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How do I protect one single cell?
I have a spreadsheet where people are going to type in numbers, and
the final cell is a total, which of course I don't want people to accidentally type over, as it will lose the formula behind it. So...... I put some "data validation" behind that cell, to say only allow entries of text length = 50 - a kind of "mock" condition. Nobody'e ever gonna type in 50 chars. are they?! And sure enough, typing in (eg) 854221 brings up the error box to stop them, just like (eg) HHJSYT brings up the error box to stop them. I even unchecked the ignore blank" box, so that entering (eg) " " does the same. So much for numbers, letters and spaces. HOWEVER, if someone goes into the cell and presses delete, delete, delete (i.e. making a "null" character), it allows this! Help! I can't think of any way round this. Can anybody suggest one? Thanks. |
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How do I protect one single cell?
Hi,
Select all cells then Format|Cells|Protection Un-Check the locked tab Then select the cell you want to protect then Format|Cells|Protection Check the locked tab Protect the sheet with Tools|Protection|protect sheet and add a password if you want and your done. Note this is protection against accidental deletion only and removing your protection even without knowing the password is easilly accomplished Mike "Neil Grafton" wrote: I have a spreadsheet where people are going to type in numbers, and the final cell is a total, which of course I don't want people to accidentally type over, as it will lose the formula behind it. So...... I put some "data validation" behind that cell, to say only allow entries of text length = 50 - a kind of "mock" condition. Nobody'e ever gonna type in 50 chars. are they?! And sure enough, typing in (eg) 854221 brings up the error box to stop them, just like (eg) HHJSYT brings up the error box to stop them. I even unchecked the ignore blank" box, so that entering (eg) " " does the same. So much for numbers, letters and spaces. HOWEVER, if someone goes into the cell and presses delete, delete, delete (i.e. making a "null" character), it allows this! Help! I can't think of any way round this. Can anybody suggest one? Thanks. |
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How do I protect one single cell?
Thanks folks! I was aware of the cell locking and sheet protection
business, but could never connect the two before, hence my trying the data validation rigmarole. It seems I just needed someone to list the steps in the right order! Thanks again. |
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