I understand the lock cells feature and have read how to do this and I have
even password protected my locked cells. But, what I don't understand is that
you can actually copy my spreadsheet that is locked into another blank excel
spreadsheet and then you can unhide the columns that you have locked and
protected. This creates a problem for me as I do not want my customer's
seeing my cost on a column that I'm hiding and trying to protect. Any
suggestions?



"Paul B" wrote:

funbox,
By default all cells in excel are protected or locked, select the cells you
want to unlock and go to format, cells, protection and uncheck locked, the
go to tools, protection, and protect sheet, enter a password if you want,
now only the cells that you unlocked can be edited. Be aware that this
protection is very easy to break, the code to do so can be found very easy,
but it will work for most people .

If you only need a few locked I would select them all first, Ctrl A, then
go to format, cells, protection and uncheck locked, then select the cells
you want to lock and go to format cells and check locked, the go to tools,
protection, and protect sheet, enter a password if you want, now the cells
that you locked can not be edited


--
Paul B
Always backup your data before trying something new
Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it
Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
Using Excel 2002 & 2003

"funbox" wrote in message
...
have done a spread sheet and want to lock multiple cells so they cant be
typed over

Aside from users being able to copy the cells to another sheet or workbook
they could also simply link to those hidden data by opening a new workbook
or inserting a sheet and entering linked formulas to that sheet

The only real solution is....................

If you don't want them to see it, don't include it in the workbook.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:51:03 -0800, Sandy
wrote:

I understand the lock cells feature and have read how to do this and I have
even password protected my locked cells. But, what I don't understand is that
you can actually copy my spreadsheet that is locked into another blank excel
spreadsheet and then you can unhide the columns that you have locked and
protected. This creates a problem for me as I do not want my customer's
seeing my cost on a column that I'm hiding and trying to protect. Any
suggestions?



"Paul B" wrote:

funbox,
By default all cells in excel are protected or locked, select the cells you
want to unlock and go to format, cells, protection and uncheck locked, the
go to tools, protection, and protect sheet, enter a password if you want,
now only the cells that you unlocked can be edited. Be aware that this
protection is very easy to break, the code to do so can be found very easy,
but it will work for most people .

If you only need a few locked I would select them all first, Ctrl A, then
go to format, cells, protection and uncheck locked, then select the cells
you want to lock and go to format cells and check locked, the go to tools,
protection, and protect sheet, enter a password if you want, now the cells
that you locked can not be edited


--
Paul B
Always backup your data before trying something new
Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it
Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
Using Excel 2002 & 2003

"funbox" wrote in message
...
have done a spread sheet and want to lock multiple cells so they cant be
typed over