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Vicki has attended:
Excel Advanced course

Protecting data

In the older version of excel you could protect parts of or all of a spreadsheet. I may be being dozy but I can't seem to find how to do this on the new version.
I have created linked sheets (timesheets actually) which works by - weekly sheets link to a period sheet and that in turn is linked into a valuation sheet. I need to protect the sheets leaving only the cells (which could be columns or rows or groups of cells) that others can input to - thereby protecting my calculations.

Please help

RE: Protecting data

It's Ok I worked it out and it is extremely long-winded process in relation to the previous version. I also worked out that as I had a lot of these to change (5 sheets per period X 13 periods + 1 valuation sheet) I recorded a macro to reduce the effort!

RE: Protecting data

Hi Vicki,

Sorry it has taken a while to look at your question. We have been swamped lately!

I'm glad you solved your issue. Thanks for posting your solution. This will help your fellow delegates too!

Have a great Easter.

Regards, Rich

 

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