Protecting text cells in Excel 2003

[John Sullivan]

I am able to protect cells that have formulas in my
worksheet, but I cannot seem to get the text to be
protected, and I have selected that text to be protected
as well. When someone tries to enter a value in a
numerical cell, it is protected. When they try to enter
text into a label in a cell above the numerical cell,
they can write over the text. Please help.

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi John!

It seems that somehow you have removed the (default) Lock.

Select all your text cells and use:

Format > Cells > Protection
Place check in "Locked"
OK

Then impose protection on the Tools > Protection > Protect Sheet


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Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
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