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BorisS

hiding cells from others
 
This is not the simple question of "I don't know how to hide cells". Is
there any way that I can hide a cell in such a way that even if copied by
another user over to a new sheet, they won't see a formula?

In other words, I believe that even if rows are hidden, cells are locked,
and formulas hidden, with protection turned on, a foreign user could still
drag across the whole region and paste right onto a workbook to see how the
formulas were derived. Am I right, or am I missing some functionality?
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Boris

Ron Coderre

hiding cells from others
 
Try this:
Set the number format of the cell to:
Category: Custom
Type: ;;;

Set the Protection of the cell to: Locked and Hidden
Protect the sheet

Now, copy/paste should only pick up the value and NOT the formula.

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron


"BorisS" wrote:

This is not the simple question of "I don't know how to hide cells". Is
there any way that I can hide a cell in such a way that even if copied by
another user over to a new sheet, they won't see a formula?

In other words, I believe that even if rows are hidden, cells are locked,
and formulas hidden, with protection turned on, a foreign user could still
drag across the whole region and paste right onto a workbook to see how the
formulas were derived. Am I right, or am I missing some functionality?
--
Boris



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