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Hello,
How can I lock a column so that user can't edit anything in in BUT can drag down a formula which will populate using helper columns to the left?
Thanks,
Hello,
How can I lock a column so that user can't edit anything in in BUT can drag down a formula which will populate using helper columns to the left?
Thanks,
What is the formula? And why does it need to be copied by the user?
You should hit F5, because chances are I've edited this post at least 5 times.
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Click the * below on any post that helped you.Originally Posted by Jacc
Hello. It needs to be copied down because it's doing a concatenate of data to the left of it. I simple don't want users to break the contact formula.
One alternative would be to leave the sheet locked, and create a formula that goes down xxx number of cells. For example if the users would be copying the formula down 10 rows every day, put the formula in there for 10,000 rows and it won't nee to be modified for a long time.
Then use an if condition to determine if the formula will be used, for example;
=IF(B2="","",[YourFormulaHere])
(Assuming your formula will be copied when column B has data entered)
Speshul, thanks I like the way you're thinking. I could just use an IF statement. Just wondering if there's a way to handle through Excel itself.
You can protect the Top cell to keep the formula protected, and leave the cells below it. The user will be able to copy from the protected cell without being able to modify the formula in it. However, all of the cells the user copys to will not be protected. but at least you will have a formula locked up incase someone modifies the others.
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