
Lock or unlock specific areas of a protected worksheet
To enable some cell editing, while leaving other cells locked, it's possible to unlock all the cells. You can lock only specific cells and ranges before you protect the worksheet and, optionally, enable specific …
Lock cells to protect them in Excel - Microsoft Support
On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, select the Alignment Settings arrow to open the Format Cells popup window. On the Protection tab, select the Locked check box, and then select OK to close the …
Protect a worksheet - Microsoft Support
To prevent other users from accidentally or deliberately changing, moving, or deleting data in a worksheet, you can lock the cells on your Excel worksheet and then protect the sheet with a password.
Restrict changes to files in Excel - Microsoft Support
You can use formatting and editing restrictions to prevent content reviewers from accidentally changing an Excel spreadsheet.
Freeze panes to lock rows and columns - Microsoft Support
To keep an area of a worksheet visible while you scroll to another area of the worksheet, go to the View tab, where you can Freeze Panes to lock specific rows and columns in place, or you can Split panes …
Lock cells to protect them in Excel for Mac - Microsoft Support
To prevent a user from accidentally or deliberately changing, moving, or deleting important data, you can lock cells and protect them. Locking cells takes two steps: adding the Lock formatting to the cells, …
Protection and security in Excel - Microsoft Support
You can protect the Excel file by specifying two passwords: one to open, and the other to modify. You can later share the appropriate passwords with the team depending on the access they should be …
Protect a worksheet in Mac - Microsoft Support
To prevent other users from accidentally or deliberately changing, moving, or deleting data in a worksheet, you can lock the cells on your Excel worksheet and then protect the sheet with a password.
Protect a workbook - Microsoft Support
Add a password to protect your entire workbook and control whether others can open or make changes to it. Protect your file by setting passwords for Open and Modify.
You are unable to select unprotected cells in Excel
Excel allows you to grant permissions to specific users and user groups to modify selected ranges within a protected worksheet. To make it easier to move through editable ranges, you can also disable the …