password protect sheet

Hi All,

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to protect a worksheet from being viewed.

I need the workbook to be accessed but one particular sheet is quite sensitive and i would like it to be password protected.

Can anyone help

Cheers

Phil

hi

I am not sure if you can protect your sheet with password.
Probably yes, but I thing that you will need to programm some macro for it.

But what you can do is hide your sheet.

There are two types of hiding a sheet.

1. (very easy and probably everyone knows) Format ---> Sheet---> Hide
2. (also very easy but a little bit better:-)) go to VBA editor (alt+F11), select your sheet and in properties window choose option "xlSheetVeryHidden" .

but maybe someone helps you better :-)

tommy

Hi Phil

But, be warned - all password protection in Excel can be bypassed by somebody with knowledge.

the only safe way to ensure that sensitive information is not compromised is to use paste special into a copy and then only copy values and not formulae and/or leave out the sensitive page.

Ed

Thanks for your answers so far, but hiding it wont work as the person who needs access wont be able to find it.

Is there a way to run a macro on opening the sheet

I figure that i could that the macro could turn the text white and prompt the user to enter a password. If this is incorrect the macro would change the sheet back, and if the password is right it will change the text back to black and end

What do you reckon ?

Phil

Hi Phil,

But, if the user selects a cell he will be able to see the contents in the formula bar even if the text is white.......

Perhaps if you outline the scenarios more precisely of who views and what they are allowed to see, someone might be able to come up with a solution.


Ed

Once again, thanks for all you help.
to Ellaborate all users are not computer hacks or nosy people, and it is not imperative that the information remains hidden although it would be nice.I have cobbled a simple macro to kind of do it

Private Sub Worksheet_Activate()
Cells.Select
Selection.Font.ColorIndex = 2
Range("A1").Select
PWORD = InputBox("Password required to edit sheet" & Chr$(10) & Chr$(13) & "Please enter Password", "PASSWORD REQUIRED")
MsgBox (PWORD)
If PWORD <> "Password" Then
MsgBox ("Sorry...Password is incorrect")
Sheets("sheet1").Select
Else
Range("a1").Select
Cells.Select
Selection.Font.ColorIndex = 1
Range("A1").Select
End If
End Sub

i have then password protected the macro from viewing.

It kinda works.

Thanks

Phil

The simplest solution is to Hide the sheet from the dropdown menu (no need for macros) and then protect the WORKBOOK. This prevents the users from unhiding sheets, and adding, copying or moving worksheets within the workbook. It does not affect data input into the visible sheets.

ChemistB