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Can Excel be use to a limited degree without the full program
Can an Excel spreadsheet be distributed that allows only limited values be
changed, not formulas, to users without Excel? Sort of mortgage amortization tables, etc. as example. User can plug in some numbers, see results, but can not change the core algorithms. If s, how would this be done? Thanks, Doug Sanders |
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Can Excel be use to a limited degree without the full program
Doug
You can download the Excel viewer from here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=EN -- HTH Nick Hodge Microsoft MVP - Excel Southampton, England DTHIS web: www.nickhodge.co.uk blog (non-tech): www.nickhodge.co.uk/blog/ "Doug Sanders" wrote in message ink.net... Can an Excel spreadsheet be distributed that allows only limited values be changed, not formulas, to users without Excel? Sort of mortgage amortization tables, etc. as example. User can plug in some numbers, see results, but can not change the core algorithms. If s, how would this be done? Thanks, Doug Sanders |
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"Doug Sanders" wrote in message
ink.net... Can an Excel spreadsheet be distributed that allows only limited values be changed, not formulas, to users without Excel? Sort of mortgage amortization tables, etc. as example. User can plug in some numbers, see results, but can not change the core algorithms. If s, how would this be done? Thanks, Doug Sanders No in a word. To change anything in a spreadsheet, the user needs to have an application capable of opening and editing it, and the only applications that will do that are full Excel-compatable spreadsheet programs. The viewer, as recommended by another poster, only allows (afaik) just that, viewing. The viewer CANNOT change anything. |
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Been a while since I used the viewer, but I believe the users can make changes and play what-if when opened in the Viewer. Just can't save the changes. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 28 May 2007 13:40:29 +0100, "Gordon" wrote: No in a word. To change anything in a spreadsheet, the user needs to have an application capable of opening and editing it, and the only applications that will do that are full Excel-compatable spreadsheet programs. The viewer, as recommended by another poster, only allows (afaik) just that, viewing. The viewer CANNOT change anything. |
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I'll try the viewer and see what it can do.
Thanks Doug Sanders "Doug Sanders" wrote in message ink.net... Can an Excel spreadsheet be distributed that allows only limited values be changed, not formulas, to users without Excel? Sort of mortgage amortization tables, etc. as example. User can plug in some numbers, see results, but can not change the core algorithms. If s, how would this be done? Thanks, Doug Sanders |
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"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message
... Gordon Been a while since I used the viewer, but I believe the users can make changes and play what-if when opened in the Viewer. Just can't save the changes. Thanks for that info - I've never used the Viewer! |
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Can Excel be use to a limited degree without the full program
Remember that in Microsoft Word you can insert a Microsoft Excel worksheet
that requires double clicking to "get into". But once into it, you have full Excel functionality. So you could set up your worksheet... then use the protection feature so that only the cells you wish folks to have access to... can be accessed and changed. Not sure if that will help or not... but another idea anyway. -- Kathryn Groves "Doug Sanders" wrote in message ink.net... Can an Excel spreadsheet be distributed that allows only limited values be changed, not formulas, to users without Excel? Sort of mortgage amortization tables, etc. as example. User can plug in some numbers, see results, but can not change the core algorithms. If s, how would this be done? Thanks, Doug Sanders |
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Can Excel be use to a limited degree without the full program
But that implies that Excel is available on the recipient's system. When you
embed an object (as the Excel workbook within the Word document) the object is inoperative unless the creating application is available. The actual Excel application does not get embedded into the document along with the workbook - the basic core of Excel 2007 is 16.8MB in size, for Excel 2003 it's 9+MB. Files of that size won't even make it through most email systems these days. Since the OP has said they don't have Excel, it's back to the Viewer for a solution. Another drawback might be that if they don't have Excel they very well may not have Word either, since both Word and Excel are contained in all versions of Office. Although they could have Word as a stand alone application or as part of the Works suite. "Kate G." wrote: Remember that in Microsoft Word you can insert a Microsoft Excel worksheet that requires double clicking to "get into". But once into it, you have full Excel functionality. So you could set up your worksheet... then use the protection feature so that only the cells you wish folks to have access to... can be accessed and changed. Not sure if that will help or not... but another idea anyway. -- Kathryn Groves "Doug Sanders" wrote in message ink.net... Can an Excel spreadsheet be distributed that allows only limited values be changed, not formulas, to users without Excel? Sort of mortgage amortization tables, etc. as example. User can plug in some numbers, see results, but can not change the core algorithms. If s, how would this be done? Thanks, Doug Sanders |
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