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Specific Excel password problem
Name: Nate Date: April 25, 2003 at 19:17:14 Pacific OS: Win 2000 CPU/Ram: 2Gig/512
Comment:
At my school, I am supposed to create a database for loaning out items for disabled students. The database will be open to several people, but I need to restrict one of the pages so that only will it not be changeable, but also so that it won't be viewable. Is there any way to do this? Thanks.
Name: Lucid Date: April 29, 2003 at 13:21:01 Pacific
Reply:
That's all an internal Excel question, so you might try starting a new post and giving us some more info, such as what version of Excel? How exactly is the info entered? Who needs access? Is it only used in Excel?
I don't think you'll be able to do what you want. Have you tried the Excel Help Files? Look up "security" or "password" and see what turns up. I'd suggest creating seperate spreadsheets (MS Access is database, MS Excel is spreadsheet) and putting them on an NTFS drive so you can control access permissions....
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