a few formulas that "hard code" sheet names inside INDIRECT formulas, so any change to the sheet names causes a Ref# error. When I looked in Help it says the following: On the Tools menu, point to Protection, and then click Protect Workbook. To protect the structure of a workbook so that worksheets in the workbook can't be moved, deleted, hidden, unhidden, or renamed, and new worksheets can't be inserted, select the Structure check box. I see no such menu option in Excel 2003. There is something about Worksheet Sharing, but not the basic protection features described in Help. There has to be a way - besides some type of VBA workaround - to prevent users from changing the names of worksheets, right? |
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