How lock just some cells "Cowtoon" <noemailaddress[ at ]nowhere.com> 29.09.2006 16:50:44 I have an excel spreadsheet and I want to lock portions of it ... not all. Can that be done. Locking alone doesn't work, but protection locks the entire worksheet down. How do I beat this? Thanks.

Re: How lock just some cells Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca> 29.09.2006 17:23:59 By default all cells are locked when the sheet is protected. Hit CRTL + A(twice if xl2003) then Format>Cells>Protection. Uncheck "locked" and OK. Select the cells you wish to lock and Format>Cells>Protection. Check "locked" and OK. Now Tools>Protection>Protect Sheet. This is mandatory and no way to "beat it" unless you want to get into VBA. You can set a password to unprotect. These can easily be broken in Excel but will keep your formulas from being accidentally overwritten. NOTE the options available in xl2002 and 2003 when you hit Protect Sheet Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:50:44 -0600, "Cowtoon" <noemailaddress[ at ]nowhere.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I have an excel spreadsheet and I want to lock portions of it ... not all. >Can that be done. Locking alone doesn't work, but protection locks the >entire worksheet down. > >How do I beat this? Thanks. > Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Re: How lock just some cells "Cowtoon" <noemailaddress[ at ]nowhere.com> 29.09.2006 22:21:03 Thanks Gord. That's great ... it works. I was missing the first step to unlock everything at the start. Thanks. Diana "Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message news:ihlqh2t7v67urqlpavvjbl47eign9f6227[ at ]4ax.com... By default all cells are locked when the sheet is protected. Hit CRTL + A(twice if xl2003) then Format>Cells>Protection. Uncheck "locked" and OK. Select the cells you wish to lock and Format>Cells>Protection. Check "locked" and OK. Now Tools>Protection>Protect Sheet. This is mandatory and no way to "beat it" unless you want to get into VBA. You can set a password to unprotect. These can easily be broken in Excel but will keep your formulas from being accidentally overwritten. NOTE the options available in xl2002 and 2003 when you hit Protect Sheet Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:50:44 -0600, "Cowtoon" <noemailaddress[ at ]nowhere.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I have an excel spreadsheet and I want to lock portions of it ... not all. >Can that be done. Locking alone doesn't work, but protection locks the >entire worksheet down. > >How do I beat this? Thanks. > Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP