Cell protection in Excel refers to the ability to lock individual cells or ranges of cells to prevent them from being edited or modified. This can be done while allowing other cells on the sheet to be edited. When cells are locked, users can still view the data and perform calculations but...
You could use VBA code to prevent some cells from being edited, but that only helps with accidental edits. Someone who knows a bit about Excel can easily circumvent it by either opening the workbook without allowing macros, or by temporarily disabling events. Here is what you could do: ...
But that would also make it impossible to "add/subtract/multiply/divide any of the cells and/or columns"... marcocol Activate the Review tab of the ribbon. In the Protect group, click Protect Sheet. Clear the check boxes 'Select locked cells' and 'Select unlocked cells'. If you wish, ...
The protection tools in Excel are really weakand can be easily hacked. I have asked the Excel team about this issue before in thislink. With regards to the flawyou've mentioned, the worksheet that has a code should be blocked from copying and moving into another workbook or at least mo...
try this: this assumes that ALL cells of the worksheet are "Locked" the 1st module will allow protection and insert row. the 2nd module will insert "unlocked" row after the activecell, thus will allow copy paste, with the copied-from-cell still protected. ...
this assumes that ALL cells of the worksheet are "Locked" the 1st module will allow protection and insert row. the 2nd module will insert "unlocked" row after the activecell, thus will allow copy paste, with the copied-from-cell still protected. ...
Hi all, Hope everyone is doing well there. I would like to seek advise from experts here on how to 'lock certain cells without protecting the worksheet.' Is it possible to do so? My compa... paritoshkavra Protect / lock individual cells in Excel ...
Hi all, Hope everyone is doing well there. I would like to seek advise from experts here on how to 'lock certain cells without protecting the worksheet.' Is it possible to do so? My compa... NikolinoDE Hey Nikoline, I will try out and see. ...