word 2003 table cell lock

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word perfect allows you to protect selected table cells from further entry.
excel also has this feature. i cannot find a way to do this in an ms word
table. can you help?

thanx

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craig phila

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

You can do this, although it's really backwards. Essentially, you make
everything "read only", then give Everyone an exception, then undo the
exception for the cells you want to protect.

General procedure:

1. Apply No Changes editing restrictions to the entire document.

2. Make an Exception for "Everyone" for all parts of the document except for
the cells you want to protect.

Specifically:

1. Press Ctrl+A to select the entire document.

2. Choose Tools - Protect Document.

3. Under editing restriction, section 2, tick "Allow only this type of
editing in the document", and set the dropdown to No Changes (Read only).

4. Under Exceptions, tick Everyone.

5. Select the cell(s) you want to protect.

6. Untick the Everyone exception.

7. Click Start Enforcing Protection (use a password if desired, but DON'T
forget it!), or leave the password blank. Click OK.

All told, it might be easier to embed an Excel spreadsheet into the document
to act as your table shell.