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3.5 KiB
HTML
70 lines
3.5 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html>
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<head>
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<title>Protecting a sheet</title>
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<meta charset="utf-8" />
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<meta name="description" content="Protecting sheets to prevent the unwanted changes and to restrict the editing abilities of other users" />
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<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../editor.css" />
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<script type="text/javascript" src="../callback.js"></script>
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<script type="text/javascript" src="../search/js/page-search.js"></script>
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</head>
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<body>
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<div class="mainpart">
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<div class="search-field">
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<input id="search" class="searchBar" placeholder="Search" type="text" onkeypress="doSearch(event)">
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</div>
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<h1>Protecting a sheet</h1>
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<p>The <b>Protect Sheet</b> option allows you to protect the sheets and to control changes made by other users in a sheet as to prevent the unwanted changes to data and to restrict the editing abilities of other users. You can protect a sheet with or without a password. If you don’t use a password, anyone can unprotect the protected sheet.</p>
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<p>To protect a sheet:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>
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Go to the <b>Protection</b> tab, and click the <b>Protect Sheet</b> button on the top toolbar.
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<p>or</p>
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<p>Right-click the sheet tab you want to protect, and select <b>Protect</b> from the list of options</p>
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<p><img alt="Protect Sheet Tab" src="../images/protect_sheettab.png" /></p>
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</li>
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<li>In the <b>Protect Sheet</b> window that opens, enter and confirm the password, if you want to set a password to unprotect this sheet.
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<p><img alt="Protect Sheet" src="../images/protect_sheet.png" /></p>
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<p class="note">The password cannot be restored if you lose or forget it. Please keep it in a safe place.</p>
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</li>
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<li>Check the boxes in the <b>Allow all users of this sheet to</b> list to select operations that users will be able to perform. The operations <b>Select locked cells</b> and <b>Select unlocked cells</b> are allowed by default.
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<details class="details-example">
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<summary>Operations a user may be allowed to perform.</summary>
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<ul>
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<li>Select locked cells</li>
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<li>Select unlocked cells</li>
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<li>Format cells</li>
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<li>Format columns</li>
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<li>Format rows</li>
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<li>Insert columns</li>
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<li>Insert rows</li>
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<li>Insert hyperlink</li>
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<li>Delete columns</li>
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<li>Delete rows</li>
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<li>Sort</li>
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<li>Use Autofilter</li>
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<li>Use PivotTable and PivotChart</li>
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<li>Edit objects</li>
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<li>Edit scenarios</li>
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</ul>
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</details>
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</li>
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<li>click the <b>Protect</b> button to enable the protection. The <b>Protect Sheet</b> button on the top toolbar stays highlighted once the sheet is protected.
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<p><img alt="Protect Sheet Highlighted" src="../images/protectsheet_highlighted.png" /></p>
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</li>
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<li>To unprotect the sheet:
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<ul>
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<li>click the <b>Protect Sheet</b> button,
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<p>or</p>
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<p>right-click the protected sheet tab and select <b>Unprotect</b> from the list of options</p>
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<p><img alt="Unrotect Sheet Tab" src="../images/unprotect_sheettab.png" /></p>
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</li>
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<li>Enter a password and click <b>OK</b> in the <b>Unprotect Sheet</b> window if prompted.
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<p><img alt="Unrotect Sheet" src="../images/unprotect_sheet.png" /></p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</ol>
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</div>
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</body>
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</html> |