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How to protect spreadsheet text

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in this video were going to talk about how to lock individual cells and also how to protect the worksheet you can create a password and protect it so first lets put some data on the worksheet lets zoom in first lets call this the first quarter and this will be the second quarter or rather lets just call it q1 and lets see if we can extend it so we have the first four quarters and here in the first column were going to put the name of our sales agent lets say john sally megan ronald and lets say rachel and were going to take the sum and the average now lets put some random numbers so lets type in equal ran between and i want the cells for each quarter to be somewhere between ten thousand and a hundred thousand so first i need to select the bottom number and then comma and then the top number so lets extend it and also lets extend it to the right okay so i have some random numbers and lets go ahead and format these cells so lets right click go to format cells and then nu

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To lock cells for editing: On the Review tab Protect Sheet. Type a password, and make sure that Protect worksheet and contents of locked cells is selected. Click OK. All cells have the Locked formatting by default, so this will protect all cells.
With the text box selected, choose Text BoxPositionMore Layout Options and check the Lock anchor option.
Select the cells you want to lock. On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, click the small arrow to open the Format Cells popup window. On the Protection tab, select the Locked check box, and then click OK to close the popup.
Select the cells you want to prevent from overflowing. On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, click the Dialog launcher (a small arrow in the lower-right corner of a group). On the Alignment tab of the Format Cells dialog box, choose Fill in the Horizontal drop-down list.
You can edit the text that is displayed in a Form control or ActiveX control, such as a label or help information, and you can edit the alternative text description for a control.
Protect a sheet Select Review Manage Protection. To turn on protection, in the Manage Protection task pane, select Protect sheet. By default, the entire sheet is locked and protected. Optionally, to require a password to edit a range, select Range password, enter and confirm the password, and then select Save.
Protect an Excel file Select File Info. Select the Protect Workbook box and choose Encrypt with Password. Enter a password in the Password box, and then select OK. Confirm the password in the Reenter Password box, and then select OK.
Restrict data entry Select the cells where you want to restrict data entry. On the Data tab, click Data Validation Data Validation. In the Allow box, select the type of data you want to allow, and fill in the limiting criteria and values.

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