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I can still select & manipulate locked & protected cells in '07
I have an Excel 2007 worksheet that rotates between locked and unlocked rows.
I protect the document correctly (checking the boxes “select unlocked cells” & “format cells”), but I am still able to indirectly select and manipulate the locked cells. To do this I select an unprotected cell and drag the cursor vertically over any number of unprotected and protected cells and then end the drag on an unprotected cell. This highlights (and selects) both the unlocked & locked cells and I am able to manipulate all of them freely (i.e. changing the background color etc.). How can I stop this from happening? Thanks! |
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I can still select & manipulate locked & protected cells in '07
Hi,
When you protect the sheet you have several options you can check. If you check allow formatting cells then you can do that even on locked cells so remove the checkmark -- Mike When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the question. "Jesse" wrote: I have an Excel 2007 worksheet that rotates between locked and unlocked rows. I protect the document correctly (checking the boxes “select unlocked cells” & “format cells”), but I am still able to indirectly select and manipulate the locked cells. To do this I select an unprotected cell and drag the cursor vertically over any number of unprotected and protected cells and then end the drag on an unprotected cell. This highlights (and selects) both the unlocked & locked cells and I am able to manipulate all of them freely (i.e. changing the background color etc.). How can I stop this from happening? Thanks! |
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