Protect Cells

[Kathleen Bell]

I have a spreadsheet which has continuing data. Every month I copy the last
month's columns and put the current month's data in it. Once a journal
entry has been made the data cannot change. I woud like to protect the past
months, but still be able to work with the current month's cells. I have
changed the cells to say protect and it does nothing. It says I have to
change the sheet to be protected. When I do that I cannot change the
current month cells. How to I protect the past month and leave the current
month unprotected?

 

[Paul B]

Kathleen,

By default all cells in excel are protected or locked, select the cells you
want to unlock and go to format, cells, protection and uncheck locked, the
go to tools, protection, and protect sheet, enter a password if you want,
now only the cells that you unlocked can be edited. Be aware that this
protection is very easy to break, the code to do so can be found very easy,
but it will work for most people .

If you only need a few locked I would select them all first, Ctrl A, then
go to format, cells, protection and uncheck locked, then select the cells
you want to lock and go to format cells and check locked, the go to tools,
protection, and protect sheet, enter a password if you want, now the cells
that you locked can not be edited


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Paul B
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