Search:

About huhwhat


Real Name:
Greg Cunningham
Member Since:
February 21, 2007
Last Signed In:
March 31, 2008
Profile Views:
446
Blog Views:
1206
View Profile
Send a Message
Send To A Friend
Sign Guestbook
Add as a Friend

Previous Posts
I'm running out of disk space. How can I free up some space?
How can I download streaming video to my computer?
How do I change the Power button in Windows Vista to shut down my PC instead of going to sleep?
Someone told me about using to open the Start menu in Windows. Are there any other handy Windows keyboard short cuts?
I just upgraded to Internet Explorer7. What happened to the menu bar? File, Edit, View, etc.?
How can I stop Windows Messenger from asking me to sign in every time I start Windows?
Someone told me to to ram my computer. What did they mean?
I want to sell my old PC. How do I make sure there isn’t any personal information left on it?
How do I protect my formulas in Excel?
Am I backing up my PC correctly?
Archives
February 07
March 07
April 07
May 07
June 07
July 07
August 07
September 07
October 07
November 07
December 07
January 08
February 08
March 08
April 08
May 08
June 08
July 08
August 08

Bandwidth Speed Test - how fast are you?

Virus and Malware Threats - the latest info

Open Source Windows - free MS replacements

Subscribe!
RSS 2.0 feed RSS 2.0
Add to My Yahoo
Add to My Google
Add to Bloglines
Add to My AOL
huhwhat - > huhwhat -> How do I protect my formulas in Excel?
How do I protect my formulas in Excel?

OK, this isn't really very intuitive, so pay attention.

In Excel all of the cells in a spreadsheet are protected (locked) but the worksheet itself is not. So you need to do two things to protect your formulas.

First, highlight the cells you DON"T want to protect - the not-formulas part of your worksheet - then right click and choose Format Cells. Click on the Protection tab and uncheck Locked.

Second, from the Excel menu bar choose Tools, then Protection, then Protect Sheet. You can enter a password to unprotect the sheet, but usually it's not necessary. Click OK.

Your formulas are now protected. To make it easier to differentiate between the protected and unprotected areas of the worksheet I usually change the font color in the unprotected areas. I like a nice blue.

Posted in these Groups:
Topics: PC tips and tricks, Excel, protecting formulas, software
posted by huhwhat on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 12:11 PM
Report a Violation
Viewed 88 times
0 comments from 0 users

Leave a Comment
Ground Rules for posting comments:
  • No profanity or personal attacks.
  • Please comment on the subject of the post itself.
If you do not follow these rules we will remove your comment. Please keep it civil.

To protect users from spam, please enter the text from the image on the left.