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Use the Merge & Center Button with unprotected Cells - sheet prote
In Office 2003 the Merge and Center button do not function when the sheet is
protected while the unprotected cells do the same behavior, but if you move or cut merged cells and paste to another unprotected location the merged cells become unmerged and the target location becomes merged on an unprotected area. This behavior is good when you need to have part of the sheet protected and part unprotected. My suggestion for Microsoft for the merge and center button: this feature needs to work in unprotected cells while other parts of the sheet are protected. On Excel 2003 work in an indirect way. But in Excel 2007 this behavior was eliminated which is bad. When the sheet is protected the merge and center button do not work on unprotected cells while other parts of the sheet is protected. I am a analytical chemist from the Food and Drug Administration and we work with Excel Analytical Application extensively and our analyst need to have part of the sheet protected and other unprotected in order to create different analytical application using the USP and other company method for food and drug analytical method. We have done extensive research on spreadsheet analytical applications and discover a way for our analysts to develop from a template their analytical application which look similar to other analysts which make it easer to verify by other analysts because all formatting properties are similar. The merge and center button is essential when a template sheet form has protected as well as unprotected cells. By doing this we can control better the application development. We call this workbook files "single-user" (need 100% verification by a second analyst each time a workbook file template is developed) because the template in use only one time, when the analyst complete the analytical method it personalized for that particular drug analysis and is used only one time. The printed report is used as the official document which can be used in a court of law. The file is save and archived for future audits. We also have "multi-user" applications (need validation documentation) which can be use by more than one analyst. This type of workbook files the formulas cells are protected while the data-entry cells are unprotected. Also these types of workbook file are used in the pharmaceutical industries. I have several publications (US FDA Laboratory Information Bulleting) on this topics (single-user / multi-user). Upon request I can send them. I hope you can understand the above situation with the merge and center buttom. I not please give me a call, and we can discuss. Dennis Cantellops, QAM US FDA San Juan District 787-474-4795 ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.excel.setup |
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Use the Merge & Center Button with unprotected Cells - sheet prote
Hi Dennis,
Can you send me detailed steps that show the difference in behavior between Excel 2007 and Excel 2003? (I'm not sure from reading your post exactly how to reproduce the issue that you're seeing) Cheers, Dan Excel Team Note: We've only got a couple weeks to get bugs filed and fixed, so if I've requested additional info via email, it'd be great if you can get that to us ASAP. Please include any necessary sample files, as well as detailed repro steps so that we can try to reproduce the problem on our side. Also - if you're emailing me directly (definitely the most efficient at this point) you'll want to fixup my email address to remove everything after danbatt and before the @. "Dennis Cantellops" wrote in message ... In Office 2003 the Merge and Center button do not function when the sheet is protected while the unprotected cells do the same behavior, but if you move or cut merged cells and paste to another unprotected location the merged cells become unmerged and the target location becomes merged on an unprotected area. This behavior is good when you need to have part of the sheet protected and part unprotected. My suggestion for Microsoft for the merge and center button: this feature needs to work in unprotected cells while other parts of the sheet are protected. On Excel 2003 work in an indirect way. But in Excel 2007 this behavior was eliminated which is bad. When the sheet is protected the merge and center button do not work on unprotected cells while other parts of the sheet is protected. I am a analytical chemist from the Food and Drug Administration and we work with Excel Analytical Application extensively and our analyst need to have part of the sheet protected and other unprotected in order to create different analytical application using the USP and other company method for food and drug analytical method. We have done extensive research on spreadsheet analytical applications and discover a way for our analysts to develop from a template their analytical application which look similar to other analysts which make it easer to verify by other analysts because all formatting properties are similar. The merge and center button is essential when a template sheet form has protected as well as unprotected cells. By doing this we can control better the application development. We call this workbook files "single-user" (need 100% verification by a second analyst each time a workbook file template is developed) because the template in use only one time, when the analyst complete the analytical method it personalized for that particular drug analysis and is used only one time. The printed report is used as the official document which can be used in a court of law. The file is save and archived for future audits. We also have "multi-user" applications (need validation documentation) which can be use by more than one analyst. This type of workbook files the formulas cells are protected while the data-entry cells are unprotected. Also these types of workbook file are used in the pharmaceutical industries. I have several publications (US FDA Laboratory Information Bulleting) on this topics (single-user / multi-user). Upon request I can send them. I hope you can understand the above situation with the merge and center buttom. I not please give me a call, and we can discuss. Dennis Cantellops, QAM US FDA San Juan District 787-474-4795 ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.excel.setup |
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