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    Locking Formatting but not data

    Hello,
    I have created a workbook that has some complicated formatting that would be easy to mess up if used incorrectly. I am wanting to lock the formatting so it cannot be changed but still be albe to change the data in some of the cells( ie updating quantities etc). I can only seem to get it to lock the entire thing or not.

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    Eric

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    Re: Locking Formatting but not data

    Hi

    Take a look to this.
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    Re: Locking Formatting but not data

    Thank you! I was trying that before but missed the very first step of only selecting the cells that you want to have people edit. Thanks again!

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