sheet protection
 

i am trying to protect a sheet in an excel 2000 workbook so i go to tools -
protection - sheet protection- and type in the password but then when i go to
the sheet i can make changes to the cells so in reality the sheet is not
protected
please help!

Try the instructions here, Aimee:
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/...soft_excel.htm
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"aimee" wrote in message
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i am trying to protect a sheet in an excel 2000 workbook so i go to
tools -
protection - sheet protection- and type in the password but then when i go
to
the sheet i can make changes to the cells so in reality the sheet is not
protected
please help!

I think you need to lock the cells. Go to format cells and lock them, then
they can't be altered. (I think!)

"aimee" wrote:

i am trying to protect a sheet in an excel 2000 workbook so i go to tools -
protection - sheet protection- and type in the password but then when i go to
the sheet i can make changes to the cells so in reality the sheet is not
protected
please help!