Locking Fomulas

[Rahn]

How can I lock the formulas in a woorksheet but allow others to add
information in it without deleting the formulas. (Excel Office 2007 )
Thanks,
Rahn

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[trip_to_tokyo]

EXCEL 2007

Take the following actions assuming that the range that you wish to, "lock"
is D 83 to D 85.

1. Go into you Worksheet and click on cell to the left of column A and above
the number 1.

This should highlight the whole Worksheet.

2. Ctrl + 1 (at the same time) / Custom Lists pane should launch (sometimes
this window has a different name because there is a bug in the software here)
/ go to the Protection tab / remove the tick (check) from the Locked field
and hit OK.
3. Now go back to your Worksheet and highlight cells D83 to D 85 only / Ctrl
+ 1 again / Custom Lists should launch / go to Protection tab again and place
a tick (check) in the Locked field / OK.

4. Home tab / Cells group / Format / Protect Sheet / Protect Sheet window
should launch / put a password of your choice in / hit OK / put password in
again / OK.
5. Now to test that it has worked go back to cells D 83 to D 85.

If you try to enter info into any of those 3 cells you will not be able to
but you will be able to see the formulas there.

6. You should be able to enter data into all other cells in the Worksheet.

If my comments have helped please hit Yes.

Thanks.

 

[Gord Dibben]

By default all cells on a sheet are locked when you protect the sheet.

Best is to select all cells by CTRL + a and unlock all by going to
Format>cells>Protection Tab.

Then select those cells which you want locked(formula cells) and set them to
locked.

Now protect the sheet. Users can edit unlocked cells.

See options for allowables when go to Tools>Protect Sheet

BTW...........why is this a suggestion for Microsoft?

The feature currently exists.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP