I am working on both MS Office 2003 and 2007. I am currently working some formulas on the worksheet which I would like to be protected. Therefore I would like some cells in the sheet to be protected and therefore only the person knowing the password (administrator) will be able to change.
View 3 RepliesIs there a way to just protect just a single cell, in order to lock & hide a formula within that cell, without having to password protect the whole worksheet?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have users filling in data in columns C and D, I need a macro which will select everything entered and lock those cells - well the catch is, if both columns have data. If column C or D are empty I need that row to remain unlocked. No sorting can occur as well.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a spreadsheet with about 2000 lines of vba code. My application needs to be protected so users don't mess themselves up; however, I really only needs the contents of cells to be protected. I have many macros that run, and in order to do this I need to unprotect and re-protect the worksheets. My problem is this: when I re-protect the worksheets, everything is locked up. I would like to allow users to change column widths, hide and un-hide rows, etc. I can't find the parameters needed to do this more controlled type of locking. Is there a list somewhere of all the parameters that can be passed to the Protect method? Here is my current subroutine:
Sub ProtectSheets()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
ws.Protect Password:="password"
Next
End Sub
I would like to lock some collumns and yet change the formating on the unlocked cells mi other columns. Is there another way to protect cells other than locking cells and then protecting the worksheet?
View 5 Replies View RelatedHow can I password protect a certain range of cells (titled 'list'), that when someone tries to edit them, a password dialogue box appears, saying only bob can edit these cells please enter password
I have a shared workbook is it at all possible to leave the cells unprotected so a user can enter data but prevent cells from being formated
for instance someone on night shift with nothing better to do has decided that black text on a white background is boring and changes it frequently to a rainbow of colors. and text types
it is making a well laid out and good sheet look like something a child has done
I would pursue this down a discipline line but it has proved impossible to nail down the culprit from the many users
A1 is number of days available
this sheet goes to a routing recepient from me who fills A2 and B2. C2 and D2 are calculated.
A2 has starting date
B2 has ending date
C2 is days between these two dates
D2 is number of days left i.e. A1-C2
I want to lock and protect cells A2,B2,C2 and D2 so that these cannot be changed when I route it back to get next set of dates to be filled by the same person.
I am trying to make a little game for a friend of mine. It picks a random number 1-1000 then he gets 10 chances to guess the number. After each guess, it tells him if the number is higher or lower. I have a userform that you put it your first guess, hit a button, and it tells you if the number is higher or lower. All the guess blanks and buttons are on the same UserForm. However, after you push the first button, the UserForm doesn't work anymore. How do I get it to stay functional the whole time?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have had a workbook that has 2 sheets.
When I protect the main sheet with a password, the unlocked cells are also locked.
When I move my cursor over any cells, it has the pointed finger as though it has a macro over it, which it doesn't.
When I click on any cell, the screen flashes and a large part of the screen momentarily it looks like a selected area.
I also am using Freeze Panes. Removed the Freeze and still no good.
If I use the horizontal scroll bar and click the right arrow 3 times, they become unlocked.
If I move the screen 3 clicks to the left, it re-locks all of the unlocked cells.
I have a spreadsheet where I need to lock certain cells, only problem is this then takes away the ability to filter the columns which I also still need in that spreadsheet.
Is there a way to lock cells so that they can not be edited but also keep the filtering function?
I have a spreadsheet that i use as a log for recording when certain tasks have been completed.
Each worksheet in the workbook represents one month. Within each month, there are monthly tasks and weekly tasks. Currently i manually unlock the relevant weekly cells at the beginning of each week, and lock them again at the start of the next week. Similarly with the monthly task cells.
Is there a way for Excel to automatically unlock the relevant cells based on date so i don't have to go through this task at the start of every week and every month?
I have certain cells in my spreadsheet that contain formulas linking them with other sheets within my workbook. I have grouped sets of rows in my first 2 sheets (to show just headings and to expand to subheadings & details). When I try protect the cells with formulas on the sheet then it blocks me from expanding or contracting the row groups.
Is there an easier way to stop someone editing or deleting the data in my cells? There are about 2 dozen cells with formulas in my first sheet that need protecting - unfortunately not in any particular order...
I've found many resources that tell me how to allow for the insertion/editing of comments within a protected worksheet. When I protect the worksheet, I can select "Edit objects" to allow anyone to insert comments.
However, my issue is that I'd like the Insert/Edit comment functionality to require a password, and this happens to be the opposite of what those resources instruct. I also want the content in those same cells to be editable by anyone.
I have a worksheet from which I regularly clear all contents by selecting all the rows and selecting 'Clear Contents' from the right button menu. However, I now have added a formula in Col Y that I want to protect. I know I could select all columns up thru X, but that would clear the R1 headers, so I want to avoid doing that. I can always work around, but I'm curious, is there a way to clear only values and thus protect the formulas when using the Clear Contents command?
I am looking for a functional way to break up very large amounts of data. I am looking to break them up by an ID number and then by date. The date function needs to break up data from a hire date to the closest date to a year without going over and proceed to do that for multiple years. I am hoping that the function can just add a blank row between the split data. The file that I have not comatins three years.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a some sheets in a workbook that have collapsible columns, but I need to have the sheet protected/locked. This is for a my company's price book that goes out to distributors, so I can't have the sheet unlocked to where they can manipulate pricing. However, I need to have collapsible columns. Is it possible to have these functional while the sheet is locked?
View 10 Replies View Relatedcolumn I row 11 has a functional argument that simply states to display the output
as .843 I need to edit it to .844 and I cannot seem to find out where or howto edit it.
There are others like this that I need to do too so I need to learn how to do it. Not just have someone do it for me.
ALSO as you can see this sheet displays #N/A all over the filled in cells... I would like them to be blank until I enter some pertinent info... I tried this is cell m7 BUT as you can see in m12 it goes back to the N/A
I am creating a very simple spreadsheet to manage my gym memberships. It basically has membership number, first name, last name, membership type (drop down box) start date and expiry date. I have put in conditional formatting so that the expiry date goes red when expired but i want to try and automate the inputting of the dates so for example.
If i select '1 week membership) from the drop down box in the membership type box it will firstly change the start date to the current date (i think this is using the NOW() function) and secodnly changes the expriry date to todays date plus 6 days. Ofcourse i want the expiry date to increase depending on the selection so if i select 1 month membership it would be now date plus 28 days.
I am stuck as to how i can do this and from internet tutorials have been told it requires macro as it cant be done any other way?
we all have a team, and we are scored on calls, appointments, demos, proposals, and revenue. Rather than asking us to do one or all of these metrics, I would like to have a bulls eye chart that could show people their bonus eligability, so if for example 50% of the circles are touching the bulls eye circle, you would be able to adjust what you need to work on for bonus.
Here is a sample graph.
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Here is sample data I am trying to work withsampledata2.xlsx
I would like to protect the worksheet from modification by other users except column A ( suppose A1: A15).
I have been doing this by removing Locked on format cell and then Protect Sheet on Review tab.
Is it the right way or there are other more reliable way?
I have created a form that allows users to input data to an excel sheet, and also will enable users to view the data once they are done.
Is there a way to unprotect the sheet using VBA so that the data can be written, and then protecting once the data has been input?
I've got about 50 worksheets in a workbook and I'd like to protect them all.
Problem however is that I've got buttons in my worksheets that insert rows, delete rows.
I've also got a dynamic chart with listboxes that select data.
When I protect my worksheets all this is disabled.
Is there a way around this?
This is what I've done so far:
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I have a bunch of worksheets in my workbook say around 50
Each worksheet has the same template layout!
I am trying to figure out a macro that will select all worksheets from 'KLKN':'KFSN' and protect the cells L45:L52 accross to AL45:AL52
Unfortunately I cannot select all worksheets and protect them, instead I would have to manually do this, or create a macros that will do it for me...
I am trying to protect all sheets on a Workbook Close event.
I don't want the user to even be able to Select the Loked cells so I set it up that way through formating of cells.
This is what I have tried:
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
Dim sh As Worksheet
For Each sh In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
sh.Protect Password:="P@ssword", DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True
ActiveSheet.EnableSelection = xlUnlockedCells
' sh.Protect Password:="P@ssword"
Next sh
End Sub
I even tried the commented out line in that postion instead of where it is now.
It does protect but still allows selection of locked cells.
when protect a workbook and select the option for window the window then only appears as about two thirds of a full window?
Is there a way in which you can protect the workbook, select the window option and have the window appear as full size?
Version used: Excel 2003
I have a spreadsheet that everyone in my department uses. My boss has asked me to protect certain columns so that only I can edit them but leave others so that the rest of the depratment can use those.
I have tried locking the ones I am to use and unlocking the ones the others can use then protecting the document. This works well enough as far as it goes, however, it is combersome having to unprotect then reprotect it every time I need to work on it. Also, that method makes the drop down lists that we are using for easy sorting no longer function.
I have a very large workbook - there are only five sheets of this workbook that should be viewed by anyone. What I would like to do and just can't seem to find a solution is...
I would like to set the workbook so that when opening I use a password which will give me full access to anything in the workbook - upon read only, a user would be able to open the entire workbook without a password - but only view it's contents - not be able to do any adjustments.
I have locked cells which I do not want anyone to adjust the formulas to, then protected the sheet - this works, however, because there are so many sheets, it becomes very tedious to unlock and lock sheets to work in them.
I have a Sheet with some Macro Buttons for the boss to use.
How can I protect the sheet from any Data Entry changes, but still allow the Buttons to be used?
I tried a few scenarios and in all, the Buttons can't be used.
I have a work sheet with formulars on column A,B,E and F,(from row 19-119) Column C and D are for inputing data. How do I protect the the columns with formulars at the same time be able to input in column c and D.When I try using protect worksheet it protects all including the one for imputing data..