Deleting rows with locked cells

[Paul Moore]

Hello,

I'm trying to find a way to overcome a "feature" I've dicovered with Excel
protection. If protection is enabled, with the "delete row" checkbox active,
the row cannot be deleted if there are locked cells in the row.

Is there a way to defeat this "feature"?

Cheers,
Paul excel beginner

 

[Dave Peterson]

Unlock those cells to start
or
unprotect the worksheet, do the deletion and then reprotect the worksheet?

 

[Paul Moore]

Dave, I don't want to unlock those cells, they contain formulas that I'm
afraid I might accidentally delete. It would be nice if I (or my users)
didn't have to unprotect the sheet each time.

Is there any other solution?

Regards,
Paul

 

[Dave Peterson]

Give the users a macro that would:
unprotect the worksheet
sort your data
reprotect the worksheet.

Record one when you do it the first time. If you have trouble making it work,
post back what you've got.

You could even plop a button from the forms toolbar onto that worksheet. Assign
your sort macro to it and the users might even be happier since they have less
work to do!

Dave, I don't want to unlock those cells, they contain formulas that I'm
afraid I might accidentally delete. It would be nice if I (or my users)
didn't have to unprotect the sheet each time.

Is there any other solution?

Regards,
Paul