IBM Lotus Symphony


Protecting Sheet

Protects the cells in the current sheet from being modified.

Choose Tools - Protect Document - Sheet to open the Protect Sheet dialog in which you specify sheet protection with or without a password.

To access this command...

Choose Tools - Protect Document - Sheet

Tip Icon Unprotected cells or cell ranges can be set up on a protected sheet by using the Tools - Protect Document - Sheet:
Tip Icon On the Tools - Protect Document - Sheet menu, activate protection for the sheet. Effective immediately, only the cell range you selected in step 1 can be edited.
Tip Icon To later change an unprotected area to a protected area, select the range. Finally, choose the Tools - Protect Document - Sheet menu. The previously editable range is now protected.
Tip Icon Sheet protection also affects the context menu of the sheet tabs at the bottom of the screen. The Delete and Move or Copy commands cannot be selected.
Tip Icon If a sheet is protected, you will not be able to modify or delete any Cell Styles.

A protected sheet or cell range can no longer be modified until this protection is disabled. To disable the protection, choose the Tools - Protect Document - Sheet command. If no password was set, the sheet protection is immediately disabled. If the sheet was password protected, the Remove Protection dialog opens, where you must enter the password.

Once saved, protected sheets can only be saved again by using the File - Save As command.

Password (optional)

Allows you to enter a password to protect the sheet from unauthorized changes.

Note Icon Complete protection of your work can be achieved by combining both options on the Tools - Protect Document menu, including password protection. To prohibit opening the document altogether, in the Save dialog mark the Save with password box before you click the Save button.

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