Pswd Protect Formulas & Insert Row/Column

duchess

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I have a spreadsheet with many formulas I would like to keep protected from coworkers in other departments who delete the formulas due to lack of understanding of Excel. Originally I went to Edit - Go To - Special - Formulas and would highlight all the cells with formulas and protect the sheet from there. However, it was noticed that rows/columns could not be inserted once these formulas were protected. I need to be able to allow them to insert rows/columns as needed. :oops:

There are many worksheets. Any suggestions or maybe a macro to help this process go quicker?

:)
 

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If using Excel 2003, you would first protect the required cells (Format | Cells | Protection - the 'hide' option will prevent the formulas being visible in the formula bar). This does not take effect until you protect the sheet (Tools | Protection | Protect Sheet) and the dialog box displayed at this point gives you the option to allow users to insert rows/columns etc.
If you use a password here - don't forget it!
 
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