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Any Excel gurus out there?

Postby Dutchy » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:07 pm

How do I protect a cell in a spreadsheet (I have a formula that I dont want tampered with) I know how to protect the whole spreadsheet but I dont want to do that I just want one cell protected

Any help please?
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Re: Any Excel gurus out there?

Postby grant j » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:29 pm

Go to format cells and select protection.

that should do it
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Re: Any Excel gurus out there?

Postby smac » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:33 pm

You will then need to enable sheet protection for that to work.

An alternative would be to put the formula in a selectionchange macro that would add that formula to that cell anytime someone changed that cell. Sounds difficult, but it isn't. PM if you want a hand.
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Re: Any Excel gurus out there?

Postby Dutchy » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:24 pm

Thanks Gents all done :D
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