RE: Protected excel
- From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:38:48 -0000
Mark,
Excel has a feature called "protection" which allows you to lock a
spreadsheet so that it cannot be altered. I assume this is what you mean
when you refer to a spreadsheet being locked.
I'm sighted and I don't see any symbol to indicate when a spreadsheet is
protected. However, some of the icons on the toolbars are greyed out to
indicate they are unavailable.
One way you could infer whether an Excel spreadsheet is protected
against being changed is to browse the menus; you'll find all the ones
to do with changing things are unavailable. For instance, almost
everything on the Format menu is unavailable.
A specific way to tell if it is protected is to open the Tools menu and
go into the Protection submenu. If the first item is called "Protect
Sheet" then it is currently unprotected; if it is called "Unprotect
Sheet" then it is currently protected.
Hope this helps,
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Steve Griffiths,
IT Trainer, Access Technology Support Unit
Royal National Institute of the Blind
105 Judd Street
London WC1H 9NE
Tel: 020 7391 2232
Email: steve.griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx
Fax: 020 7383 2034
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